Actually I learn more listening to the other techs talks about problems they have encountered, and general chit-chat, than the seminar itself, but its helpful to me. When a customer asks me what is DLP I hope I will have a answer. Phillip R Hull STET phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FAX 517--569-3075 Professional Technicians only ----- Original Message ----- From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > I am fed up with training. The last seven schools I have traveled to don't > even send you certificates. One school was a 8 hour drive. Sony sends them > to you and you don't even have to leave the shop with online training. I > love all this Kine stuff, why don't they just say CRT, are they trying to > make it seem more complicated. I also sure don't want to learn technology > that hasn't even happened yet, it is liable to change 10 times before it > hits production. The CRT may be going by the wayside, but..they are stacked > up in the shop right now. I don't know about the rest of you but..I like my > customers to see that we have been trained, That is all our customers care > about, prove to me you have been trained. Other than that what good is > training, It sure hasn't help me fix a TV. And when you call the tech Assist > lines it is like watching a dieing dog, I love when they tell you to call > them back when I find the fix. It is amazing how cheap and lazy some > Manufacturers are getting. Don't they realize simple certificates and a few > coffee mugs works wonders for Servicer-Manufacturer relationships. Plus, > this is lightning season in the southeast, the busiest time of the year, > great time to plan schools, August and September. I have never figured that > one out. I bet the schools would be full in March when we are twiddling our > thumbs. Sorry about this but..if we can't be honest here, what good is this? > > Perry Bower > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > Free Electronic Screensaver: > http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC > 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b > Augusta, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of walter wood > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 3:51 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Training in Ohio > > > It also means the projection CRT's, the display > tube in your o'scope, and the computer monitor that > most of us still have. > Kine is the older term for CRT/ Cathode Ray Tube. > Some of us old timers call capacitors condensers. > Just a different age, although, I've seen some > modern schematics refer to "kine" drive. > HTH > Walter > > --- Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > What does Kinescope mean? A assume you mean > > direct view glass picture > > tubes. > > > > Kevin Wilks > > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > > Penticton BC Canada > > kevintv@xxxxxxx > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Ron Purkhiser > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:54 AM > > To: All Tech-Assist > > Subject: [TechAssist] Training in Ohio > > > > TRAINING IN OHIO > > > > Hello All ! > > Are you always griping about there never being > > enough > > training - especially if you're not an ASC ? > > Here's the answer to your > > needs. > > NesdaOhio is hosting a Weekend of Training in > > Hudson, Ohio (halfway > > between > > Cleveland and Akron) at the end of September. > > > > This is especially needed now that the > > Kinescope is heading the way > > of > > the Dinosaurs and DoDo Birds. That statement was > > made by almost every > > manufacturer at the Nesda National Convention > > recently held in Reno. In > > just a very > > few years there will be almost NO TV's produced > > with Kinescopes. > > > > What will replace them? Well a variety of > > products: LCD's, Light > > Engines, DLP, Plasma, and LCOS. Yeah, some new > > stuff to learn about, > > and > > you can > > get in on the ground floor at the NesdaOhio > > Weekend O'Training. Six > > Manufacturers have agreed to send their Finest > > Trainers to Ohio and > > present > > classes on > > these very subjects. Two classes a day for three > > days on cutting edge, > > state-of-the-art Technology, that will definitely > > change the way we > > think > > about > > Television. > > > > LOOK AT THIS LINEUP > > > > THURSDAY Sept 25 > > AM... Philips LCOS > > PM... Hitachi DP3X HDTV > > > > FRIDAY Sept 26 > > AM...Thomson DLP > > PM...Zenith LDC TV > > > > SATURDAY Sept 27 > > AM...Toshiba N3PSP PTV > > PM... Sencore Introductions to Audio and Video > > Calibrations > > > > The Sencore Class promises to be interesting. > > You may have read > > discussion about the ISF/HAA calibrations on the > > service forums and > > wondered > > if that's > > something that you should get into as part of > > your business. Sencore > > will > > present a "short version" of these procedures so > > that you can make an > > informed > > decision about whether you want to take their > > week-long calibration > > class. > > Many have found it to be a new business > > opprotunity, and many have not. > > Now > > you > > can decide. > > > > The rest of the classes speak for themselves. > > A variety of New - > > Emerging technology that WILL change our > > business. Not all of these > > formats > > will > > survive, but YOU will be able to get a leg up on > > all of them to help you > > during > > these "Shakeout" years, so that YOU will be a > > survivor. > > > > If you want to learn these skills, We invite > > you to come to this > > training. You need Not be a Nesda member to > > attend, although there IS a > > discount for > > Nesdamembers. You get all 3 days for $79(member) > > $89(non-member). It > > will > > be at the Hudson, Ohio Holiday Inn. About 500 > > yards North of the Ohio > > Turnpike > > exit 180 (old exit 12) on State Rt.8. There is a > > special Nesda room > > rate if > > you're staying at the hotel - you have to make > > your own hotel > > reservation, > > it's not part of the registration fee. If you're > > too cheap to stay at > > the > > Holiday Inn, there's a Motel 6 & Knight's inn > > about 3 miles farther > > north. > > Bring > > the family & make it a mini-vacation. There's > > lots to do in the area > > while > > You're packing Your brain. If you're flying in > > (and we've received > > registrations > > from both coasts of the country, already) You > > can fly into the Big > > Cleveland-Hopkins airport, or the smaller > > Akron-Canton Regional > > airport. > > The Holiday > > Inn is about halfway between them. > > > > I'm looking forward to this Weekend - I've > > already sent in MY > > registration since it's limited by room size to > > the first 60 applicants. > > Hurry & get > > YOURS in so that you're not #61 and standing > > there with your nose > > pressed to > > the > > window - looking in from the outside. Go to the > > NesdaOhio website > > www.nesda-ohio.com There's more information > > about the event there. > > Print > > the > > registration form, and mail it with your check to > > Ron Purkhiser at the > > address on the > > form. I hope to see you there - Look for ME > > sitting in the Front Row ! > > > > Questions? 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