I'm mostly sailing the high seas, using the tv as a giant monitor for the always-on laptop connected to it. I'm afraid of the 1984-esque "You must connect to the internet to continue using this TV" that might come after some time.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I've fixed a couple extras and have them stored. If you find a "dead" TV, shine a flashlight into the screen and see if you see the picture. If so, then there's probably just a problem with the backlighting, which is why TVs get trashed most often. Order up a set of backlight strips, find a youtube vid on taking that model apart, and put new strips in. Takes about 30 minutes and baby, you got yourself a TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I have 4 tv's , all dumb. One in the bedroom , one in the living room and two on ice. I've got a stack of dvd / blue ray players and a region free DVD player with a 3k+ dvd collection and an antenna I made myself. Fuck all that smart TV bullshit. I'll fix them all if I have too, the info is all available on YT like you say and the parts are cheap.

    I've had 4 or 5 opportunities to get free OLED (or what ever trash is out now) tv's for free and I turn them all down. People that aren't the least bit paranoid about all these connected devices bug me out. Facebook freaks and Amazombies

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