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Plasma TV burnt out. Fuuuuuuuuck
I’m actually fine with this as I spent the night without some display light in my face. I noticed it shut down some hours earlier and when troubleshooting I heard that vsst-pop! sound with the trailing burnt smell of a blown capacitor.
It's been running great for more than 10 years so it has served its purpose, but the image is so beautiful and displays everything with an interesting film-look I feel like I just need to open it up and inspect the boards. I’m pretty decent with a soldering iron and I'm sure I could find parts, the real problem is the fucker weighs over 75lbs and is so awkward to hold it can take up to 3 people to lift it off the wall.
The gf has convinced me to find a new tv. With so many options now, 4k..8k..QLED..OLED...it should be an easy pick, right?
Any recommendssss?
- If it's just a blown cap, fix it or get someone who's comfortable doing so to?Nairn
- Jesus, spot who entriely skimmed over the latter half of your second paragraph :\Nairn
- Wait for a saleformed
- @Narin haha, sorry, I meant it was having a shutdown issue and then the cap blew. So now it's two problems for sure.futurefood
- But maybe the cap blew on the same sc board, if I'm lucky, which I'm not :(
A holiday sale is coming up. We'll seefuturefood - I’ve replaced entire boards on TVs before. Check ebay for your modelscarabin