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A bit of nostalgia: Whatever happened to TV repair shops?

Posted on February 15, 2026

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Do you know where your local TV repair shop is located? Well, chances are you don’t because in all likelihood there isn’t one.

Back in the stone age of electronics (i.e. when yours truly was a youngster) you could find at least one radio & TV repair shop in virtually every city and town in America – and they usually had plenty of business.

During my junior and senior years of high school I spent the latter half of every school day at our county’s vocational school learning the trade of radio & TV repair, and during my senior year I worked part time as a TV repair tech at one of our local shops.  [Read more…]

Reminder: In a pinch you can charge your devices with the TV in your hotel room

Posted on October 3, 2022

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Have you ever traveled for business or taken a vacation and forgot to bring along the charger for your smartphone or tablet?

Yeah, me too. And it’s really frustrating.

A while back I wrote a post on my tech blog explaining how you can usually borrow a charger from the “Lost & Found” box at the hotel’s front desk, but now there’s an even easier way to charge your devices after leaving your charger at home…

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