tv gave up the ghost :(

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well the 27" toshiba gave up the ghost yesterday. it was about 7-8 years old. without warning. no picture. just sound. and no prompts on the screen. it was not a flat screen. nothing special, but loved that tv. combo. with dvd and vhs. i tried a dvd seperate. sound. no pic. oh well. have a little 19" thats going to have to do in the interim. time to upgrade to HDTV flat screen. was going to do this, just not this soon...........
 
PA DETAILER said:
well the 27" toshiba gave up the ghost yesterday. it was about 7-8 years old. without warning. no picture. just sound. and no prompts on the screen. it was not a flat screen. nothing special, but loved that tv. combo. with dvd and vhs. i tried a dvd seperate. sound. no pic. oh well. have a little 19" thats going to have to do in the interim. time to upgrade to HDTV flat screen. was going to do this, just not this soon...........
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I feel your pain, I have a Magnavox, that is just shy of 30 YO, that just recently started to loose the pic, sound is still on, but the picture comes and goes...Once it's really warmed up the pic seems to stay on with no problems.

It's an office TV for me at home so there is really no issue, I"ll just look on CL for a free one someone is giving away.
 
dd1101 said:
Time for a upgrade Dave. How much space do you have to work with?
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It sits on a file cabinet, like I said..I keep an eye out on CL..for someone that has up graded theirs and is giving away the old one. Again this is an office TV that I use for background noise during the day.
 
yea. thinking of a 50" led. DTV left a HD cable when they came for the install. think i can find that? lol.............:lmfao
 
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yea. thinking of a 50" led. DTV left a HD cable when they came for the install. think i can find that? lol.............:lmfao
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Dont get too caught up in the led hype, alot of the edge lit LEDs have light bleeding issues. In my bedroom I am on my 2nd Sony XBR tv. First one had a bad panel/light bleeding. If you want a LED make sure its a true backlight LED and not edge lit LED.

In the living room I have plasma no issues.
 
I still have my 32" Sony HDTV tube tv. Still works flawlessly after 15+ years. It weighs about 800 lbs but it sure looks pretty.
 
My vote is for any of the Panasonic Smart Viera Plasma TV's..

Have seen the LED's - Samsung seemed to have that locked up a couple years ago, but others are doing it too..

Just saw a 70" Sharp LED at Costco that was under $2,000 at Costco when I walked in the door... Wow!!!

Dan F
 
PA DETAILER said:
yea. thinking of a 50" led. DTV left a HD cable when they came for the install. think i can find that? lol.............:lmfao
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AmazonBasics sells hdmi cables for $1-2 everyday.

dd1101 said:
Dont get too caught up in the led hype, alot of the edge lit LEDs have light bleeding issues. In my bedroom I am on my 2nd Sony XBR tv. First one had a bad panel/light bleeding. If you want a LED make sure its a true backlight LED and not edge lit LED.

In the living room I have plasma no issues.
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I've had no issues with my Samsung edge lit LED, backlight is absolutely preferably but harder to find. Plasmas definitely have better blacks, but LED uses much less energy and have richer colors in my opinion, especially if you dial in the settings.

You can find a 46" for the 600-800 for a good 120hz LED Tv.
 
PA DETAILER said:
well the 27" toshiba gave up the ghost yesterday. it was about 7-8 years old. without warning. no picture. just sound. and no prompts on the screen. it was not a flat screen. nothing special, but loved that tv. combo. with dvd and vhs. i tried a dvd seperate. sound. no pic. oh well. have a little 19" thats going to have to do in the interim. time to upgrade to HDTV flat screen. was going to do this, just not this soon...........
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Now you can get yourself a flatscreen like a normal modernized civil human being:D
 
Should just fix the power supply. My older Admiral TV done the same thing and I had to replace some capacitors in the power supply. Still works to this day...
 
dc52nv said:
I still have my 32" Sony HDTV tube tv. Still works flawlessly after 15+ years. It weighs about 800 lbs but it sure looks pretty.
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I recently threw one of those in a dumpster. I prefer my 20 yr. old 27 in. Sony Trinitron.
Someday I'll lurch uncontrollably into the 21st century. But since I only watch three channels (TCM, Antenna TV, MeTV), maybe never.
 
Re: tv gave up the ghost :( (UPDATE* PICKED UP A NEW ONE

just got done buying the one i posted. delivery is FREE. it will be here SATURDAY. and they remove the old set. really did not want to spend the coin, but with winter comming......

that would have been a metro master blaster and some nice detailing products! :rofl
 
PA DETAILER said:
well the 27" toshiba gave up the ghost yesterday. it was about 7-8 years old. without warning. no picture. just sound. and no prompts on the screen. it was not a flat screen. nothing special, but loved that tv. combo. with dvd and vhs. i tried a dvd seperate. sound. no pic. oh well. have a little 19" thats going to have to do in the interim. time to upgrade to HDTV flat screen. was going to do this, just not this soon...........
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Same thing happened to me with my old Toshiba. I picked up a 47" LG and a Roku player, dumped the cable company ... and have not looked back. Enjoy the new TV, I found myself looking at TV shows and movies I'd seen before, they seemed more interesting and just looked different and I mean that in a good way.
 
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