Design Life of Vintage TV sets

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Originally Posted by init4fun

My Guess would be that they were designed to last just about till the warranty runs out . Gee , in that way , TV hasn't really changed all that much ...

I don't think that the planned obsolescence in engineering and B.S. merchandising schemes that are commonplace today were even thought of in the early days of television. Just as with automobiles and many other products of the "good old days" I think that there was pride in quality and with quality comes longevity. Now I don't think that anyone, not even Allen B. DuMont Laboratories ever meant for their sets to last 60 years!

I remember my dad (who sold TVs and appliances for Sears) always saying that the expected life of a TV was 10 years. That was back in the 70s..