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TV crapped itself

Doc

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It's 10 or 12 years old. I've procrastinated replacing it. Now I have a good reason to. No picture at all. It's a sony 57" rear projection. It's been a good TV. This is the 1st ever problem with it. When I power it on I get sound for a little bit but no picture. Same for all tV inputs. I do see 10 quick blinks, then a pause and 10 more blinks. I looked up what the blinks mean and found this:


10 blinks = Check Q8014 and Q8013 for shorts, leakage, or bad solder connections on the " D" board. If the transistors are bad, check R8051 and IC8005, also on the "D" board. (these circuit references and their part numbers may vary between models but I strongly advise to get the D board checked and/or replaced if unrepairable at component level) - either way it could be expensive. Get a quote from an authorised service centre before going ahead.
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While I might end up fixing this one, I'm ready to get a flat screen.
Any recommendations for a 55 to 60" flat screen for under 1500?
 
squerly said:
10-12 years old? Good lord man, take a trip to Best Buy. Cheap bastard...
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Yep, takes one to know one. :yum: :yum:
No best buy close to me.
Looking at Newegg, Tiger Direct and Ebay so far.
 
Yes my 8 year old 46" Toshiba quit on me and I replaced it with a Vizio 47" only to find out when my sister in law wanted it that it cost her a few bucks for a bulb that had burned out. She changed it and now working great, but then I have a TV with more than 1 HDMI input, better picture in all light and thin as well as light, making it easy to move. I was so impressed with the picture I replaced a 24" off brand with a 28" Vizio in my loading/computer/man cave room.
 
I have a 55" Sony here at the ranch but I think it will cost you more than $1500 . I do love it . Super nice picture .

:shifty: Watching the NFL on it leaves me sore for 3 days !!!!:shifty:
 
squerly said:
10-12 years old? Good lord man, take a trip to Best Buy. Cheap bastard...
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Hey, I'm in the same boat with Doc. I have a huge, honking Sony back projection TV that won't quit. I'd love one of those sexy, flat screen jobs but while ol' Bertha is still cranking out a picture, I'll keep on watching it.
 
EastTexFrank said:
Hey, I'm in the same boat with Doc. I have a huge, honking Sony back projection TV that won't quit. I'd love one of those sexy, flat screen jobs but while ol' Bertha is still cranking out a picture, I'll keep on watching it.
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:yum: Yep, I can relate Frank. :biggrin:

We do have a best buy about an hour and a half away. If I shop online and knew they had the TV I wanted for a good price I'd make the drive, no problem. But I don't like to walk in there and try to make my decsion while looking at the hoards of TV's they have. Can't explain why.

I have a small flat screen that we use on the houseboat sitting by the dead sony. The picture is better. I'm looking forward to a new tv but hate to think of how the hell i'll get rid of this monster. So freaking big. It's done it's time, if someone else can fix it and get some use out of it good for them.

I'm considering the Sony I posted about above. a panasonic 55" plasma for 1099 (any thoughts on plasma?), and I'm looking around for Samsungs and Vizio's. I've heard good about both brands from here and others.
 
We just upgraded and I did a lot of searching. I was willing to part with more money than I did and ended up with a 60" Sharp Aquos with the new Quattron Quad Pixel Technology. Quattron LED LCD uses a four-color filter, adding the color Y (yellow) to the three colors of R (red), G (green) and B (blue).

It really matters where the TV is going to be as far as lighting and the selection you make. My son has a high end Panasonic plasma and he complimented how good the Sharp was when he saw it. When you see the yellows in the Sharp it's so much better than other LED's which helps in well lit rooms like our living room. IMO, if your gonna do a dark theater setting, the Sony plasma is the choice.
 
Thanks for the insights Dawg. This is a well lit room. With free gas we put in as many windows as we could. 4 big windows and a door with glass in it in this room.
Sharp is one of the top sellers at tiger direct, LCD and LED. From the info you gave maybe that is part of the reason why.
 
Most of the TV's in our house are still tube TV's. :hide:

Doc - in a well lit room, you'll want something with a mat finish screen. The ones with the shiny finish will reflect all the lights from windows, lights... right back at you.

Also, just to give you a heads-up, I've heard that all these new TV's only last around 8 years. Unlike the TV's of yesteryear that last 20+ years, they'll poop out relatively quickly. Therefore, you don't have to buy one with all the extra gizmos since most will be standard equipment by the time you replace it.
 
good point Brian. I paid more for the rear projection Sony than I ever had for a TV. $2200. After paying that much I felt I had to get at least 10 years out of it, and we did ....but I did expect more. I had thoughts of moving it to the game room, but considering the size I'm shying away from that idea now.
The TV Dawg mentioned (60" Sharp Aquos LED) is at best buy for $1499 today. If it lasted 8 years that would come out to a cost of $188 per year. I guess that's not too bad but I sure like the 15 and 20+ year TV's. I have one that cost less than $500 and lasted well over 20 years. That is by far more bang for the buck. Just figured the rear projection sony at $2200 for 12 years cost $184 per year. less than $2 a day. Can't complain about that.
 
bczoom said:
Also, just to give you a heads-up, I've heard that all these new TV's only last around 8 years. Unlike the TV's of yesteryear that last 20+ years, they'll poop out relatively quickly. Therefore, you don't have to buy one with all the extra gizmos since most will be standard equipment by the time you replace it.
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It's actually less than that, more like 5 years. The new TV's are one of the few example of were an extended warranty is worth it IMO. They can go out in a blink at a relatively early stage.

BTW Doc, we got ours at Sam's a couple months ago for $1600 and I purchased the 3 year extended warranty for $250. One year factory, 3 years Sam's warranty, and another year for being a Sam's premium member totaling 5 years. I'm hoping the sumbitch goes out about 4 years, 10 months ......... :yum:
 
Thanks everyone for your thoughts on flat screen TV's.
We drove to Best Buy last night (1 1/2 hours away) and purchased a ST50 55" Panasonic Plasma TV. 600Hz refresh!!! :eek: I didn't know refresh ever got that fast (the gory details: Panasonic - VIERA 55" Class - Plasma - 1080p - 600Hz - Smart - 3D - HDTV Model: TC-P55ST50 ) Since we had a rear projection TV prior to this we also needed a stand for the TV. We have a Great Dane who likes to mosey back and forth in front of the TV so we had hopes of getting the TV screen a little higher than the rear projection TV used to be. Best Buy to the rescue. They had a kewl stand with a rear post that would raise the TV up just far enough so that our 34" tall Dane won't be a problem when she decides to pace. :biggrin:

Overall the picture of this new TV is awesome, and even looks great in the daytime well lit room. I see details in the black areas that I've never seen before. Very kewl. :biggrin:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Panason...47672&id=1218582230738#tabbed-customerreviews
 
I wound up with a 46" LG LED TV a few months ago. Picture is nice and I'm happy with most aspects of the unit.

The one down side is the audio from the TV. It is so bad, that I was forced to buy a "sound bar" to produce the sound. I got a cheap iLive unit from also from Best Buy.

Summary - Be sure to listen to the audio of any TV you are looking at. The real thin ones also sport very small (thin) speakers and the audio suffers accordingly.
 
Good point Larry. While the speakers on this model are an improvement over last years model (according the reviews) they still leave something to be desired. I already have surround sound. Now I just have to wire it up to this new TV so I can have that option.

Funny Muley. Remember though this is Plasma so it does have a break in period. It is more susceptible to burn in. I'm libel to get one of those MLR images up there and leave it for to long and it would burn into my virgin screen and be there forever. While that might be fun I don't think my wife would be one bit amused. :yum:
 
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