My Predicta died today

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Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Good luck on this!

Thanks! I talked to an old gentleman who started to repair TVs in the 60's. Although he is almost retiring, he agreed to take a look at the TV to find out what happened. I am still in the dark, but I am taking precautions just in case the flyback is gone: I already started the search for a replacement one; if the one on the TV is no good anymore I will have a replacement, and if it is still good I will have a spare one just in case. In theory it should not be much difficult to find, since there are many Predictas here in Brazil, this TV really sold well here, but one thing I learned over the years is that an specific vintage TV may be easy to find, but specific parts of that vintage TV can be harder to find than the TV itself. Buying another Predicta just to take the flyback is out of question because everybody, everywhere, is asking high prices for that TV. I will have to find a lone flyback, without a TV attached to it.