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TV dead

  • 17-01-2011 5:51pm
    #1
    Doublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭


    Hey, Any ideas appreciated.

    Put the TV to standby last night with the remote. Came back an hour ago to find I couldn't turn it on(no response/no picture/reaction at all. Other things on the same extension cord work so I thought it might be the plug fuse, but I changed that & still no better. Any ideas.


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Take it back if less than 2 years old and you have a receipt.


  • #3
    Gadgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭Gadgie


    Not a Samsung by any chance, is it?


  • #4
    Doublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭Doublin


    watty wrote: »
    Take it back if less than 2 years old and you have a receipt.

    It's around 7 years old I think
    Not a Samsung by any chance, is it?
    Phillips


  • #5
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    Any lights on - any signs that it is actually on ? Heat from it ?

    Its a CRT ? What model ?


  • #6
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Doublin wrote: »
    It's around 7 years old I think

    Phillips

    New TV time then.

    There are few real TV repair people left. It costs too much compared to replacement cost.

    In 1970 a really good wage might have been £80 a week and a new TV 21" £400, that's about £2,200 or €2,700 in today's money.

    That's why you don't get stuff fixed any more. Including overheads, excluding parts a guy would need to take over €1000 a week to be poor fixing TVs.

    You'll get a nice 42" HDTV compatible with Irish Digital for 1/2 the real cost of what a 7 year old 32" Philips cost then.

    I know how to fix them. I couldn't make a living at it though.


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  • #7
    Doublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭Doublin


    No worries, got my sister to put the word out on her single mothers support network. I'll get a replacement tonight.

    Now we're out of the Celtic Tiger rubbish, repairmen will hopefully come back into fashion as we try to get the most value from the items we purchase.


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Who will pay 100 Euro to get a €30 DVD repaired?


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