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I don't understand why people think electronics are supposed to die. Even if they do, it's often just some capacitors that died in the power supply. An easy fix

I don't understand why people think electronics are supposed to die. Even if they do, it's often just some capacitors that died in the power supply. An easy fix!

Szpadel 4y ago
this is about justification. The current thing works fine but I would like the new expensive thing. I cannot justify expense of replacing working thing, but if it would die, then it's justified expense. it isn't about that it's more economical purchase when it dies, but I even saw people breaking stuff just so they "had to" buy new thing that they want.
- TaylorAlexander 4y ago
  Perhaps you’ve noticed this already but having bought my last TV in 2008 I had no idea how cheap they’ve gotten! Checking Amazon right now I see a 50” 4k Samsung for $450.
  - saaaaaam 4y ago
    Expense doesn’t always mean purely financial. There is an environmental cost to buying something new as well, and a social cost in supporting the manufacture of electronics that may have less than perfect supply chain ethical standards. I’m not saying this to be snarky or judgemental - your comment genuinely made me think about the issue and this was my response.
    - TaylorAlexander 4y ago
      Yes absolutely.
BHSPitMonkey 4y ago
Back in the day, there was a strong public perception/rumor that plasma screens would fail much sooner than other kinds. Maybe it was just a FUD campaign, after all.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  Could have been FUD from manufacturers looking to push thier LCD TV over the competition plasmas.
- greyhair 4y ago
  Plasma did have an issue with 'burn in' on static images. If you did a lot of gaming on them, you could see it. Same with banners on news programming. If you watch a lot of movies, it isn't an issue. Plus, the TVs came with a 'burn in' reduction program that you could run a couple times a year, but that operated by sweeping an intense white bar across the screen, so you were effectively 'wearing' the pixels down to a similar level to reduce the obvious burn in. If you ran that cycle to often, it would kill the maximum brightness.
canibal57 4y ago
An inevitable consequence of consumerism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society

I don't understand why people think electronics are supposed to die. Even if they do, it's often just some capacitors that died in the power supply. An easy fix!

Szpadel 4y ago

this is about justification. The current thing works fine but I would like the new expensive thing. I cannot justify expense of replacing working thing, but if it would die, then it's justified expense. it isn't about that it's more economical purchase when it dies, but I even saw people breaking stuff just so they "had to" buy new thing that they want.

TaylorAlexander 4y ago
Perhaps you’ve noticed this already but having bought my last TV in 2008 I had no idea how cheap they’ve gotten! Checking Amazon right now I see a 50” 4k Samsung for $450.
- saaaaaam 4y ago
  Expense doesn’t always mean purely financial. There is an environmental cost to buying something new as well, and a social cost in supporting the manufacture of electronics that may have less than perfect supply chain ethical standards. I’m not saying this to be snarky or judgemental - your comment genuinely made me think about the issue and this was my response.
  - TaylorAlexander 4y ago
    Yes absolutely.

BHSPitMonkey 4y ago

Back in the day, there was a strong public perception/rumor that plasma screens would fail much sooner than other kinds. Maybe it was just a FUD campaign, after all.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Could have been FUD from manufacturers looking to push thier LCD TV over the competition plasmas.
greyhair 4y ago
Plasma did have an issue with 'burn in' on static images. If you did a lot of gaming on them, you could see it. Same with banners on news programming. If you watch a lot of movies, it isn't an issue. Plus, the TVs came with a 'burn in' reduction program that you could run a couple times a year, but that operated by sweeping an intense white bar across the screen, so you were effectively 'wearing' the pixels down to a similar level to reduce the obvious burn in. If you ran that cycle to often, it would kill the maximum brightness.

canibal57 4y ago

An inevitable consequence of consumerism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society