Any TV repair boffins about

[mark st1]

New telly time

Think I'm in that camp with the price of them nowadays seems pointless throwing money at it. Had a Phillips LCD one for 10+ years and that's still going strong even in the destructible hands of a 13 year old. Think I will give Samsung and plasma a wide birth in future.

 

[mybike]

One thing to bear in mind is that smart TVs appear to be abandoned when it comes to updating apps after a short while.

 

[ColinJ]

It might be worth checking that there isn't a lot of dust and fluff blocking the ventilation slots on the back.

It could be that the TV starts to overheat?

 

[Leaway2]

One thing to bear in mind is that smart TVs appear to be abandoned when it comes to updating apps after a short while.

I would agree with that. TV is going through a lot of change. I wonder how long terrestrial broadcast tv will last with the like of Amazon, Netflix et al.

 

[tyred]

Old televisions had valves inside them like these pictured below, some of us are old enough to remember them
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Great energy saving device - watch TV and heat the room at the same time

 

[fossyant]

Samsung LED tvs are very good, certainly the current ones

 

[ColinJ]

Samsung LED tvs are very good, certainly the current ones

I enjoy mine!

The only thing I would have liked improved would be to have reduced judder on rapid panning. There are settings that are supposed to reduce it but I think they do more harm than good.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Old televisions had valves inside them like these pictured below, some of us are old enough to remember them
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Yes I remember, no picture try a new PCL85 valve, usually fixed it. If I remember correctly a PCL86 usually fixed problems with no sound.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Great energy saving device - watch TV and heat the room at the same time

Yes I remember the 25" Murphy, weighed about half a ton and put out almost as much heat as a one bar electric fire.

 

[tyred]

Yes I remember the 25" Murphy, weighed about half a ton and put out almost as much heat as a one bar electric fire.

There you go - built in anti-theft device too. The burglar would need a forklift!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

There you go - built in anti-theft device too. The burglar would need a forklift!

I used to work in the stores in a small local radio/TV repair shop in the 1970's, I would sometimes have to go out and collect TV's with the delivery driver, a lot of the bigger ones were a two man lift.

 

[marknotgeorge]

I miss PL504 line output transformer. You knew where you were with one of those.

Halfway across the room if you poked your screwdriver in the wrong place.

 

[vickster]

Don't suppose you had the wherewithal to buy from John Lewis with their 5 year warranty?

Should be easy to avoid plasma TVs now, don't think anyone has made them for a at least a couple of years

 

[mark st1]

Don't suppose you had the wherewithal to buy from John Lewis with their 5 year warranty?

Should be easy to avoid plasma TVs now, don't think anyone has made them for a at least a couple of years

No unfortunately not but my wonderful Ma works for Waitrose and has offered us a £500 kitty as an early Xmas pressie has to be from John Lewis as she gets 12% off tv's so any recommended by anyone ?

 

[vickster]

Try AV forums

I'm happy with my 50" Panasonic LED though. Not an ultra HD job, just a standard Smart TV running sky