I was at the city e-waste drop-off last weekend and saw a stack of about twenty identical, maybe three year old, smart TVs.

All from the same brand, all with the same model number. The guy working there said they get a batch like that every few months, always a different popular model. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Is it a planned obsolescence thing with a cheap part, or are people just tossing them at the first sign of trouble because a new one is 'cheaper than repair'? What's the most common failure you guys see on those newer flat screens that might actually be a simple fix?

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kelly.keith28d ago

Honestly, it's usually the power supply board. A ten dollar set of capacitors and some basic soldering can bring a lot of them back.

river_burns28d ago

Ever wonder why they use such cheap caps in the first place? Seems like planned obsolescence to me.