Is my friends TV now junk?

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    Badcaps Veteran
    • Apr 2007
    • 721
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    #1

    Is my friends TV now junk?

    So two weeks after the warranty runs out, my friends big Sony plasma TV goes all psychodelic looking. I assume this means the colors are all over the place, like when you hold a magnet near a CRT. Is it junk, now? Was barely a year old.
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  • shadow
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2007
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    Re: Is my friends TV now junk?

    Hmmm....I have no idea to be truthful. All I know is that the plasma screen in my 1983 portable computer still works great!

    I guess it could be caused by a number of factors and it really depends on the problem on whether the television is fixable or not. It does seem very fishy that the TV decided to give up just outside the warranty period.

    Got to love how 'quality' products are made these days.

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      Badcaps Veteran
      • Apr 2007
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      #3
      Re: Is my friends TV now junk?

      In 1983, woudn't it have been more likely to have a TFT screen? I thought Plasma was a newer technology.
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      • shadow
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        • Feb 2007
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        Re: Is my friends TV now junk?

        http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...sp?st=1&c=1064

        I guess plasma technology is not all that new.

        Got to love that machine, 640kb of ram, 40mb hard drive, 286 processor (12Mhz) and it weighs 10kg. And that was considered portable then!
        I guess times have really changed.

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        • pentium
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          • Mar 2006
          • 2778
          • Canada

          #5
          Re: Is my friends TV now junk?

          Mmmmm...Gas plasma display.

          As for the TV, it might be bad connectors but it really depends wether it fell of the wall and damaged the screen itself. Then you have problems.
          Find Nedry!


          Check the Vending machines!!

          <----Computer says I need more beer.

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            • Apr 2007
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            Re: Is my friends TV now junk?

            Originally posted by shadow
            http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...sp?st=1&c=1064

            I guess plasma technology is not all that new.

            Got to love that machine, 640kb of ram, 40mb hard drive, 286 processor (12Mhz) and it weighs 10kg. And that was considered portable then!
            I guess times have really changed.
            And to think, all these years later, the Xbox isn't much smaller... or lighter, I bet. hehe!
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