Help with 50 Incher (TV), Save Meeee... : (

highon2str on 03/07/2015 - 12:32

There has been so many good deals recently I've spent a gazillion dollars in the last few weeks all thanks to ozb. Started off with Aldi snow gear, half price Adidas shoes, Superdry apparel, cheap kindle paperwhites, $270 GoPro Hero4 Silvers, cheap memory cards and that Yamaha home theatre system deal. Throw in a dozen mice and small DS deals I've forgotten about and you get the idea.

So last night we were watching TV, and all of a sudden the picture goes. Tried it again this morning in hopes it had just overheated but still no luck, audio only, no picture. It was a 50" (HD) Soniq P50E11A that I picked up for $496 during boxing day of '11.

FML lol. Now I have to shell out for a new TV. JB have a Soniq S55V14B 55" Full HD Smart LED-LCD TV for $799. Good buy? Any others to consider? Can't go too big past 55" since it won't fit our TV cabinet.

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  • nocure on 03/07/2015 - 12:36
    +3

    Interesting that you have chosen another Soniq after only getting 4 years out of the last one…I would stick with the better brands, ours is a 10 year old LG 50" never missed a beat.

    • highon2str on 03/07/2015 - 12:42
      +3

      Yeah but there's also the saying where they don't make them like they used to… I've had brand name stuff fail on my prematurely with rather abysmal customer/tech support and service.

    • highon2str on 03/07/2015 - 12:44

      Also, the P50E11A which died on me, has a Samsung panel in it from memory.

  • holdenmg on 03/07/2015 - 13:31

    You "spent a gazillion dollars in the last few weeks" and you spent the money via OzBargain instead of buying Greece. Cool Story…

    • nocure on 03/07/2015 - 13:47
      +2

      Greece is screwed…OzBargain is the future.

  • highon2str on 03/07/2015 - 14:41

    Suppose I could do the right thing and buy a "proper" brand (albeit 5" smaller) for a bit more… Samsung UA50J5100AW 50" Full HD LED-LCD TV

  • yuuki on 03/07/2015 - 15:26

    Pop the sucker open. High chance that it's just a blown capacitor on the board; causing power not to be delivered to the panel itself. Easy to replace provided you discharge the capacitors in the TV before working on it.

    • highon2str on 03/07/2015 - 17:05

      Hopefully it's as simple as that, will give it a go.

      When the TV is switched on, the usual relay can be heard clicking on, then a faint patch roughly 300mil wide appears from the middle of the screen, for a split second, before the panel goes dark - is this typical of a blown cap? Do they look visually the same and easy to spot as blown caps on PC motherboards?

      • yuuki on 03/07/2015 - 21:54

        Yup - identical to blown ones on PC motherboards.

        Had a TV capacitor go on me earlier this year with the exact same symptoms as you've mentioned. Light patch would appear for a second - and nothing after that. Only audio would come out. Desoldered the old cap and resoldered a new one on and fired right up after that.

  • max19832002 on 03/07/2015 - 22:01

    if you are looking for a cheap buy get Kogan comes with lots of bells and whistles,have a kogan 32 for our bedroom .
    if you want a tv which will last longer with superior quality get a sony .

    • andydew on 18/08/2015 - 16:30

      If only you are lucky. My sony lasted me for 4.5 years only. Which I dont think is good enough for a 2000+ tv.
      I believe cheaper ones are better value for money. provided you can find one with a decent display.

  • mirridon on 19/08/2015 - 15:04

    I've had my LG plasma since july 2011. I agree with people above who note better brands for longer years. There's a reason why a lot of TV's are simply cheaper, and yes marketing is a thing as well, but components on more recognized brands have a name to live up to, so their components are a lot better in my opinion.

    For my next TV, I'm going to find something that will work for my current situation. For example, I'm hoping that my next TV (samsung?) will have the ability to install the plex app on it so I can stream my local video to the TV. So I guess when you're trying to decide what tv you want, you need to think about things like this as well.

    Good luck!

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