It's not that TVs are so cheap that they are disposable, but rather that repairs are so expensive that you might as well just replace the whole thing. Even when

It's not that TVs are so cheap that they are disposable, but rather that repairs are so expensive that you might as well just replace the whole thing. Even when all you'd need are some inexpensive parts the cost of parts + service just to get am extra year or two out of a TV before something else fails (as they are designed to do) is less attractive than just replacing the device.