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mbalbritton

mbalbritton

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Well, after 10 years the old reliable Philips 46" lcd sounds like its dieing. Picture is fine, but the sounds is crackling. Weird thing, cable sound is different than the BlueRay. BlueRay sounds like your typical blown speaker with the static crackling sound we all know. The cable is broken and goes in and out to where you hear every other syllable.

I hooked up another tv and all sounds fine.

So, TV shopping time. Looking to stay in the same size range or slightly larger. Im not about to spend over $500 on a TV, so dont bother suggesting something like that. Im not that impressed by super dooper ultra high definition tvs. At least not on my dime I'm not.

go...
 
I bought a Hisense 55" a couple years ago that is also a smart TV with wifi for $450. I'm like you about not really caring about the fancy stuff.
 
We've got two Samsung smart TVs in our house and are going to buy a third one soon for the playroom/gym room. The one in the living room is 3 yrs old and is a 65" unit. The one in my boys bedroom is about 2.5 yrs old and is a 42-46" unit (cant remember). We bought both of them at Sams Club and Both have been great. I highly recommend them.
 
Buy a sound bar for ~125.
It will solve your current problem, and when the TV picture inevitably dies you can use it on your new one too.
 
Thought about opening it, but I don't know if it's the speakers or the sound card/main board. Im not gonna throw parts at a 10yo tv.

What do the soundboard plug into? AV jacks? Never had one.
 
Depends on TV. Can plug into HDMI, Optical, or Component outs.
 
TV's are ridiculously cheap now.
I have a 65" Panasonic Plasma in my living room, bought it 3 years ago when Panny stopped making them. Best Plasma made. They finally caught up with the Pioneers in their last couple of years. Samsung did, too, but they stopped making them the next year. If they started making them again right now, they'd be second only to the super-high-dollar OLED's. I'm hoping to get a lot of years out of that one.

My old DLP that I put in my bedroom at the time died and I just did without for awhile. Needs a color wheel. I put one in it years ago...it's a mofo.

Found a Sansui at Walmart. 55" 1080P. $249, shipped. That's just like a sore dick. No brainer to buy that.

Now...it looks....okay-ish. It's a FAR worse picture than the Plasma downstairs, and there's nobody in the world who could see both that wouldn't agree.
However....it's the bedroom. It was cheap as hell, and that's good enough. When I want to watch something and enjoy the picture and the surround sound, I'm not doing it in my bed.

That TV is still $299 at Walmart right now. That's a hell of a deal for a 55" set.
 
Plasma was a far superior technology that last the marketing war.
IVE GOT A 42" PANNY PLASMA in my bedroom that was bought in 05. And got relegated to bedroom duty when I bought my 65" panny plasma for the living room.
 
Another Panasonic Viera plasma 58" owner here, going on 10 years of age. Paid dearly back then too, about the cost of a set of stickies. Samsung 42 plasma in bedroom. I prefer plasma pic over competition. But they damn sure can heat up a room.

Matt
 
Weird. This morning I hooked the old TV back up to plug in an external speaker and see what happens.

Plug in the power, HDMI for cable, and the built in speakers sound fine. WTF? It's been on for an hour now and still sounds good.
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
I'm a fan of the Plasma tvs you'll get better refresh rates and contrast ratios for cheaper if you shop around and find a plasma set.
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Me too.....
Unfortunately plasmas aren't made anymore
 
Pretty happy with my LG LCD. It's their mid grade model 65". We had an LG 55" plasma which still works but was getting some burn in. Our new one is a 240hz so refresh is pretty good but still not as clean as the plasma. All in all I'm happy with it
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
they aren't? I haven't tv shopped in a few years. Why did that happen?
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Short answer? Capitalism. LCDs got so much lighter and cheaper that they weren't selling enough to justify production when the profits were so much greater in lcd panels. There's also a lot of misinformation surrounding plasma displays that really hurt sales.
 
catfishblues said:
Short answer? Capitalism. LCDs got so much lighter and cheaper that they weren't selling enough to justify production when the profits were so much greater in lcd panels. There's also a lot of misinformation surrounding plasma displays that really hurt sales.
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Well thats just great, guess I better hit up craigslist and buy a bunch of plasmas off people wanting to get a new tv.
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
Well thats just great, guess I better hit up craigslist and buy a bunch of plasmas off people wanting to get a new tv.
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When my 65" LG lcd went out...grabbed a 55" LG plasma and 55" Samsung plasma. Both from CL, $500 combined. Samsung was still in the box, was told it was one of the Kmart specials. I was pleased.

Only gripe I've ever had with plasmas are in rooms with a ton of natural light, reflections seem to be worse and washes out the picture.
 
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