/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>find a tv by the dumpster
>heavy as god himself
>it's a 42" plasma, only analog ports, has some static but otherwise ok picture
>open it up, some bad caps, but since it came up properly it should work fine
>check the specs
>852x480 resolution
>pic related

>>1036887
Depends on what I'm doing. I have a single channel scope, it's ok for examining things but not easily usable (if you want data you have to use this weird usb-serial communication software). I used to to check the voltage level of capacitors (when replacing bad caps with old ones). I've used it as a low-accuracy voltmeter (if my multimeter was busy or too cumbersome). If I was working on radio/analog shit I'd use it all the time, otherwise it's less valuable than an extra multimeter.