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Post #Ayd176FQxwZ7n4kNmK by [email protected] |
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Today I fixed a television out of spite.One of the most common faults with mode… |
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@pjf 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 Love it. The reasoning doesn't matter.On a mu… |
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Post #AydDVg7wQ0YZT3jFr6 by [email protected] |
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@pjfthis describes about 95% of my internal motivation for most electronics pro… |
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Post #AydDVgJzhCCK4RMsds by [email protected] |
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@jwp @pjf Same. |
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Post #AydDVgS9CsigTjBOLo by [email protected] |
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@per_sonne @jwp @pjf It's the whole reason I volunteer at the repair cafe, … |
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Post #AydDVgbidINMxPf2Gm by [email protected] |
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@Firesphere @per_sonne @jwp @pjf Repair cafes are brilliant. |
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Post #AydDViKmDG0oJRkX8i by [email protected] |
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@pjf I remember pre-90s TVs used to break down quite a bit, and indeed it was c… |
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Post #AydDViWpUReYupO9vU by [email protected] |
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@internetsdairyI'd rather say: pre-90s consumer tech made it harder to hide… |
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Post #AydDWU1Gv4vmCqzdOy by [email protected] |
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@pjf laptops have brought me to tears.so much wasted material sometimes because… |
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Post #AydDWihyJ7PBlL4vtw by [email protected] |
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@pjf Thanks for mentioning a possibility I hadn't even considered with resp… |
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Post #AydDXFzUZ01mzEWtI8 by [email protected] |
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@pjf 🦾 |
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Post #AydDXZVjzK75WklPhA by [email protected] |
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@pjf Good work.I'd think if backlights are expected to fail multiple times … |
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Post #AydDXZexR3UBzL4m3s by [email protected] |
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@pjf ...as the likelihood of a catastrophic major component failure being the e… |
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Post #AydDXZoAsmrIRvO8Qa by [email protected] |
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@Photo55 @pjf so you’re saying that they are becoming so reliable that there�… |
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Post #AydDZDY4cAaNzWdiUa by [email protected] |
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@analogfusion @pjf We're with you on that.We don't want a smart tv eith… |
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Post #AydDa5PQMXkl2L0ZVY by [email protected] |
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@pjf What's your definition of "modern" TV? Mine is from 2013 and… |
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Post #AydDaR0i373W23c92W by [email protected] |
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@pjf we really need a repairability tax. Have an independent body rate each pro… |
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Post #AydDaViSYOQccu78mu by [email protected] |
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@internetsdairy they were easier to fix. You simply took of that back panel on … |
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Post #AydDadN85a7UN4CDeS by [email protected] |
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@rexi @pjf I feel your pain.We've got a stack of them (over the years) &… |
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Post #AydDavpnRjkJdBkMpk by [email protected] |
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@pjf hell yeah! great work |
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Post #AydDdWhBMvWEX5xGG8 by [email protected] |
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@pjf I think we should bill the vendor with the time wasted. |
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Post #AydDeLVET7GO6nkwDI by [email protected] |
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@internetsdairy @pjf I remember that from the 1960s. There wasn't a long wa… |
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Post #AydDefRiJuKfxgGPVQ by [email protected] |
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@pjf Bravo. In spite of my applause. I feel a new anti-consumer movement in the… |
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Post #AydFQVYaUUDJ93r3gW by [email protected] |
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@pjf sheer bloody mindedness is so very underrated as an expression of consumer… |
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Post #AydFQg5DM2Fnn9CFvc by [email protected] |
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@pjf FWIW there was an analysis of TVs and the failure of the backlights is a t… |
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Post #AydFQiDnP6J4QLE8a8 by [email protected] |
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@pjf Hi Paul, every saved device helps 🙂 Backlight fails are one common issu… |
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Post #AydJ4CrXiMlubzLHRg by [email protected] |
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@pjf The same experience when I fixed a microwave. It was a blown up fuse. To r… |
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Post #AydJ71OApWGFtZwnSq by [email protected] |
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@pjf This can only be fixed by requiring those companies to make it possible. O… |
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Post #AydJ9QKn3R5VqEVhNQ by [email protected] |
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@rpin42 @Photo55 @pjf New silicone chips & software make my consumer hardwa… |
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Post #AydJD2V9beTV5F58d6 by [email protected] |
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@pjf I have seen this trend not only in TVs but in all kinds of consumer electr… |
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Post #AydJDonE3lS2rBuFSi by [email protected] |
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@pjf Might be worth it if your replacement option is a "smart TV". |
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Post #AydMgg6djh5OAwRLdo by [email protected] |
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@pjf be careful not to put video tutorial online. they might sue you for releas… |
