Dang, a 3 year lifespan is terrible for a TV

Interesting. I have almost the same model, except made in 2024. I set myself a calendar reminder to see if the same thing will happen to it next year. This seems like it should be class-action lawsuit, honestly.

I'd instead search for a good TV... Second hand. I think i bought my Sony 55" TV in mint condition about 2019 or 2020, and it still works just as good as (not its) first year. Never connected it online and i don't watch live TV. Just permanently hooked to a PC, and on during most of the day.

Lifetime usually depends on the lifetime of the capacitors used. PC motherboards used to boast about having high temperature tolerant japanese capacitors and my experience is that those lasted much longer than the once that didn't have those.

So technically it has timer.

Warranty is usually from date of purchase. If it had a 2 year warranty and you used a credit card to purchase it, the credit card will often have 1 year extended warranty on top of the manufacturer's warranty. Something to look into.

Chinese address but made in Mexico?

I remember as a kid the shop guarantee on products was six months. I had bought my first joystick for the C64 with my pocket money, and six months and one day later it broke.

My current LG is so old, it doesn't support the video formats used by a lot of things today. It still works fine when things are transcoded to formats it understands.

My 65" LG OLED from 2019 going strong. If you look closely though, the colors look weird around the rim, and the remote scroll wheel is fragile and bad. I got a replacement remote which is a piece of shit despite being almost exactly like the original. I have to press like 5 times in order for it to register, if the remote has been idle for too long (like a minute).

Also it's LG so... 🫢🙊🔕

“Lifetime manufacturer warranty.”

The lifetime of the TV is three years.

Don’t buy Hisense, y'all. Best dumb tubes are Sony & LG.