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  • retiredcaps
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    • Apr 2010
    • 9271
    #21
    Re: Panasonic th42pz80u: backlight working but no display

    Originally posted by johnboy1313
    Again, I have nothing to add to this other than how disappointing it is to spend the time searching and then reading through a thread, just to see it died at the end.
    Yes, what else can I say.

    [rant on]

    The "upside" for me is that I spend way less time when my gut tells me that a poster tells me that he/she can't/won't follow instructions or even do the slighest homework (not talking about anyone in this thread).

    My days of playing 20 time consuming questions to painfully extract a clear focused picture or get a post with paragraphs, punctuation and periods are over.

    BTW, budm seems to think it is just the posters on badcaps, but I have been on a few other forums and it is not exclusive to badcaps.

    [rant off]
    Last edited by retiredcaps; 03-08-2013, 02:40 AM.
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      • DooLocsta
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        • Feb 2015
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        #22
        Re: Panasonic th42pz80u: backlight working but no display

        Sorry to resurrect but I just had a lighting strike and have the EXACT same issues here with the 46". I so love this TV but is it even worth it at this point to try and fix?

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          • Tetranitrate
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            • Dec 2011
            • 76
            #23
            Re: Panasonic th42pz80u: backlight working but no display

            but is it even worth it at this point to try and fix?
            Remember the great words of Bob the builder: Can we fix it? (yes we can)

            That being said, I no longer have this TV, so any advice I have would be speculation, but have you popped her open yet? If a lightning strike fried some components, I'd think the damaged parts would be obvious.

            Side note: I don't think I ever formally thanked the other regular posters (you know who you are) for all the help they gave me with the Vizio. The TV is still going strong. While I planned on attempting a component level replacement (since we had tracked down the issue to that single smd cap), once the issue was found, a lot of the fight went out of me. I went on ebay and bought a replacement board for $50. Then I saw they were shipping from china town, cancelled the order, got in touch with the sellers, and rode my bike over to some cluttered electronics store where I picked up the board in person. I popped it into the TV, and it has been working great ever since.

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