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  • cruseo@piefed.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•TV stopped working today
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    6 hours ago

    Typical for the cheap TVs you can buy on Amazon. They have nice panels and a bunch of really nice features. But they’re packed with spyware and adware, and they only last about 3 or 4 years.

    Then, suddenly, the screen goes black forever. And you need to buy a new one.

    I currently have a 43 inch TLC and it has some great features that I got for $200. I think I might have about a year left on it. But I knew that going into this, because I had, previously, a 43 inch from Vizio that died on nearly exactly the three-year anniversary of the day I received it from Amazon and first plugged it in.

    So I definitely believe there’s some kind of timer inside of them that just causes them to blink out