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"Televisions"??? How on earth do you go about repairing a TV ? I mean, the prices at MicroCenter are already ridiculously cheap. Then again, I suppose it's i

by MR4D 2y ago

"Televisions"??? How on earth do you go about repairing a TV ? I mean, the prices at MicroCenter are already ridiculously cheap. Then again, I suppose it's in the list to prevent manufactures from suing people as opposed to practical repair.

SkyPuncher 2y ago
I’ve done it. I bought a TV off Craigslist for $20. Backlight was dead. Bought a $50 led strip from eBay, pulled the Tv apart and replaced the LED. At the time, this was like an $800 TV I “got” for $70 dollar plus an evening of work. In my opinion, if the screen isn’t physically damaged (like having a WiiMote chucked at it), then it’s basically a plug and play electronic component that needs to be replaced. Besides removing the TV casing, it’s only marginally harder than swapping out components just a gaming PC. It’s essentially just pulling some ribbons, swapping the components, then putting everything back in place.
- hackable_sand 2y ago
  That's refreshing. TVs are very popular curbside decorations. I always thought about taking them home and fixing them up but could never convince myself I had the time or patience.
- MR4D 2y ago
  Wow - thanks for the info - I never would have guessed that! So, can you replace the electronics by connecting to a different screen? For instance, from a different model, assuming the same resolution, like say put Samsung electronics together with an LG screen?
  - SkyPuncher 2y ago
    I don't know. In theory, I suspect that there's a _lot_ of standardization going on among products from the same manufacturer, but less so among different manufacturers.
ryukoposting 2y ago
It's about as difficult as fixing any other household appliance, which isn't very difficult as long as it isn't hideously cheap and Apple wasn't involved.
ssl-3 2y ago
I've fixed my own TV. Samsung built the power supply with bad capacitors. It was easy to source the parts, and easy to replace the parts. (I'll probably end up fixing it again, soon -- there's a problem with what is doubtlessly a zebra strip that results in a lack of green subpixels for a one-pixel-wide vertical band when turned on, that eventually clears up. It just needs smooshed in the right spot.) Amusingly, it was still under extended warranty when the power supply problem first started, but by then the company that sold me the warranty had gone out of business. And Samsung eventually lost a class action lawsuit about this exact capacitor issue, but when I found out about that it was already too late to file a claim. So much for the invisible hand of the free market (and legal corrections thereof) keeping things in check.

by MR4D 2y ago

SkyPuncher 2y ago

I’ve done it. I bought a TV off Craigslist for $20. Backlight was dead. Bought a $50 led strip from eBay, pulled the Tv apart and replaced the LED. At the time, this was like an $800 TV I “got” for $70 dollar plus an evening of work. In my opinion, if the screen isn’t physically damaged (like having a WiiMote chucked at it), then it’s basically a plug and play electronic component that needs to be replaced. Besides removing the TV casing, it’s only marginally harder than swapping out components just a gaming PC. It’s essentially just pulling some ribbons, swapping the components, then putting everything back in place.

hackable_sand 2y ago
That's refreshing. TVs are very popular curbside decorations. I always thought about taking them home and fixing them up but could never convince myself I had the time or patience.
MR4D 2y ago
Wow - thanks for the info - I never would have guessed that! So, can you replace the electronics by connecting to a different screen? For instance, from a different model, assuming the same resolution, like say put Samsung electronics together with an LG screen?
- SkyPuncher 2y ago
  I don't know. In theory, I suspect that there's a _lot_ of standardization going on among products from the same manufacturer, but less so among different manufacturers.

ryukoposting 2y ago

It's about as difficult as fixing any other household appliance, which isn't very difficult as long as it isn't hideously cheap and Apple wasn't involved.

ssl-3 2y ago

I've fixed my own TV. Samsung built the power supply with bad capacitors. It was easy to source the parts, and easy to replace the parts. (I'll probably end up fixing it again, soon -- there's a problem with what is doubtlessly a zebra strip that results in a lack of green subpixels for a one-pixel-wide vertical band when turned on, that eventually clears up. It just needs smooshed in the right spot.) Amusingly, it was still under extended warranty when the power supply problem first started, but by then the company that sold me the warranty had gone out of business. And Samsung eventually lost a class action lawsuit about this exact capacitor issue, but when I found out about that it was already too late to file a claim. So much for the invisible hand of the free market (and legal corrections thereof) keeping things in check.