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fixer1958 
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 8:07am |
We watched 3 grandkids Friday night thru Saturday morning. Cartoons are nothing like I watched. Anyway that wore my butt out and I took a nap early afternoon Saturday. Woke up and turned the tv on and nothing. I know it got nailed once with a flying pillow, but other than that it seemed ok.
Tried everything I could think of to get it going. Screw it. It's 10 years old anyhow and went to Wally's and got another one. Was cheaper than the one that was broke. 65" this time, pretty intense. Take some getting used to. Don't want to miss Battle Bots, one of my favorites.
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nella(Pa)
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 8:17am |
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Bought a LG 60" smart tv 2yrs. ago, works well. I thinks it kinda keeps track of me like a computer dose.
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fixer1958
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 8:22am |
Probably like everything else anymore.
I don't need smart anything, just work and leave me alone.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 8:58am |
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they get BIGGER and CHEAPER every year... One of the FEW things that does that.
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JW in MO
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 9:09am |
 fixer1958 wrote:
Probably like everything else anymore.
I don't need smart anything, just work and leave me alone. |
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steve(ill) wrote:
they get BIGGER and CHEAPER every year... One of the FEW things that does that. |
Well, if you talk to my wife, I may be an exception to that rule.
Edited by JW in MO - 20 Mar 2022 at 9:13am
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 11:08am |
JW in MO wrote:
fixer1958 wrote:
Probably like everything else anymore.
I don't need smart anything, just work and leave me alone. |
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steve(ill) wrote:
they get BIGGER and CHEAPER every year... One of the FEW things that does that. |
Well, if you talk to my wife, I may be an exception to that rule.
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I don't quite know how to take that,,,,?? 
I had to replace the big screen in den with a "smart Tv" and I'm really liking it as NOW I'm thinking I'm gonna do away with the excessive monthly cost of cable,,,I'm in a heated discussion with cable company cause they dropped Newsmax,,,,!! There are more channels available on zuko, rulo, pulo rulo and many others with them "catchy" names and ,,,,and,,,most of them are FREE,,,!! So, why have cable as most of the channels I now watch are free,,,,?? You just gotta have an internet connection.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 6:23pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
they get BIGGER and CHEAPER every year... One of the FEW things that does that. |
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 6:28pm |
To the OP, I certainly hope there wasn't a button pushed on the "under side" of the tv that over-rode the remote, OR, HEAVEN FORBID, the remote batteries weren't dead    !!
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 6:45pm |
he said the TV was 10 years old... HOW LONG do they last ?? 
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:08pm |
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My smart TV is 8 years old so that's not true.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:11pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
he said the TV was 10 years old... HOW LONG do they last ?? |
A LOT longer 10 years ago than today's "THROW AWAY Tv's !!! I'm STILL enjoying a 12 year old VIZIO 55" LED TV that I bought used for $180 !!!
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:13pm |
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How do you PROVE that a TV you buy today will last 2 years ?? Seems like a couple of the above post prove you WRONG.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:15pm |
[QUOTE=D19allisowner]My smart TV is 8 years old so that's not true.[/QUOTE Grab one today and see how long it lasts !! 8 years ago STILL had some OOMMPH to the quality of a product !! |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:18pm |
I GOOGLE it... and you are WRONG...... Look it up on You TUBE !! 
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:20pm |
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Try to get it fixed when it does throw up, not so good a deal. Our Vizio is going on six years now, new unit in Living room already made it a year. Nothing two year about any tv out there that is just a Rube repairman blowing smoke.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:23pm |
No thanks Stevie  , I've seen the guts of the tv's on his workbench, no "former office holder facts" on the web needed
BTW, you seem to be the "master" of ALL things, how many computers/ flat screen Tv's have you fixed in the past 4 years ???
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:26pm |
LOL... so one of your WINKERS has a "BROKE TV" and that means that 50 million of them across the country are failing at 2 year intervals ?????
