Plasma and LCD TV Repair is highly potent area of growth for your electronics repair business. Train yourselves for the future!
The television is one of the cheapest sources of entertainment and continues to serve its purpose wonderfully ever since it first became commercially available in the 1930’s. The telly is here to stay and the question of whether your TV repair skills can still earn anyone a decent income may be partly answered by sheer numbers. The latest figures I have found so far was a year 2005 Wall Street Journal report that pegged the number of television sets worldwide at around 1 to 2 billion. That’s a lot of TVs out there considering that was more than 3 years ago!
I would venture to guess that electronics repair should still be profitable if you know how to get a slice of the pie that the major manufacturers’ service centers are getting by offering better service at a lot more friendlier and affordable prices.
You should also learn to adapt to the modern times and be open to updating your skills by investing a little bit of your time and resources to learning new things.
Recent trends indicate that the traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) television is on the decline and that more and more growth is seen in the newer technologies of television. New statistics indicate that the liquid crystal display (LCD) and the plasma flat screen are well on their way to explosive growth! This is true even with the current financial turmoil (circa 2008-2009) that originated from the US housing bust. Now, everyone is starting to scrimp on expensive vacations and has started buying new televisions for their recreational needs. Stores offering discount LCD TV and discount plasma TV don't hurt either.
The decline of demand for CRTs means there will also be steady decline of prices and profitability in that area. People buying these types of televisions are seeing them more and more as disposables and would rather buy new ones instead of having malfunctioning ones repaired.
On the other hand, the increase in the demand for the newer LCD or Plasma screen televisionss could mean there will also be an upcoming flood of second-hand units in the market that thrift-buyers should still prefer. This is seen especially in developing countries where most people still could not afford the newer technologies and second-hand markets are still thriving.
At any rate, it is my opinion that this business remains a viable venture for anyone who’s interested. The only keys to success are identifying the areas of opportunities and adapting to the times.
Hence, the acquisition of new repair skills is a pre-requisite to staying competitive in the business of electronics repair. This should not be as hard as it sounds as there are ways you can learn, for example, Plasma or LCD TV repair, without getting formal training or without attending any training schools. There are now online membership websites that offer step-by-step trainings for a really low fee that you can recoup in when you service just of one television unit! You can get TV repair tips online and study at your own pace but at the speed of the internet!
There is definitely going to be a huge demand for services relating to the huge number of flat screen televisions out there in people’s homes. Catch the wave before it happens and make your TV repair business flourish.
Update: You might also want to read this related television repair business post.
Update 03May09: A new related post about the TV repair business indicates that there is still some great demand out there for this service!
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PlasmaLCDTVRepair.Rankwell.Net – Your Guide to Repairing Flat Screen TVs, Monitors and Displays
This site is dedicated to all those who are looking for information about the problems they are having with their flat screen displays whether they are the LCD or plasma variety (LED TV Repair coming soon!). Since this website’s inception in January of 2009, the flat screen television market has continued to grow with record unit sales being hit and showing to everyone that the age of the CRT TV is truly in its waning years. The surge in sales has been brought about by fierce competition among manufacturers which has led to fantastic drops in prices and although the quality of the flat screens have indeed improved, sooner or later these electronic devices will have problems and will require fixing and repair. This is where this site comes in.
If you are looking for some plasma or LCD TV troubleshooting information because you want to get an idea about how bad the problem may be with your LCD or plasma unit, you will find some useful tips in these pages. Just use the search function above by entering an appropriate term like “Samsung LCD TV Repair” or “Samsung LCD TV Problems” and see if the results apply to your particular problem. If not, you could check out the following highly recommended resources that should be able to help you in your problem: The Plasma and LCD TV Repair Guides both by electronics repair professional and expert Kent Liew. If you are looking to troubleshoot or fix your flat screen LCD monitor then you can check out the LCD Monitor Repair guide by another electronics professional Jestine Yong who also made two other electronics troubleshooting e-books (just do a search for “Jestine Yong”).
If you are an aspiring electronics repairer and is looking to supplement your education with new and updated and practical information, then you should find a lot of relevant leads from the links in this site’s sidebars (the practical information provided by Kent Liew and Jestine Yong should be of great help to your quest). Just browse them and see if you find what you need. Despite this site’s age, it is still a work in progress and I am still continually scouring the web for good information that will help us in troubleshooting and caring for our flat screen televisions and displays. If you have any information that you think may be of use to this site’s readers, please don’t hesitate to email me at admin @ rankwell.net.
