(AP) -They’re the signature products of home entertainment these days, the good old television set and desktop PC.

Yet when it comes to the probability of a repair, these two boxy piles of electronic components are virtual 180-degree opposites, according to the January issue of Consumer Reports magazine.

Your basic 25-inch to 27-inch television has only a 5 percent chance of needing repair by its third anniversary as your property, while 37 percent of desktop computers will need repair. The findings are culled from the magazine’s 2004 annual questionnaire of products three years old.

A third of laptop computers need repair in that period, for No. 2 on the most-likely-to-need-a-repair list, followed by lawn tractors and riding mowers (29 percent), side-by-side refrigerators with ice makers (28 percent) and self-propelled mowers (26 percent.)

In the least-needing-a-fix camp were 30- to 36-inch TVs, basic refrigerators digital cameras, camcorders, electric ranges and microwave ovens.