Do tvs nowadays have very low lifespan ? Is there a model that is durable ?

[P4-630]

The first tv I bought was a small JVC crt, when I had some more money I bought my first crt Philips widescreen, when widescreen was new in the 90s.
Lateron JVC again and now had a few flatscreen Philips, the latest 58" I still use 2 years old now I think. Ambilight still working every night too..

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I believe its BJs (maybe Costco) give you an extra year of warranty for free. Figure if anything does go wrong it will be quick and it does fail four years I'll just grab the latest and greatest anyway.

Costco doesn't always carry the high tier stuff..... They also have costco specific models so hard to price match with the lower cost of other places.

Otherwise they offer some sort of third part warranty extension that kicks in after the manufacturer warranty is up.

 

[dirtyferret]

Costco doesn't always carry the high tier stuff....

yeah I gave up on the higher tier stuff years ago. If I'm watching TV it's NFL/NBA game or occasionally something on Netflix and they all compress the heck of out of their streams. My wife & kids have suffered watching tiktok videos on youtube and 90 day fiance episodes without their full HDR and dolby atmos glory.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

yeah I gave up on the higher tier stuff years ago. If I'm watching TV it's NFL/NBA game or occasionally something on Netflix and they all compress the heck of out of their streams. My wife & kids have suffered watching tiktok videos on youtube and 90 day fiance episodes without their full HDR and dolby atmos glory.

Some of the most recent high end Tv's are amazing at upscaling low bit rate content the G4 is insanely good at it.... Sony generally does it well at lower price range in the 1200-1600 range.

 

[P4-630]

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[Dorek]

Mum has some cheap range lg tv which has no problems, but my samsung just had massive problems from day 1 so seems to vary by brand i suppose.

 

[AsRock]

Hello

I have a samsung bu8000 (1 year and 7 months old) and the TV already seems like its at its last legs

The motherboard was already replaced during the warranty period due to audio problems now i´m having pink screens through hdmi

It is random and doesn´t follow a pattern

Samsung is charging service for me since it is already out of warranty (1 year )

I´m wondering , are all tvs like this nowadays ? is LG better ?

I don´t really mind refresh rates above 60hz or QLED , OLED displays ( unless they are more durable )

4k , 60 hz is enough for me

Is there a model that somehow lasts more ? thanks

My LG monitor failed in the 1st 6 months, i tried to use the warranty but it was impossible to find another box to put it in as the original packaging was damaged.

So i just went on ebay and had a very good idea what was failing on it and got another with a broken screen and works still today after 16,117 hours.

 

[bonehead123]

Dont get Samsung displays. Simple enough. They all have issues one way or another even prior to them losing the oled race. Its called desperation. AMOLED was no different either.

Between monitors & TV's, I have 7 Sammy screens in my house, + 4 more in the kids' apartments, the oldest of which is over 8 years old & still going strong, so I have to disagree with this statement....

Now add in the 3 phones, 4 tablets, and multiple household appliances, and I guess you could say we have had pretty good luck with Sammy's stuff

 

[Vayra86]

Between monitors & TV's, I have 7 Sammy screens in my house, + 4 more in the kids' apartments, the oldest of which is over 8 years old & still going strong, so I have to disagree with this statement....

Now add in the 3 phones, 4 tablets, and multiple household appliances, and I guess you could say we have had pretty good luck with Sammy's stuff

Consider my Sammy spree highly unlucky then indeed. These things are always n=1 yours is great for perspective here

 

[freeagent]

Sounds like it is hit and miss. I stay away from Hisense and Sharp, but have had good luck with LG.

I am too scared to buy Samsung stuff

 

[64K]

I just checked Amazon for another 4K TV and Samsung seems to have very good buyer feedback but LG seems to be the most favored. Maybe it's time to go with an OLED this time? Have to look into it more. Then there's mini-LED that I need to look into. I know nothing about that yet.

 

[Arctucas]

Have a 65 curved screen Sammy from 2016, probably gets 12 hours a day, or more, of use.

Still going strong.

 

[thesmokingman]

I've had really poor experiences with Samsung tvs, they're kind of shit not to mention the total ass GUI. Last Sammy tv I had die was a QLED, died in 4 months. My Vizio 70in 4k P series is still going strong after 6-7 years.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Agreed that TV nowadays are flimsy and prone to break. I still use the first LCD TV my dad bought over 20 years ago, it was Panasonic. It's been hit by my daughter several times and still doing fine. The base is rigid and the frame is strong. TV nowadays is so thin and light they would definitely break if being touched by my kids. Samsung LCD TV at my in-law place has two indentation in the middle of it because my daughter hit it lol, that was bought last couple of years.

 

[bonehead123]

Agreed that TV nowadays are flimsy and prone to break. I still use the first LCD TV my dad bought over 20 years ago, it was Panasonic. It's been hit by my daughter several times and still doing fine. The base is rigid and the frame is strong. TV nowadays is so thin and light they would definitely break if being touched by my kids. Samsung LCD TV at my in-law place has two indentation in the middle of it because my daughter hit it lol, that was bought last couple of years.

