Our 26" TV is FUCKED.

[tuvor]

Squashed picture yesterday, one thin horizontal line today.

On the plus side, we found one for sale in the classifieds for $350. We pick it up this weekend.

Oh, yeah. It's a 60 incher.

:woohoo:

[GOPisEvil]

1. My 27-inch TV is having issues as well.

It works for about 10 minutes, then all channels become snow. It's like the cable signal gets interrupted. :shrug:

Ah well, there are some good sales, maybe a good deal on a pre-owned. We'll see. I can't have a 60-inch TV though. That's way too big for my little house.

Enjoy your new toy!

[TrogL]

2. You blew your flyback transformer

Probably cost more than $350 to fix.

[tuvor]

4. Thanks for the info, TrogL!

The old TV cost us $75, secondhand. Guess we made the right decision.

[LSK]

3. my 27" has a yellow spot in the picture

Cant complain thou as its a freebie! Oh yeah and its like 15 years old.

One of these days I might spend more than $20 on a TV. :rofl:

[B3Nut]

7. I paid $8 for our

26" RCA console, about 1991 vintage, at a yard sale a block from our house. I spent more than that replacing the missing remote with a cheap universal one from OfficeMax. :D

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[LSK]

13. i hooked up a cheap VCR to it and use the remote from that

[Broken_Hero]

5. damn...

350 for a 60 inch? Projection...I hope it works out for you, in my experience the projections are kinda over hyped...btw, my 32 inch is still going strong, but its only a year old...:)

[mikeytherat]

6. You've lost the vertical sweep - it is most likely a cracked solder joint

Very easy repair, actually.

mikey_the_rat

[tuvor]

9. Well, I may consider keeping it after all.

I was considering giving it to some hobbyist. OTOH, not sure two TVs are necessary.

Thanks for the tip!

[Puglover]

8. My 19" crapped out after 15 years...

so I ordered a Sony Bravia from bestbuyplasma.

https://www.bestbuyplasma.com/Plasma/Product.asp_X_Sku_Y_KDLV26XBR1

comes tomorrow...woot!

[tuvor]

10. Looks nice!

Hope you enjoy it.

Oh, and in honour of your username, here's ours...

[Puglover]

12. Ah Tuvor...sweet

ours is 17 and soon to depart this world...very very tough time around here...thanks for the great pic.
jeff

[tuvor]

14. So sorry to hear that, Puglover.

I'm not looking forward to when we have to deal with our pug's last days. Seventeen years, wow. I hope we have him as long as you've had yours. Take care.

[Benfea]

11. Nice bargain!

Personally, I've never spent more than $100 on a TV, so I tend to buy mine used from TV repair shops.

Computer monitors… now that I'm willing to splurge a bit on. I wub my 19" LCD!

[Gatchaman]

15. A 60 incher for $350?

That should last you to at least Wednesday. :p

Seriously, be careful. Of course, if they're ditching it for some kind of plasma or something, you might get lucky.

[tuvor]

17. They're downsizing.

In their late 50s/early 60s, moving into a small-home gated community. There's just no room for this monster.

And, yeah, they DID get a plasma, so I think we got lucky.

Thanks for being concerned. :)

[no name no slogan]

16. I thought you guys converted to metric years ago?

Shows you what I know about our neighbors to the north.

a 60" tv, eh? That is freaking HUUUUGE.