Re: "Dick Smith" 55" LED backlight issue - model GE6880

Well, for what its worth, this is my experience.
I collected one of these off the kerbside cleanup, no backlight. Went through and tested each backlight LED in turn and found two bad ones. Since it is fed essentially by a current source, I just shorted out those two with a piece of wire and put it all back together and it worked for 12 months. I put up with the fact that there are two widely separated slightly dim areas of backlight. I'm the only one who can see it. It worked that way happily for 12 months...