Do your kids have anger management issues or what, why else would they be "hitting' the TV ?

Although I agree with the part about things being flimsy, thin & light nowadays, but that's with just about everything....like the saying goes "they don't make 'em like they used to"

 

[freeagent]

I have a Panasonic plasma, it kind of sucks compared to our UHD TV's..

 

[Apocalypsee]

Do your kids have anger management issues or what, why else would they be "hitting' the TV ?

Although I agree with the part about things being flimsy, thin & light nowadays, but that's with just about everything....like the saying goes "they don't make 'em like they used to"

Only a year or two old that time, not angry but they got excited. They no longer did that

 

[thesmokingman]

I have a Panasonic plasma, it kind of sucks compared to our UHD TV's..

Those Panny Plasmas were the great a long longtime ago.

 

[AsRock]

Although with the newer ones with ROKU built inside might be come a issue.

 

[AusWolf]

I've had two Toshiba TVs that died within a few years. I also have a Samsung that seems quite durable, it's been going for 3-4 years now. I also bought an LG, but I've only had it for a few months so no comments there yet.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Those Panny Plasmas were the great a long longtime ago.

Only the flagship which was fantastic and the best overall television in its day picture quality wise but mid range plasmas were pretty terrible.

Can't remember the model number but my $1200 50 inch Panasonic plasma degraded after 2-3 years. The GT50 on the other hand was fantastic and would give a lot of television a run for their money even now.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Have a 40" Sony Bravia that I got 13 years ago and it still works like the day I got it. It's not used daily anymore, but I'd say maybe 8 hours a week from the occasional show I watch on it to the xbox use from the kids.

The 50" TCL I won in a raffle 6 years ago sucks ass. Slow, cuts off, can hardly do closed captions without hanging or turning off.

Just based on that alone I'd probably look at Sony for a good TV.

 

[eidairaman1]

Hello

I have a samsung bu8000 (1 year and 7 months old) and the TV already seems like its at its last legs

The motherboard was already replaced during the warranty period due to audio problems now i´m having pink screens through hdmi

It is random and doesn´t follow a pattern

Samsung is charging service for me since it is already out of warranty (1 year )

I´m wondering , are all tvs like this nowadays ? is LG better ?

I don´t really mind refresh rates above 60hz or QLED , OLED displays ( unless they are more durable )

4k , 60 hz is enough for me

Is there a model that somehow lasts more ? thanks

Stop buying Samsung or LG

 

[_JP_]

Like it was said here, "hit or miss", I would place some of the reason for more or less failiures on two things:

• Who is the OEM?
• Where was it built?

Because, EU fella here, here's the record for the statistics of non-Smart TVs in the family:
- '89 JVC 22" Stereo CRT, main house TV and used every day for at least 2h, lasted until 2008 (wish I could still remember the model, can't find it by searching)
- '97 JVC 18" Mono CRT, still works though every single button on it has given-out and it's on its 3rd remote
- '08 LG 37" 37LH4000 LCD, still works and no issues with the lamp/screen (I bet because the energy saving + auto contrast adjustments are on since day one and are the best I've ever seen)
- '08 Samsung 19" 933HD LCD, still works (This thing is a tank, used as a kitchen TV and then Monitor hooked to computer+console+antenna)
- '11 LG 32" 32LH3000 LCD, screen has some discoloring at the center like a 20-ish cm circle but other than that works 100%
- '15 Samsung 32" LCD, works flawlessly while being used a bit carelessly I might say

The first ever Smart TV was bought in 2020 (TCL C815 65") and the manufacturer gave-up on its promise to have upgrades from ATV9 to GTV (Android 11) two years in. Granted, some firmware updates were available through really alternate/unofficial channels that were published for the Asia and Russia region, but this to say that it had bugs and never really did everything okay (just like lighting control, with really bad PWM). The feeling I have is that this one will some day just plain fail.
And I've got to say, besides 4K resolution and sound being "wow" everything else was underwhelming. Good thing it was at a discount.

Nonetheless, what I want to get to is that many TVs these days are done by brand licensing, the situation being a lot like PSUs from different brands having the same OEM insides. Philips and Sharp, for example, are brands which still give Avg.Joe the perception that they still make their own TVs, but both brands' models are designed and manufactured by TPV and FoxConn (at some point HiSense, China) in Taiwan, respectively. Roku TVs are TCL rebranded models in the US, that I know of. But information about this is not widespread and most TVs do not use components with standards, shared or common parts when it comes to internals, which for decades has been talked about, but makes it near impossible to repair or upgrades for most models.
These OEMs and their supplied displays are many times the main cause for lousy quality and support, but it varies a lot country by country. I remember a time when South America and Saudi LG LCDs would get more features compared to their EU counterparts, so even stuff like "TruMontion" would mean a completely panel and corresponding PSU to support it.

 

[Jumbotron]

Honestly, I think you just had bad luck with that TV. Today's electronic devices may be built to not last for long, generally speaking. But your case is still an exception, I think. I bought an LG C1 OLED TV, which I use as my desktop PC monitor, almost three years ago and it is working without a single issue as of today.