03-09-2009, 08:13 PM
I also hate needless obsolescence although it is getting difficult to repair items like DVD players, televisions, etc. rather than just buy a newer version with more features for roughly the same price. My parents had a TV (a nice Sony CRT) that fritzed out a couple of times. The first time they had it fixed for something between $300-400 but the second time they let it go and got a newer flat screen. Now, that television is probably taking up landfill space somewhere.