Re: Purchased bad TV to repair but it works

Thanks everyone for all the feedback. Unfortunately I'm not aware of any recyclers in my area but I am in the process of working out a deal with the trash pickup people. They actually came to me when they saw the tvs with the broken screens I sell the boards out of on the road. When I do purchase them to repair I rarely pay more than $30 and still come out with a pretty good profit, especially if I can repair it at the component level. Sellers basically have the option of something or nothing for them so they will sell for cheap. And again...

Re: Purchased bad TV to repair but it works

sorry goontron I couldn't figure out how to delete it

I know this is a very broad question but I just bought my second (won't power on) TV and when I bring it home it works just fine. I just want opinions from some folks with more experience than I have with TV repair because this is bound to be a common occurrence. And yes I'm pretty confident they aren't stolen. The first one was a 47" LCD Toshiba. I watched it for about a month just to make sure it wasn't an intermittent fault before I resold it. The second is a 32" LCD Sylvania I just purchased. Both sellers claimed symptoms typical of a bad power supply. One even claimed they had a...

I know this is a very broad question but I just bought my second (won't power on) TV and when I bring it home it works just fine. I just want opinions from some folks with more experience than I have with TV repair because this is bound to be a common occurrence. And yes I'm pretty confident they aren't stolen. The first one was a 47" LCD Toshiba. I watched it for about a month just to make sure it wasn't an intermittent fault before I resold it. The second is a 32" LCD Sylvania I just purchased. Both sellers claimed symptoms typical of a bad power supply. One even claimed they had a...

Hello, any help with this would greatly be appreciated. I've read through the post on testing voltage regulators but am still having some trouble decoding these in this Vizio VA370M. I've checked all I could find on the main board and have attached notes for review. Also, I can't decode the numbers on them to determine what type I'd have to replace them with if in fact they are bad. I'm assuming they must be fixed because none of the values are 2.5v difference. I'm convinced the issue with this tv is the main board because the visio logo (not the one on the screen) does turn to amber when the...

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Hello, this site seems like great help for tv repair, I have a LOT of questions

Re: Vizio VA370M

Did you ever find the problem. I have one with the same issue.