Question about led tv's

[audiofreak19]

So after my last led tv that would turn on and had the backlight turn on but no picture scared me of tv's that have a backlight turn on and no picture. I'm about to pick up a 55" lg led 3d tv that they say powers on and shows a blue screen but I'm afraid they are seeing just the backlight on and it could be another bad panel like my last one. Can anyone shed some light on how frequent these led panels have a short in half of them and show no picture.

[tom66]

Re: Question about led tv's

I'd say the vast majority of modern LED-LCD TVs with "no picture" are bad panels in one way or another. T-con board fuses are rare failures, and other failures usually allow a picture to show.

[audiofreak19]

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Ah ok. Yea this one has the t con built into the main board.

[audiofreak19]

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Wondering if it's worth a 30dollar risk.

[Shinju]

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30 bucks, eh I would

[audiofreak19]

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That's what I'm thinking. The parts are cheap on ebay I just gotta do the ribbon test to see if it is the panel or not. I'm gonna try and do it at the persons house.

[Shinju]

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I don't ever see LED tvs in my area that cheap unless they have smashed glass.

Stuff up here gets scooped up pretty fast. I have a few outlets that I get my used/non working panels from, craigslist in my area is chocked full if I WILL BUY YOUR BROKEN FLATSCREENS or DONATE YOUR FLATSCREENS TO ME adds

I have 15 or so in my arsenal at the moment

[audiofreak19]

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Dang. Yea my area has a lot of the I will buy your broken Tv's too. I even have a guy buying cracked screen tv's. Yea that's right cracked screen tv's. I gave him my list of tv's to get an estimate but he never got back to me. I have 5 w cracked screens

[stj]

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where do you guys think all those boards on ebay come from?

you didnt think they where new did you!

[audiofreak19]

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Yea I went and asked the guy if I could test on thing on it and sure enough it has a bad panel. So he gave it to me for free. LEDs are junk.

[Shinju]

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how did you determine that? I am curious so that I know what to look for. I have the top of the line 2012 Sammy 55" 3D LED TV and its great for what it is. over 5k hours on it lol never had an issue yet.

OH and stj the parts fairy visits me often I kid I kid, I know if I had more time and better test equipment I too would part out!

[audiofreak19]

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Only reason I say that about led tv's is it seems they crack very easily or the panels go bad pretty easy. I didn't mean to say they are junk more or less I probably wouldn't buy one in fear of the screen breaking and being out 1000 bucks and what not.

[mmartell]

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So what test did you perform to determine the panel was bad ?

[audiofreak19]

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I unplugged one ribbon cable that goes from the t con or in this case the t con is built in the main board and power the tv on. One side of the screen tried to show a picture but had lines and other half was white. Then turn tv off and plug the one back in and unplug the other ribbon and turn the tv on and in this case it stayed the same just the backlight so that says the side that did not produce a picture is shorted.

[tom66]

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Yep another bad LED TV panel, it is terrible how the MOST EXPENSIVE part of a TV dies so quickly now. Why?

[tom66]

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how did you determine that? I am curious so that I know what to look for. I have the top of the line 2012 Sammy 55" 3D LED TV and its great for what it is. over 5k hours on it lol never had an issue yet.

Sell it or buy an extended warranty. I'm not kidding... too many dead panels!

[stj]

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i suspect a lack of cooling in most tv's
that and chips that obviously need a heatsink but dont have one - mainly scalers

[tom66]

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Wouldn't be such a big deal if they were repairable. You can fix a BGA soldering problem. You can't fix most panel faults.

[Shinju]

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I got an extended warranty through the place I bought it from no Samsung hassle they will replace it on the spot or if they dont have the equivilent then I get a huge credit towards another panel. Not a best buy type place I got it through an audio/video specialist place here local.

If this goes then the replacement will be a high end plasma

[audiofreak19]

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I have gotten so many nice tv's but I can't seem to part with my panasonic plasma 720 from 08 cause I got 2 kids and with the extra glass is nice so I don't have to worry about a toy cracking the panel