Best telly I had back in the day was a Grundig with a wooden box. And a remote and Ceefax. Luxury! Last two have been Panasonics. The truth is that you can get a fair quality telly these days from most manufacturers and they are usually reliable. I use a small local firm, a Euronics one. They give good advice, will deliver and set it up for free and usually call around the same day if there’s a problem. Can’t beat that. Of course you can also spend a small fortune on one. Are they that much better though?
Bloody Samsung!
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TringSaint
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I think the older units are more reliable. My one (UE59AU9007K if you want to look it up) was a 4k UHD job and these are the ones that are somewhat flaky.
Even the Samsung authorised repair chap said that out of 10 tv’s they can expect 2-3 to have a screen / backlight issue within a couple of years - almost like the units are prone to failure.
Thing is the knackered TV cost me c£550 about 3 years ago but the repair is £400 + labour, so likely £500-550, but the replacement tv is more like £300!
So there is zero incentive for manufacturers to provide spares simply because the units become obsolete so quickly.
Just pi$$es me off tho as it’s just for the tip now!
Bavarianbrit
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Strip it apart and use the screen film as a huge transparent mousepad. I did and it works a treat.
TringSaint
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Mouse pad? Not used one of them since the 90’s!!
Track pad all the way for me!!
Bavarianbrit
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Cannot get on with track pads, I am stuck in the era of when I had to use mousepads for work, just went more modern with a wireless pad though.
Danny Fireblade
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I had a Samsung freezer, went south about 2 months after the warranty ended, surprise surprise.
Won’t ever touch Samsung no more, my tv is LG, no issues with it at all.
Won’t ever touch Samsung no more, my tv is LG, no issues with it at all.
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