From: Steve Litt via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
I think the following URL is pertanent to this discussion:
I watched this. I think that he overstates the case: - old equipment has components that may have died of old age - fixing is labour-intensive and therefore expensive - it is hard to find someone with the expertise to fix many problems. Partly because few are willing to pay those high costs. - exception: if you are willing and able to fix your own things, possibly taking a long time, you can do that. Quibble: a lot of things don't break I have old stereo equipment that I haven't used in a long time (7 years?) so I don't know if it works. I had it 30 to 40 years before that and it was fairly reliable. Cassette drive pinch-rollers dry out. Turntable belts dry out. I don't know of any capacitors drying out or leaking, but they could.