How To Find Similar transistors!!!

[Shahriar]

Hi

I spend most of my time repairing TVs. Sometimes I need a trasistor but I can not find it. so I have to buy
similar trasistors. My related Books are very old and small so do not have many of transitors. and the new ones are very Expensive.
How can I find similar trasistors in Internet.

{{{the word "similar" is not correct, I have forgotten the real expression}}}

ThanX - Shahriar

 

[mrohler]

try here it's not perfect nor fully complete but all you have to do is type in what you have/need to replace and it most of the time you get results. this is mostly for thru hole type and not smt .
[LINK]http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/parts/cross.html[/LINK]