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Post #AydWF4WmLJ85Lp8pVY by [email protected] |
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@pjf I’m currently using two 24” 1920x1200 panels that were e wasted some y… |
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Post #AydWIFxWIWZdfoAT2W by [email protected] |
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@pjf my last TV needed new backlights. Took it apart to verify, could barely so… |
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Post #AydWIdqbTtIllJ7Hai by [email protected] |
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@pjf You are not alone in doing this! I recently got scammed while buying a use… |
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Post #AydWK5RYMijxdg5Y2a by [email protected] |
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@pjf If comfortable, perhaps show the steps you did, and a pix or two, on an on… |
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Post #AydWMJtfbBED2qIx1c by [email protected] |
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@pjf I did this too! Picked a Vizio 50” TV off the side of the road. Remote c… |
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Post #AydWMzurN98TMhBUi8 by [email protected] |
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@rpin42 @pjf Lightbulbs are easy to change because the fitting and switch last … |
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Post #AydWN0EMCejQLAJ46K by [email protected] |
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@rpin42 @pjf ... and again we find the single point light source is expected to… |
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Post #AydWVMnMC0VydifKZU by [email protected] |
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@pjf yeah I discovered the hard way that modern TVs have bare silicon dies dire… |
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Post #AydWXtNE2NtmG8eB8a by [email protected] |
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@pjf well done mate, I've fixed a few of these and it's a horrible fidd… |
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Post #AydWacLdnK32KACndA by [email protected] |
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@Delphi @analogfusion @pjf Is there a way to endumben smart TVs? |
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Post #AydWbs2WwF6jHTrdfk by [email protected] |
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@pjf This reminds me of this video... Many (most?) of the failures are backligh… |
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Post #AydWeVY31CAcOQrbvc by [email protected] |
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@Photo55 @pjf about the car thing: For the US market at least, the peaks for re… |
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Post #AydWeVeQdTH4iDqhsG by [email protected] |
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@prokyonid @pjf Alternators are severely obsolete!The replacement subassembly p… |
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Post #AydWeVkSH45x0ufWGe by [email protected] |
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@Photo55 @pjf It's engineering oversight at best, although I suspect the tr… |
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Post #AydWgSDKNyUadD6Gvo by [email protected] |
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@pjf Well done! I replaced the backlight inverter board in my TV ($25) and tha… |
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Post #AydWhJtKoWaN6qA4GW by [email protected] |
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@pjf cc: @wim_v12e |
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Post #AydWi9oVlhco8wIwy0 by [email protected] |
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@pjf I also do this. (Though not with a TV. My talents run to the mechanical, n… |
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Post #AydWjDAOmskqpe2qbg by [email protected] |
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@pjf #RightToRepair |
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Post #AydWoP9TedLPS25esK by [email protected] |
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@pjf Car makers also make similar design decisions to increase obsolescence. ht… |
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Post #AydWpM8SM4aINx4AyW by [email protected] |
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@pjf do you mind sharing the brand and model ? |
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Post #AydWqGl1pqiFznXls8 by [email protected] |
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@pjf hehe, repair punk! 👍 |
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Post #AydWuxnDlyNEcro8Bs by [email protected] |
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@pjf You should publish the brand. A campaign to avoid brands that do this mig… |
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Post #AydYc9fxZHp7t0ZQLw by [email protected] |
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@Delphi @internetsdairy @pjf We had a neighbour who would repair TVs. Around 19… |
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Post #AydYfZh1IGddRghGRE by [email protected] |
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@msbellows @Delphi @analogfusion @pjf you should be able to disable the interne… |
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Post #AydYgXbmWs6DGohvbU by [email protected] |
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@Delphi @analogfusion @pjf I've got a smart tv - not through choice. But it… |
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Post #AydYghDKocUB3tLXt2 by [email protected] |
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@pjf Yes fantastic.How about putting that effort in finding competent solutions… |
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Post #AydiAnNfLrpeSibeBU by [email protected] |
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@Delphi @pjf so happy to stumble upon this—almost binned mine a couple of wee… |
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Post #AydiAnUkvVVGohvJEe by [email protected] |
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@floris Off that's great.I have to admit that fishing line is a pain to wor… |
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Post #AydiH8kGpcQYSdCkTo by [email protected] |
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@patrickhadfield @analogfusion @pjf We gave up with tv. We have a non-smart scr… |
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Post #AydiM9tvxfwpUf7MDg by [email protected] |
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@rexi @pjf heh. Reminds me of the time I decided to replace the backlight of a … |
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Post #AydtZdId4NFzvnIQd6 by [email protected] |
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@pjf I did this several years ago too! The whole screen went dark one day , aft… |
