I knocked over my flat-screen TV

Murrmurr

Murrmurr

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I knocked it over and the far right side hit the arm of a wooden chair. There's a black splotch where it hit the chair. It's not real big, like I can forget it's even there while I'm watching TV, but there's also a couple of long meandering lines coming off it that look a lot like cracks in a windshield.

Michelle thinks it can be fixed....something about smoothing the plasma back into place. But I think this TV is LCD; liquid-crystal-display; and I'm not sure that's the same thing as plasma.

Anybody know if it can be fixed?
 

I doubt it.

Found this which may help:
Modern LCD flat screen TVs are not designed to be repaired. Even when they build them new at the factory, and one doesn’t work, they don’t bother to repair it unless the fix is really, really simple, like a broken wire or a connector not plugged in.

Modern TV’s, like most other large-volume consumer electronics products, are built in a single, very large lot. They will purchase all the parts to build a million TV’s at one time, run the factory 24/7 for a month or more to build them, put them in warehouses, and then that particular model will NEVER be made again. If you purchase one and it fails, they just give you another from the warehouse. If that model is no longer available, then they’ll give you whatever is the closest new model TV.

There is no repair documentation, no “factory trained” repair technicians, and no spare parts stock.

Yes, its *theoretically* possible to repair a modern flat screen TV, but its almost never economically feasible to do so.
 

Nathan said:
I seriously doubt that repair will be cost effective. Buying a new TV would be much quicker and beneficial IMO.
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MrPants said:
I doubt it.

Found this which may help:
Modern LCD flat screen TVs are not designed to be repaired. Even when they build them new at the factory, and one doesn’t work, they don’t bother to repair it unless the fix is really, really simple, like a broken wire or a connector not plugged in.

Modern TV’s, like most other large-volume consumer electronics products, are built in a single, very large lot. They will purchase all the parts to build a million TV’s at one time, run the factory 24/7 for a month or more to build them, put them in warehouses, and then that particular model will NEVER be made again. If you purchase one and it fails, they just give you another from the warehouse. If that model is no longer available, then they’ll give you whatever is the closest new model TV.

There is no repair documentation, no “factory trained” repair technicians, and no spare parts stock.

Yes, its *theoretically* possible to repair a modern flat screen TV, but its almost never economically feasible to do so.
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Ok, thanks a lot.

It's a Roku TV, and the price on those nearly doubled early last year, but the price started really low. This one's a 42" and I only paid about $260 for it. So, yeah, I think it's worth buying another.

Oo!...and I could put this one in my workshop. (y)
 
I understood that if a tv fell from a height, there was a danger of it exploding....or was that only the old analogues?
 
Sorry to read this Murrmurr, I think that you will find that,
a LCD TV uses less electricity than a Plasma one.

Mike.
 
Time for a new TV. I have an inexpensive 65 inch Element TV in my den and 2 weeks ago it started going dark and sometimes back to normal. As soon as I can get motivated, I’m going to BJ’s to get a new TV. This time, I’m buying a known brand and staying away from Best Buy’s branded junk.
 
My first flat screen was a popular, but cheap brand. I won't name it, and it started failing after two years. I don't think Best Buy is at fault, but some brands are better than others. Best Buy carries so many brands, they must carry some good ones. I know they carry Samsung, and without meaning to start a debate, I think that brand is one of the best. FWIW, I don't own a Samsung. I have and LG.
 
After looking at the pictures of the crime scene, it's obvious the cat did it. But, of course, there is the issue of "chair abuse". I have already set up a Go Fund Me page. I can recommend several CACs (Chair Abuser Councilors). Please don't let this morph into the dreaded couch abuse. Get help, today.
 

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