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TV stopped working today (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 hours ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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They must have put a timer in it.

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[–] 53 points 2 hours ago (14 children)

Dang, a 3 year lifespan is terrible for a TV

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  • [–] 11 points 2 hours ago* (13 children)

    Typical for the cheap TVs you can buy on Amazon. They have nice panels and a bunch of really nice features. But they’re packed with spyware and adware, and they only last about 3 or 4 years.

    Then, suddenly, the screen goes black forever. And you need to buy a new one.

    I currently have a 43 inch TLC and it has some great features that I got for $200. I think I might have about a year left on it. But I knew that going into this, because I had, previously, a 43 inch from Vizio that died on nearly exactly the three-year anniversary of the day I received it from Amazon and first plugged it in.

    So I definitely believe there’s some kind of timer inside of them that just causes them to blink out

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  • [–] 14 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    I have a 65” TCL I bought in 2018, and a couple years ago, the backlight went out. I bought some new LED strips for it, opened it up (not easy at all), and replaced them. It’s been going strong since. :)

    So yeah, they don’t last long, but if you’re willing, you can fix them.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 hour ago

    Often times it's the power supply, they use really cheap capacitors in it, and if you open the power supply, discharge the capacitors and replace them with higher grade ones, then it'll fix them.

    My friend does that for extra cash on the side, he'll pick up TVs that have been thrown away and have them up and running in a day.

    Ten dollars worth of replacement capacitors, he ends up making between sixty and two hundred dollars off of each TV.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    Maybe the solution is to stop buying tech on Amazon. I have a Samsung TV that I got at Costco for like $120 in 2020 and it's still going strong.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 hours ago*

    By and large its all the same shite. You dig into these and find out the same stuff is going around wrapped in different plastic casings marketed as whatever. My samsung bought at costco is also a TLC, and also a hisense.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    It doesn’t matter where I bought it, it’s the company that made it. If I got the same TV at Best Buy or wherever else, it would still have the same problems.

    And not everyone has a Costco membership.

    I would gladly buy a better TV if I could afford it. But I can’t.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    I'm totally with you - it's really hard to know what's inside.

    I have read that sometimes you can differentiate which seller a product was built for by the SKU, but I don't think that's always true. And again, even if you can find the info it doesn't always tell us all that much.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (5 children)

    Why would you buy a product that you know is going to die so quickly? The waste and environmental impact would keep me awake at night...

    I just sold a Samsung TV that I'd had for fifteen years and was still going strong.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

    If I could afford a better TV, I would buy a better TV

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    Maybe buying a second hand telly is an option? Like a proper brand quality model one. People upgrade their functioning home entertainment systems to buy bigger and shinier all the time.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    And maybe not an option.

    Why does the TV I buy matter so much to you?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    It was a suggestion to try improve your life and not have to buy a shitty telly that you know will break every three years, but you're welcome to do whatever you want. Sorry for trying to be helpful dude.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 hour ago

    I didn’t really feel like much of a suggestion, more “let them eat cake”.

    As I’ve tried to make clear already, it’s not about doing whatever I want. It’s about what I can afford.

    Just because you have the privilege to afford a better product doesn’t mean everyone else does.

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