Samsung LCD TV's suck
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So I am watching TV Saturday night and I got up to take a piss and come back and the TV screen is black but I can still hear sound. Had to watch the playoffs on Sunday on my old 25" Sharp TV in my son's playroom. I bought this TV in 2006 and it was the newest TV on the market so it didn't have any customer reviews. Now I am looking it up online and seeing that Samsung has had this problem with most of these model TV's. It seems to be a T-Con board (Timing Control) that goes out and causes the screen to go black. I have a Sears repairman coming to the house tomorrow to take a look and diagnose it. Who knows how long until it is fixed or when I get a new TV. To make matters worse I purchased it from Circuit City so I have to deal with the 3rd party insurance company. The 25" Sharp I have had since 1994 and has more hours on it than Air Force One. Yet a TV I spent $3,000 on in 2006 lasts just over 3 years and I only watch it 2-3 hours a day. I swear it's a racket with these new TV's. They are made to break within 5 years.
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LCD are a lot more delicate then the old CRTs. More problems can arise as a consequence. Nothing seems to last these days do they?
I think i read somewhere that the most common problem is that people have the backlight turned on to maximum all the time as this setting is just supposed to be for demonstartion purposes i.e. in a store.
I have the LNS4692D. That is the 46" LCD Flatscreen HDTV. It was the tits for me until Saturday night. Never had a problem before. Now reading about it online, many other angry customers have had this same problem. I just hope it can be fixed or I want a new TV. I still have a year and a half left on the extended warranty.
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
yeah i have a buddy who has that shit cranked up... and he boasts how great his picture is
i find it blinding as well as i've told him it's dangerous
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waiting for those baby to have a price drop though.
all depends what you are watching and using your screen for, I just handed a report before xmas all about the characteristics of CRT, LCD and PDPs and how they compare and why.
For real? yeah, i'm not trying to pay 2grand. Seen some great deals at Best Buy & Circuit City, probably gonna go tonight. Is there a difference between the two?
its the different display technology. LCD are powered by a single backlight at the back, the whole screen functions by crystals locking together allowing certain amounts of light through to light up the phosphors at the front of the screen. Now this is very energy hungry and has certain downsides for example the colour black on an LCD is worse compared to a PDP and OLED. OLEDs can produce close to black rather than blocking light to re create black no matter was manufacturers have done some light still passes through.
Now OLEDs which are Orgainc Light Emitting Diods produce the light. The lifespan of an OLED is a lot less i think comparede to an LCD and PDP due to the organic compounds used in them. OLEDs also have a much better refresh rate than an LCD. On an LCD when there are fast moving images like the ones in sports or action movies looked blurry on the edges, some people pointing that out can give headaches after long periods of time.
If you watch an LCD directly from its front side it will look good, but once you move and watch from an angle you will notice the colors changing and the overall picture quality being affected. This is not a problem with OLEDs which has very wide viewing angles, its picture not being altered when watching from a side.
One of the significant advantages of OLED than LCD and other types of televisions is their low power consumption. Moderns LCD TVs can consume over 500W of electrical power. OLEDs on the other hand is a greener technology with much improved power consumption.
Also i think that OLEDs can be prone to burn in (like Plasma) as they are an emissive display but i have yet to really find out about them too much.
my $0.02 as you guys would say.
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
out of interest, how do you know this?
I agree they build these things to be pieces of shit, how would they stay in business if they all lasted?