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:31pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
How do you PROVE that a TV you buy today will last 2 years ?? Seems like a couple of the above post prove you WRONG. |
It's all in the # of boards in the unit, WAY above your way of thinking !! just Like dishwashers fail within 4 years now when they "USED" to last 15
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 7:35pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
LOL... so one of your WINKERS has a "BROKE TV" and that means that 50 million of them across the country are failing at 2 year intervals ?????Sadly tugger, this guy is a DIE HARD TRUMPER. Most of his clientele are also
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Stan IL&TN
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 8:57pm |
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I have a 50" plasma TV that's at least 15 years old. The darn thing just won't die. Maybe when the grandson is over next I can give him one of my air guns and make a deal with him?
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Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 9:37pm |
YEP.... any MY washer and dryer are pushing 10 years old. Stove and Frig are probably at 10 years also...... Guess im one of the LUCKY ONES who is not part of the 4700 POSTER 2 year program !!
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Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 5:07am |
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Worked electrical industry 21 years in power station, BIGGEST effect on ANY electronics devices is Power Surges. Live in certain Rural areas can expect a power surge nearly once a month, in city closer to once a week with grid shift switching and repairs occurring. City dwellers will lose a TV or fancy electronics device at least every few years where rural where do not have it on near as often anyway as NOT bored into staring at the damn things 24/7 and electronics last considerably longer.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 6:03am |
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I agree with DMiller.I know of people that have their TV's on 24/7. Running any machine that many hours will wear it out. We stream anything we watch which isn't that often. All that's on TV shown by the Mainstream Media is Propaganda and that not the news! I had Dish Network. Decided not to pay for 200 channels so I could watch 5.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 9:05pm |
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Back in the day I used to service TV's when it used to be cost effective to do it. Back then they had five or six modules or board assemblies so the cost wasn't very bad but today you have one or maybe two boards in a TV and the price is so high you might as well go buy a new TV. I won't even hardly look at my own electronics. Remember those first VCRs? Expensive and now if you can even find one it's like maybe $50. I used to fix those also but not anymore. Throw it away and buy a new one is my answer.
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Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 8:48am |
Stan IL&TN wrote:
Back in the day I used to service TV's when it used to be cost effective to do it. Back then they had five or six modules or board assemblies so the cost wasn't very bad but today you have one or maybe two boards in a TV and the price is so high you might as well go buy a new TV. I won't even hardly look at my own electronics. Remember those first VCRs? Expensive and now if you can even find one it's like maybe $50. I used to fix those also but not anymore. Throw it away and buy a new one is my answer.
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Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 8:53am |
sigh.. I remember cleaning the tuning switch contacts with Qtips and cleaner, tweaking them for peak performance......
I also was into 'energy harvesting' using crystal radios, before energy harvesting was a 'real thing' !
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Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 9:13am |
It is probably true, things don't last as long as they used to, but I think someone is blowing hot air claiming 2 year life spans. Something else to note, the appliances of 50 years ago cost a whole lot more than today, as a percentage of the average household income! Repairability wise, in general, it's usually not worth it. I have repaired a couple TV's microwaves, cloths washers, dish washers, etc, but most were easy fixes and it was for myself or fiends/family members. If I was to charge the going rate, new would have been cheaper. and, a lot of, (most of?) appliances come from China, and documentation is horrible, or nonextant. If documentation is available, it is often a translation from Chinese that is very hard to understand, often making no sense at all.....at least that has been my experience.
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I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 9:18am |
jaybmiller wrote:
sigh.. I remember cleaning the tuning switch contacts with Qtips and cleaner, tweaking them for peak performance......
I also was into 'energy harvesting' using crystal radios, before energy harvesting was a 'real thing' !
I built a couple crystal radios when I was a young lad, never got one to work. But, I had no idea what I was doing, and no one able to guide me. I did build a electric motor from wire and eight penny nails that worked. |
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I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 8:55pm |
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Back in grade school I made a muscle stimulator and put it in a Quaker Oats container with aluminum foil on each end. The on/off switch and oscillator frequency adjust was in the middle. Turned all the way up it would shock the crap out of yourself. It was great fun challenging my friends to see how long they could hold onto it. It didn't survive long because it usually got thrown when the person holding it screamed. 😆
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Posted: 23 Mar 2022 at 4:50am |
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What did master yoda say when he saw himself on a 4k tv?HDMI
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