TV just blew up !!!

karltimber

Was watching the end of the penalties with germany & argentina and heard a loud bang - tv went off and a burning smell from the back.

sounds like a capacitor has gone.

we are building an extension at the minute and were going to upgrade to a 37 lcd --- but that needs to be done shortly instead of sept.

so - recommendations please folks.

37-40 inch - usual hd-ready - using for noraml tv and an mce machine.
Am liking the samsung or Panasonics.
Is komplete my best bet?
What about that German website -- trinsic ??? whats the web address.

really appreciate this folks

Red Alert

Watch the sound level you can get from the flat screens builtin speakers (you don't mention a sound system) - we have a flatscreen at work for showing DVD's to kids and it can't compete with the music system in the shop at all.

Calibos

I wish my CRT would blow up. Bloody reliable 11 year old Sony 32in FX20!

No 40 inch plasma for me till then

padi89

Calibos wrote:

I wish my CRT would blow up. Bloody reliable 11 year old Sony 32in FX20!

No 40 inch plasma for me till then

So true,Id love one of those LCD or Plasma TVs but i just cant justify getting rid of my old perfectly working CRT.

Mountjoy Mugger

karltimber wrote:

What about that German website -- trinsic ??? whats the web address.

Is it www.katronics.de you're thinking of?

mossym

my opinion is, for what it's worth, samsung are some of the best bang for the buck. good picture, and nice prices.

Panasonic are excellent too, but from what i've seen they are a bit more expensive..

if i was buying it would be one of them..don't like sony(overpriced), anddon't tink a lot of the othes match the build quality of those

karltimber

can anyone elaborate on the different models of samsungs

ie - R71 ,R72 etc. Are the just newer models by means of highers numbers :rolleyes:

whats a good alround model for tv,mce, small gaming -- 1500-1700 mark.

and any info on resolution (what min specs), hdmi (yes or no), sound ??


thx

ZENER

Calibos wrote:

I wish my CRT would blow up. Bloody reliable 11 year old Sony 32in FX20!

No 40 inch plasma for me till then

Reminds me of what happened to my Sony just prior to "having" to buy a new 32" LCD (Samsung R71 btw) . . . who knew that watering a geranium plant with one of those spray thingies would be a bad idea . . . :rolleyes: . . . funny thing . . . it went BANG too !! :eek:

The missus is delighted with the new TV - thinner and doesn't attract dust like a CRT . . .

By the way I agree with Red Alert on the audio issue - weak best describes it. A seperate audio system highly recommended.

ZEN

karltimber

thx zener.

have a 5.1 there alright but may upgrade that aswell !!!

shortlegs

My 32" philips widescreen went "bang" yesterday with a puff of smoke after just 7 years. Not ready to go flat just yet - could there be much wrong with it or would i be just throwing good money after bad?:(

byte

Hard to know. Depends what went bang, and if anything else was affected by the bang! I guess it could be the flyback transformer.

Zener might shed some help in this area.

shnaek

Calibos wrote:

I wish my CRT would blow up.

That can be arranged! See here for some tips:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver