Been doing tv & electronics repair for over 50 years, It just keeps getting worse for the servicemen, panel failures, surface mount components, I am still using vintage equipment REPAIRABLE as my own daily drivers, CRT tvs, even some tube based stuff, most all of my repair work now is tube based antique radios.
Another thing occurs to me. With the prism sheet darkened like that heat spots will tend to build up in the already burned places.. Leading to more burning and another failure.. Also have to wonder how far those leds are being over-run. Like filament bulbs the hotter you run them the shorter the lifespan. Maybe leds are not the best solution here at all.
Every. Single. Samsung. I've ever used always have the backlight set to 100 percent. Some even have it set highest on all video modes, making it so that you actually have to search for the setting to turn it down.
I have fixed a couple of those crap piles ,especially of the 55"varriant.I always demand the backlight cost in advance plus 50% of my fee as a repair attempt.I even kept one for myself since the customer abandoned it...
My gym bought 15 or so Samsung TVs, within 18 months all had failed backlights. They make total cr@p, I can't understand why the public view Samsung as a desirable brand. I only buy high end TVs previously Panasonic plasmas and now Panasonic Oled. I've bought 4 Panasonic TVs in the last 34 years and all still work perfectly.
Thanks for the tip! Since my usual brands (Telefunken and König) went under, I've been a fish out of water when it comes to knowing what brands of TV to rely on. Not that you'd be able to import a König into the UK without considerable sums of money and paperwork involved now anyway... 🏘🇬🇧🛂🇪🇺📺
And I've had some terrible luck with Panasonic TV's over the years while all of my Samsung's have been great. When you consider that I purchased all of them used for no more than $200 each, I've been quite satisfied. I really think there's a quality difference in different regions. I've noticed that some of the sets on the channel have been made in Hungary; this one's from Slovakia. I just checked the back panel of mine and it was built in 2017 in Mexico. Just a thought. Maybe the underpaid Mexican labor is better than the underpaid Slovokian/Hungarian labor.
could you clean ''sand paper or fingernail file '' the burn part that's blocking the light ? the black burnt part is blocking the light so maybe just going over it with a light sanding will help.
@@ImigrentfromMars You can and I did a bit but the prism sheet needs to be touching the LEDs so and cleaning sanding etc just causes a bigger gap. The bigger the gap the darker the prism.
Hey Allen just for shits and giggles why not trim 5 mm off the bottom I’m wondering if the top bezel will hide the different worth a try before you buy new one👍🇦🇺
@@mikecassap 5mm is way to much. Just scratch the burned part that is fading the edgelite LEDs of with a santuko knife. 0.1 to 0.2 mm max. Make sure the prismatic screen does not touch the LEDs. So it cant burn again.
I was going to suggest 8mm. (Initially thought about rotating it but that was addressed) In camera control window turn off auto exposure . Or in camera use exposure lock.
hey Alan , top repair as usual quick question would it not be possible to sandwich the prism sheet between two bits of wood along that burnt edge and then take a soft pad grinder and gently remove 2mm or so of the edge that's burnt i know its going to shorten the sheet slightly so you might get a dark bit a very slight bit at the very top , not saying its going to make it perfect but it might give a better result than leaving it , yes i know time is money but as an experiment it could be worth a shot
Just scrape of 0.1 to 0.2 mm off the edge that is backend. Light wil be great again. Done it a few times and worked great. Samsung should build the edgelite leds not on downside but upside tv so screen cant get burned becauce of gravity. I use just a Santuko knife and scratch burned part off. Might take 15 minutes max.
I was thinking a clean-up of either LED's or the light diffuser edge from a char from the burned LED might get more light from either those burned LED's or through the diffuser panel.
So far a Samsung TV was the only one I had fail with black split screen. Luckily it was still in John Lewes's 5 year warranty (Just) and they replaced it with a Panasonic which is still working after about 10 years. My living room TV is a Sony, at least 15+ years old.
Hi Alan, good description of a bad situation. Here in NZ we have a "Consumers Guarantee Act" which would make the retailer or manufacturer at least partially liable for repair/replacement costs even after the one year warranty. Don't you have something similar in the UK?
As I repair vintage audio equipment Iam surprised people think that £250 is expensive for a repair bill Ive come to the conclusion that if people won't pay for parts in advance They can repair it themselves I have also zero tolerance of modern garbage its crap unless you pay decent money you get rubbish
My old 40" Toshiba badged Vestel 40LV713B bought in 2004 is still going strong! Although its doing bedroom duty, my wife who`s disabled watches it every day for at least 8 hours a day. The old thing has been as reliable as the day is long. I think the main reason for the reliability is it was switched off at the mains when we finished with it. It still gives great results on HD compared with some TV`s I`ve seen.
I respectfully disagree. I've got the 55" US version of (I believe) this set. It what's called a Series 6 model over here. I actually like the curved screen and I think there's still a model currently available with a curved screen. From what I've seen, it's only on the 75" or larger sets now (at the time, 55" was considered large). I mostly see the curved screens used to great effect with computer monitors. I've not heard of any of these issues with the curved screen Samsungs over here. I've had mine for years and it has been one of the best sets I've ever owned.
My neighbour keeps his TV backlight on 24/7, and he's been incredibly lucky, as it has been just fine for years. I think it is a foolish thing to do, especially if left unattended. Having seen a CRT TV catch fire, and keep working, almost normally, there is NO WAY I would trust any unattended appliance!
Makes me want to go back to CRT. My parents worked at Pye Lowestoft back in the 70s and our first colour telly (an export version of the CT72 bought from the factory shop) lasted about 11 years. I remember seeing the glow from the valves as well as the end of the tube through the vent holes. It's sad to see this with modern consumer electronics. Will be interesting to see the difference with a new prism sheet.
Yeah, I really want to see what the prism sheet does for it. I've still got a massive SONY CRT "bigscreen" TV. It was one of their last large tube TV's and at the time was the largest one they released. The picture on it even now is just incredible. HD content looks great. But it's huge and weighs slightly more than the combined mass of the Solar System. I wound up with it for free several years ago. Pre-pandemic, we had an auction house just a few blocks away and they'd get the contents of a lot of unclaimed storage lockers. After the auction, they'd just leave the leftovers out for the trash pickup on Monday morning. At one point, I saw at least one of these SONY monsters there, often with their very expensive cabinets and the whole package, for about 8 weeks in a row. I finally took one just because I couldn't stand seeing them getting dumped into the landfill (which they shouldn't be anyway but that's a whole other rabbit hole I don't want to fall into ever again). Having said all that, I love my curved Samsung 55". If I can pick up another 1 or 2 cheap for my studio, I'll probably use them on the set.
I've got a 65 inch curved samsung TV that I paid £625 back in 2018 and it still works brilliant used every day in the living room. For the money I paid if it did screw up I know I've had my moneys worth. Sometimes you have a good set other times you have a pig of a TV. I had a 55 ku6400 curved TV that lasted 5 years before it finally packed up and I paid about 500 for that. I now have a 65" Qn95a in the bedroom that is absolutely amazing so bright in hdr. I'm a samsung fan and for me they've been ok.
I'm with you. I've had pretty good luck with my Samsungs. I bought my 55" curved screen for around $150. The TV wasn't quite a year old when I bought it from a nice young couple who were moving out of the country and just needed it sold. One thing I did notice - the ones we have in the US have black bezels, not silver. I wonder if the reason you're having these burn up so badly and ours in the US don't seem to be faring as poorly is the difference in voltage. I'm wondering if they're designed for 110 and they have problems dealing with the 220 over time.
Well done Allen for highlighting this terrible design shame on Samsung we used to push Samsung when Philips would only sell to 4 main retailers I'm glad to have now retired to avoid this rubbish
Hi Allen, just started watching this upload and was wondering if you had ever put a faulty prism sheet back in 180deg. / upside down and see what the outcome is? I am sure that there will be lots of viewers keen to see the outcome. I know that I would. Just got to the part where you mentioned that it wouldn’t work! Best regards, Brian 👍👏🏴👍👏🏴
I recently did a similar repair on a Samsung qn65q60aafxza which had the same 1/4 backlight failure. When I removed the diffuser panel, I noticed it had a bit of a serrated edge over the leds that failed. After seeing this video, I see now that the diffuser panel was melted. The damaged leds were absolutely burned in comparison to the new replacements. As a preventive measure for those using this type of edge lit device, turn your backlight/brightness down as comfortable as possible. Most people use the tvs on the max setting for an unusually high amount of continuous hours
That's just sad. TVs are all land filler, anymore. It's hard to get a "dumb" TV, and smart TVs aren't all that smart. You're better off getting a dongle, an android box, or a computer to use with it. They put weak computers in all smart TVs. You're getting a crappy experience, and that's before they insert commercials into the video whenever the picture isn't moving. It's the hell not your TV even though you bought it. My next TV is going to be a computer monitor. I grew up back when the living room TV was only 19 inches, and you can get computer monitors larger than that, now. They also have better color rendering and are built to last, um, longer.
I think it depends on what on what you buy and how much you pay. If you buy a cheap smart TV it will be slow. My X90J 55inch Sony is pretty good and no ads. Got it for a good price too. Getting a computer monitor is a good choice too although I’ve seen some very expensive ones.
Usefull to know, thanks for the info. Regarding burning LEDs out, surely this connected with how hard the LEDs are driven. Both my 12yr old 55" Panasonic and 2 yr old Samsung have the "backlight" turned down as "out of the box" the brightness was unbearable. Could this be part of the problem? I am interested to know your thoughts?
Am I correct in saying the fire hazzard can affect the flat screen models with similar model numbers too? Also, is it posible to remove the burn sections of the prism sheet, and bond a patch piece in?
Probably not, in the latter case; The Prism sheet has an array of light paths moulded into it which route and reflect the light from the LEDs (Facing up) behind and then through the screen (Out) toward the user. Trying to bond a new piece of Prism sheet into place would have the same effect as trying to re-weld a severed multi-channel fiber-optic strand.
That TV must have been around the £2k when they came out, I would guess you would be paying over £600 for something half decent, I think personally I would bite the bullet and fix it, plus it keeps it out of landfill for a bit longer
Hi Allen. I can’t find a TV repairman to fix this 65 inch Toshiba backlight problem. Is it worth me buying and trying myself. Seems a waste to throw this TV in the skip.
So what brand or model is the best today? My Samsung 3D tv (42 inch) has just failed (screen) RIP my 3D movie collection. Is there a leading brand as far as quality is concerned?
I've had good luck with samsungs but the higher end ones. QN/S. Someone earlier said the best tvs are the ones with the best warranties. That makes sense too.
A classic example of designed to fail, and this was before they started boasting about ever brighter images. Imagine what todays backlghts would do to the prism sheet.. I keep advising my customers to keep the brightness down after replacing the backlights, if the prism sheet is as burnt as this one, i contact them before going any further to save any arguments over the total bill.
They do this to your LED light bulbs so they'll fail sooner. Now, they're placing them inside a glass envelope so you can't repair it if you wanted to without destroying it. I just hope that we don't get to the point where we're replacing light bulbs once a month like we were in the 1990s. The bulbs were really cheap, but not all bulbs are easy to replace. The frightening thing is that most light fixtures made today have permanent LEDs in them, so you have to replace the entire light fixture. That's pretty horrifying since they are hard wired. I can do it, but it's a pain. Also, house wiring isn't meant to be messed around with that often. It would be horrible to have to replace light fixtures every month. Manufacturers would love it.
@@robertgaines-tulsa Havig worked in consumer electronics for over 50 years, i have observed how technology has slowly declined in terms of expected life time and repairability. Everything is designed to last until the warranty expires then even if you want to repair an item there are no spares available, and it is all glued togeather. Then they wonder where global warming is coming from.
I made a pact years ago to never consider a fitting unless you can fit general replacement bulbs. I fear the time may come when all fittings are sealed..@@robertgaines-tulsa
What's curious is this made me look at the settings on my 10 year old LG. Apparently I've got my picture on "intelligent sensor" ie. Auto and the Backlight is 15% and brightness 50%; at night with LED ceiling lights in the room. People with Samsungs on 100% must surely be like staring into the sun! It's also crazy seeing this set where the fault didn't shut it down until things were melted, when in one of your videos I watched the other day you were complaining about a set that refused to run with a single led failed!
Hi Al. Thanks for highlighting this issue. Shame on Samsung. One thing, could the prism sheet be turned upside down, so the burnt part is at the top of the screen. This might be slight improvement on pic quality? Cheers matey 👍
If you're lucky, you might get $10 out of it. That's assuming you didn't wave your right to be in a class action lawsuit when you agreed to the terms and conditions to use the TV. Just don't buy a Samsung TV, and doing some diligent research of different brands would be smart.
we currently have one of these samsung curved screen tv's bought couple of years ago & now out of warranty, so far no issues but definitely not gonna buy another curved tv. also samsung stopped selling curved tv's, so i guess it is impractical to have large curve living room tv w/c is a pain to place aswell specially if planning to hang on walls.
I did one of these, but flat screen model I tried to turn that diffuser top to bottom so the burn bit was not on the led , but it was all cracked up and splits all over it, wasted £50 on new led strips
I had one of those Samsung curved screens in 55 inch. It lasted beyond warrantee but only barely. The screen suddenly, while i was watching it, displayed narrow vertical lines of various colors all the way from the left side to the right. Pretty, but useless. Likely one of the ones they started using when they fixed the burning leds. It went to the recycler and I won't have another Samsung ever. They would not even discuss helping me with a repair. $1700 for only a couple of years is just not acceptable.
I'll never pay that much when I can always find one second hand for less than half price within months of purchase for some reason. I picked up a 6-month-old LG 75" 8k top of the line set around last Christmas for $125. Its still current on the floor price, not mfgr list, was in the same range as the one you mentioned, just shy of $1,800. They basically wanted a new one to gift themselves for Christmas and convinced themselves the menus ran too slow. Whatever. I was happy for the deal so I could pair it with the family gift of a PS5. There are just some things I can not justify paying full price for and electronics is one of them. The exception being some high-end specialized things I use in my work but other than that, it's all horrendously overpriced to the point of price gouging.
Concerning to see this. Presumably, folk who wall mount such TVs above room heating appliances will get earlier failures too? I’ve recently bought 2 Samsung Full direct Array QLED sets QE50Q80DA sets. The picture is amazing, 5y warranty. Someone please tell me these are better as they don’t have edge lighting LEDs. I need some reassurance on this! I don’t run at max brightness settings. I also used to buy and recommend Panasonic, but not since they ceased their own manufacturing. Hence my switch to Samsung. My last Panasonic 42” used all LG supplied screen technology components. LED backlight strips failed and replaced twice at 3-5y intervals! Samsung picture quality is amazing. Just hope they last ok!
One of my Samsung TVs only has a brightness control. There is no separate backlight control. To get an acceptable picture, properly set up with test images, the brightness has to be over 80%. It was at 100% when i was using Filmmaker mode.
@@jimbotron70 Definitely doesn't. I do advanced calibrations so I know where that would be in the menus system. Brightness itself is on the advanced section, but no separate backlight setting. My older 47" Samsung has them separate.
@@jimbotron70 I think about three years old. It was bought during the COVID lockdown. It's a really good picture. Probably won't last though. The Samsung in the Kitchen is now 12 years old and had daily use.
Wow, thats shocking. I have a Samsung, not that model, but its disgusting the poor quality workmanship on these tv's. Its not just tv's either. It seems everything tech we buy nowadays gets worse and worse quality for higher prices!
I think that absolutely awful But as I heard from another tech is the back lights are turned up to high / Dave from 12voltvids has said that the backlights are burning out because of people turning them turned up to full brightness - Like full power - and they should only be at 50 % or lower maybe 60% but no higher. Dose that sound about right and - would that happen if they are at a lower setting. Please respond Thankyou
This is a prime example why the people from the accounting dept should stay in the accounting dept when there is a engineering, new product development or sales meeting taking place, just track funds into the company and out of the company and report how the company is doing then get the heck out of the board room only to return if and when summoned.
Can't you make the top of the prizm sheet the bottom? My curved Sony got condemned by insurance because they said curved screens are not made anymore. So can I put a straight screen in it, it's a kd5s8005c
Luckily, i find too much backlighting to be very fatiguing, so only use it sparingly. So hopefully won't have this problem. ...touch wood. (Still using a model earlier than the burnt one.)
If you can find them, look for professional screens and not consumer home models. Much more expensive but usually have a higher build quality and fewer cheapo parts.
What does anyone think about the LG C4 OLED 42inch TV? Reviews say it has very good picture quality but I don’t want to buy one if it only lasts 2 or 3 years.
I agree, that is a crap design, but here in lays a problem. I have always gone with Samsung TV's and I have a 42" 4K ultra HD TV which is exhibiting 3 largish blue or purple areas on the screen and the TV is about 5 years old. This is I take it as the LEDs are blueish colour with a phosphorous coating to make them appear white, which was suffered damage over the years of use and so it is not worthwhile having them replaced with new ones. In the video, you say that Samsung has gone from being the best to the worst manufacturer today. So what brand would you recommend as being a worthwhile TV that I should consider as a replacement for it now? On the other hand, I have a couple of 23" LG monitors on my PCs which my old company purchased for me about 10 years ago, and I have been retired now for 6 years and these monitors are still as good as new and the PCs are on daily for about 15 or 16 hours 7 days a week, is that standard still being exhibited today on their TV's?
I apologise in advance. I'm sure this is a stupid question but I have to ask. What if you were to put the burnt prism sheet on a table saw or a router table and just cut off the burnt part? It looks like you only have about 3mm of burn plastic. Has this ever been tried. I think I know the answer, it would change the prism in ways that would not look right. Please don't hit me, I just had to ask.
Do they only burn up the sheet if they are on full blast all the time as i own a UE55HU8500T but the backlight is on very low like below 5% and have no problem with this tv i would love it i would just trim the burnt bit
Turnimg the backlight down would absolutely help the heat issue. I believe the edge is polished clear. A trim will cloud it and prevent efficient light transfer
It's still the case that, where they still make them the Japanese sets are more reliable than the others. Sony at the top end, Sharp at the cheap end. But Sony are too expensive for most people and Sharp stuff isn't really competitive with TCL/Hisense in terms of performance, so what can you do. Panasonic to be used to be the sweet spot but they've all but left the market now.
@@interstat2222 Sharp still has 5% of the world market and still manufactures. Panasonic's new sets are badged TCLs - would not touch with ten foot pole.
@@jasejj Depends on your region. There are still 'real' Panasonic TVs just with TCL assembling them for them. Quality as good as before. In my country, the Sharp TVs are not really genuine and very average with bad software. Was supposed to be having a comeback when Japan and Foxconn got the name back but never happened. Even in Japan losing market share to Hisense!
@@interstat2222 I'll believe that when I see it. From the little I've seen so far the TCL Panasonics contain more or less unmodified TCL boards. Just like the Vestel Panasonic sets. What's the point - just save 30% and buy a TCL if you're going to do that. The Sharp sets in the UK use Chinese parts but are made in their factory in Poland and, for a cheap set, are well made - certainly better then the usual Chinese crap.
Testing and quality control should have picked this up. I don`t see how the manufacturer could justify having this video taken down, after all you are only telling and showing the truth. Shame on big name manufactures for selling shoddy and maybe dangerous goods.
I have few 55inch curved tvs one with damaged back sheet i btoke the screen on one trying to get the bezel off so not touched the others samsung a sony
Last time it was Hisense, and now it's Samsung? I have a 12 year old Samsung, which works as good as the day it was bought. I also have a 2020 Hisense, which is the best TV I've ever owned!
@@jasejj I didn't realise they made TV's, I only remember my Beko dishwasher melting all the plastic utensils I put in it one day and then stinking the house out with smoke, and a fridge that suddenly heated up the contents and started making funny noises, luckily I was strong enough to drag them out the backdoor into the garden, was the last time I would touch that brand.
Samsung have allways sold crap, they're even worse than LG! Speaking of, the insides of that Samdung TV looks just like what was in our old LG set. Funny that.
Given I _think_ I can see a data rail on the cable that runs into the mainboard from the PSU, the „fault“ you mentioned at 03:42 was probably caused by somebody refusing to open a [Manufacturer] account and/or refusing or taking too long to pay a „mandatory“ subscription connected to their TV in some way. 💰🛂📺🤔 As for that „backlight“ design; That has to be the most utterly terrible one I have seen yet. I can understand illuminating from the edge rather than behind - That means adding just 10mm (1/2") height to the set, rather than _x_ cm/in more thickness - But from _only one side_ rather than both? I'm not at all surprised those LEDs burned out - Illuminate from both long edges, and you need _half_ the light output from each LED array...And LEDs aren't exactly the most expensive of components. 🔥 (Moreso, there's a few strengthening troughs in the central support frame. They could have easily put some central area lighting in those with minimal additional diffusion required. 💡) Seeing how the „back“ lighting works, the „Prism sheet“ will contain an array of light paths formed into the glass using very complicated and intricate processes that aren't available in the UK, hence why they have to be ordered from France (The only place that can probably make them reliably enough). Had things been slightly different since 2016 a new Prism sheet would probably only cost €50,- (Plus €15,- shipping) and no import duty to worry about, but that's the way things go I suppose... 🛂 But aye; This manufacturer have _really_ gone downhill over the past 4-5 years and that's why I've sent their equipment/brand the same way I sent a certain U.S. brands products (They're _„Designed in California, made in a hurry“_ 🍎😉) a couple of years before. Good riddance to overpriced, badly engineered, short-life rubbish, I say! 📱🗑👍 (P.S: Try to edit out that serial number from the start of the vid, if you can. It might dox the customers identity to the manufacturer, if they've registered the product for warranty or whatever. ⚠)
@@DaleC. The warranty may be gone...But the _customer data_ collected by the manufacturer as part of the warranty process is most likely still on their server farm. Data's so valuable nowadays *no* company will willingly purge it if they can help it... 💾
I thought the exact same when I did my repair but the top edge is painted/ coated white and it did not seem removable. Believe me I tried. In general from my research, diffuser panels can be rotated 180 deg but not 90 deg. Great solution.
Supply and demand. You're buying a part by itself. Manufacturers buy/make parts in bulk so they can pass the savings onto you. You might also be paying a bit of a penalty to buy an official replacement part because the manufacturer doesn't want you to repair your stuff.
@@robertgaines-tulsa Dunno about 'passing the savings on...' more like forced to buy cheap in order to compete in market place. True product creators are the only entity have resource to ensure they actually getting what the quality the component seller claims. Try buying competitive price lithium cells online, the only test consumers can do is check the numbers printed on the battery label matches the description. 18650 is banned on ebay.
@@robertgaines-tulsa I'll repost in sections. 1/6 Dunno about 'passing the savings on...' more like forced to buy cheap in order to compete in market place.
Under most viewing circumstances that's a crazy way to set up a TV. Unless you're watching it outside in the sun or something, it just isn't a natural picture if it's that bright.
When I first upgraded to led technology, I would have a headache after a short time of viewing. That's why I knew brightness should be toned down. You can get used to it but it will effect your night vision.
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Been doing tv & electronics repair for over 50 years, It just keeps getting worse for the servicemen, panel failures, surface mount components, I am still using vintage equipment REPAIRABLE as my own daily drivers, CRT tvs, even some tube based stuff, most all of my repair work now is tube based antique radios.
Modern TVs are no longer made for repair, only replacement! It's all by design.
Another thing occurs to me. With the prism sheet darkened like that heat spots will tend to build up in the already burned places.. Leading to more burning and another failure.. Also have to wonder how far those leds are being over-run. Like filament bulbs the hotter you run them the shorter the lifespan. Maybe leds are not the best solution here at all.
Every. Single. Samsung. I've ever used always have the backlight set to 100 percent. Some even have it set highest on all video modes, making it so that you actually have to search for the setting to turn it down.
I have fixed a couple of those crap piles ,especially of the 55"varriant.I always demand the backlight cost in advance plus 50% of my fee as a repair attempt.I even kept one for myself since the customer abandoned it...
My gym bought 15 or so Samsung TVs, within 18 months all had failed backlights. They make total cr@p, I can't understand why the public view Samsung as a desirable brand. I only buy high end TVs previously Panasonic plasmas and now Panasonic Oled. I've bought 4 Panasonic TVs in the last 34 years and all still work perfectly.
@jamesm90 panasonic tv can't beat them I've got a 50 inch plasma but running a 58 inch Phillips ambilight nice picture
compared to Tcl, Vizio , Hisense . LG. Insignia, Panasonic ,Toshiba . (Samsung is a higher end TV)
Thanks for the tip! Since my usual brands (Telefunken and König) went under, I've been a fish out of water when it comes to knowing what brands of TV to rely on. Not that you'd be able to import a König into the UK without considerable sums of money and paperwork involved now anyway... 🏘🇬🇧🛂🇪🇺📺
@@brentpalmer2577 if you watch this channel you'll see Samsung are cr@p
And I've had some terrible luck with Panasonic TV's over the years while all of my Samsung's have been great. When you consider that I purchased all of them used for no more than $200 each, I've been quite satisfied. I really think there's a quality difference in different regions. I've noticed that some of the sets on the channel have been made in Hungary; this one's from Slovakia. I just checked the back panel of mine and it was built in 2017 in Mexico. Just a thought.
Maybe the underpaid Mexican labor is better than the underpaid Slovokian/Hungarian labor.
could you clean ''sand paper or fingernail file '' the burn part that's blocking the light ? the black burnt part is blocking the light so maybe just going over it with a light sanding will help.
@@ImigrentfromMars You can and I did a bit but the prism sheet needs to be touching the LEDs so and cleaning sanding etc just causes a bigger gap. The bigger the gap the darker the prism.
Hey Allen just for shits and giggles why not trim 5 mm off the bottom I’m wondering if the top bezel will hide the different worth a try before you buy new one👍🇦🇺
@@mikecassap 5mm is way to much. Just scratch the burned part that is fading the edgelite LEDs of with a santuko knife. 0.1 to 0.2 mm max. Make sure the prismatic screen does not touch the LEDs. So it cant burn again.
I didn't read your comment before I posted a similar idea...lol
I was going to suggest 8mm. (Initially thought about rotating it but that was addressed)
In camera control window turn off auto exposure . Or in camera use exposure lock.
hey Alan , top repair as usual quick question would it not be possible to sandwich the prism sheet between two bits of wood along that burnt edge and then take a soft pad grinder and gently remove 2mm or so of the edge that's burnt i know its going to shorten the sheet slightly so you might get a dark bit a very slight bit at the very top , not saying its going to make it perfect but it might give a better result than leaving it , yes i know time is money but as an experiment it could be worth a shot
I asked almost the same question.
Could you use a straight edge with a sharp blade and trim the bad part off the bottom and adjust the top bezel down a bit to cover the missing part?
Just scrape of 0.1 to 0.2 mm off the edge that is backend. Light wil be great again. Done it a few times and worked great. Samsung should build the edgelite leds not on downside but upside tv so screen cant get burned becauce of gravity. I use just a Santuko knife and scratch burned part off. Might take 15 minutes max.
I was thinking a clean-up of either LED's or the light diffuser edge from a char from the burned LED might get more light from either those burned LED's or through the diffuser panel.
So far a Samsung TV was the only one I had fail with black split screen. Luckily it was still in John Lewes's 5 year warranty (Just) and they replaced it with a Panasonic which is still working after about 10 years. My living room TV is a Sony, at least 15+ years old.
Try cutting off the burnt edge. The diffuser layer will compensate somewhat.
Hi Alan, good description of a bad situation. Here in NZ we have a "Consumers Guarantee Act" which would make the retailer or manufacturer at least partially liable for repair/replacement costs even after the one year warranty. Don't you have something similar in the UK?
Looks like the camera is a great way of checking out a screen that may look ok to the eye.
As I repair vintage audio equipment Iam surprised people think that £250 is expensive for a repair bill Ive come to the conclusion that if people won't pay for parts in advance They can repair it themselves I have also zero tolerance of modern garbage its crap unless you pay decent money you get rubbish
In-built obsolescence at its most dangerous. If you had one would it be worth performing preventative maintenace before the LEDs fail?
My old 40" Toshiba badged Vestel 40LV713B bought in 2004 is still going strong! Although its doing bedroom duty, my wife who`s disabled watches it every day for at least 8 hours a day. The old thing has been as reliable as the day is long. I think the main reason for the reliability is it was switched off at the mains when we finished with it. It still gives great results on HD compared with some TV`s I`ve seen.
Do you mean 40LV713DB from 2010? That's a genuine Toshiba assembled in UK, not Vestel. Wasn't cheap in its day, no LCD was then.
Curved TVs was just a novelty, nothing more.
I respectfully disagree. I've got the 55" US version of (I believe) this set. It what's called a Series 6 model over here. I actually like the curved screen and I think there's still a model currently available with a curved screen. From what I've seen, it's only on the 75" or larger sets now (at the time, 55" was considered large). I mostly see the curved screens used to great effect with computer monitors.
I've not heard of any of these issues with the curved screen Samsungs over here. I've had mine for years and it has been one of the best sets I've ever owned.
My neighbour keeps his TV backlight on 24/7, and he's been incredibly lucky, as it has been just fine for years.
I think it is a foolish thing to do, especially if left unattended.
Having seen a CRT TV catch fire, and keep working, almost normally, there is NO WAY I would trust any unattended appliance!
Makes me want to go back to CRT. My parents worked at Pye Lowestoft back in the 70s and our first colour telly (an export version of the CT72 bought from the factory shop) lasted about 11 years. I remember seeing the glow from the valves as well as the end of the tube through the vent holes. It's sad to see this with modern consumer electronics. Will be interesting to see the difference with a new prism sheet.
Yeah, I really want to see what the prism sheet does for it.
I've still got a massive SONY CRT "bigscreen" TV. It was one of their last large tube TV's and at the time was the largest one they released. The picture on it even now is just incredible. HD content looks great. But it's huge and weighs slightly more than the combined mass of the Solar System. I wound up with it for free several years ago. Pre-pandemic, we had an auction house just a few blocks away and they'd get the contents of a lot of unclaimed storage lockers. After the auction, they'd just leave the leftovers out for the trash pickup on Monday morning. At one point, I saw at least one of these SONY monsters there, often with their very expensive cabinets and the whole package, for about 8 weeks in a row. I finally took one just because I couldn't stand seeing them getting dumped into the landfill (which they shouldn't be anyway but that's a whole other rabbit hole I don't want to fall into ever again).
Having said all that, I love my curved Samsung 55". If I can pick up another 1 or 2 cheap for my studio, I'll probably use them on the set.
I'm quite surprised someone in China hasn't started selling the sheets on AliExpress, there must be a demand for them?
The problem could be shipping. The loss ratio in transit would cut into the profit too much.
Modern TVs are like smartphones with depreciation in value or like new cars after they have been driven off the forecourt.
I've got a 65 inch curved samsung TV that I paid £625 back in 2018 and it still works brilliant used every day in the living room. For the money I paid if it did screw up I know I've had my moneys worth. Sometimes you have a good set other times you have a pig of a TV. I had a 55 ku6400 curved TV that lasted 5 years before it finally packed up and I paid about 500 for that. I now have a 65" Qn95a in the bedroom that is absolutely amazing so bright in hdr. I'm a samsung fan and for me they've been ok.
I'm with you. I've had pretty good luck with my Samsungs. I bought my 55" curved screen for around $150. The TV wasn't quite a year old when I bought it from a nice young couple who were moving out of the country and just needed it sold.
One thing I did notice - the ones we have in the US have black bezels, not silver. I wonder if the reason you're having these burn up so badly and ours in the US don't seem to be faring as poorly is the difference in voltage. I'm wondering if they're designed for 110 and they have problems dealing with the 220 over time.
Well done Allen for highlighting this terrible design shame on Samsung we used to push Samsung when Philips would only sell to 4 main retailers I'm glad to have now retired to avoid this rubbish
Hi Allen, just started watching this upload and was wondering if you had ever put a faulty prism sheet back in 180deg. / upside down and see what the outcome is? I am sure that there will be lots of viewers keen to see the outcome. I know that I would. Just got to the part where you mentioned that it wouldn’t work!
Best regards,
Brian 👍👏🏴👍👏🏴
Why can't you put the prism sheet the opposite way up so the burnt edges are at the top ?
Allen said that someone was going to ask this question...
I recently did a similar repair on a Samsung qn65q60aafxza which had the same 1/4 backlight failure. When I removed the diffuser panel, I noticed it had a bit of a serrated edge over the leds that failed. After seeing this video, I see now that the diffuser panel was melted. The damaged leds were absolutely burned in comparison to the new replacements. As a preventive measure for those using this type of edge lit device, turn your backlight/brightness down as comfortable as possible. Most people use the tvs on the max setting for an unusually high amount of continuous hours
I could sometimes smell a slight burning smell when the 32 inch tv in my bedroom was on. Turned the backlight down and haven’t smelt anything since.
That's just sad. TVs are all land filler, anymore. It's hard to get a "dumb" TV, and smart TVs aren't all that smart. You're better off getting a dongle, an android box, or a computer to use with it. They put weak computers in all smart TVs. You're getting a crappy experience, and that's before they insert commercials into the video whenever the picture isn't moving. It's the hell not your TV even though you bought it. My next TV is going to be a computer monitor. I grew up back when the living room TV was only 19 inches, and you can get computer monitors larger than that, now. They also have better color rendering and are built to last, um, longer.
I think it depends on what on what you buy and how much you pay. If you buy a cheap smart TV it will be slow. My X90J 55inch Sony is pretty good and no ads. Got it for a good price too. Getting a computer monitor is a good choice too although I’ve seen some very expensive ones.
Why would anyone buy a TV with built in picture distortions (curved)!😅
I know, the irony, considering people wanted CRT TVs to be flat. Was a failed attempt to hike LCD prices after 3D flopped.
Usefull to know, thanks for the info.
Regarding burning LEDs out, surely this connected with how hard the LEDs are driven. Both my 12yr old 55" Panasonic and 2 yr old Samsung have the "backlight" turned down as "out of the box" the brightness was unbearable.
Could this be part of the problem?
I am interested to know your thoughts?
Am I correct in saying the fire hazzard can affect the flat screen models with similar model numbers too?
Also, is it posible to remove the burn sections of the prism sheet, and bond a patch piece in?
Probably not, in the latter case; The Prism sheet has an array of light paths moulded into it which route and reflect the light from the LEDs (Facing up) behind and then through the screen (Out) toward the user. Trying to bond a new piece of Prism sheet into place would have the same effect as trying to re-weld a severed multi-channel fiber-optic strand.
That TV must have been around the £2k when they came out, I would guess you would be paying over £600 for something half decent, I think personally I would bite the bullet and fix it, plus it keeps it out of landfill for a bit longer
Hi Allen. I can’t find a TV repairman to fix this 65 inch Toshiba backlight problem. Is it worth me buying and trying myself. Seems a waste to throw this TV in the skip.
So what brand or model is the best today? My Samsung 3D tv (42 inch) has just failed (screen) RIP my 3D movie collection. Is there a leading brand as far as quality is concerned?
Sony and Panasonic!
_Anything manufactured in 2015 or before then_ would have to be my recommendation... 😉
I've had good luck with samsungs but the higher end ones. QN/S. Someone earlier said the best tvs are the ones with the best warranties. That makes sense too.
👍👍 My thoughts also @ MikeCassap. Add a bit of black trim at the top to portray an extended bezel.
They Looking Like Against British Saftey Standards...!!!
Could you have cut a few millimetres from the bottom of the prism sheet, to cut out the burnt section?
i would try lightly sanding the edge of the sheet and then buffing it
Can't sand what isn't there, there's visible bubbles of holes all along the surface
I had the same model, same problem. My prizem sheet was burnt worse than this one. BIN,,
A classic example of designed to fail, and this was before they started boasting about ever brighter images.
Imagine what todays backlghts would do to the prism sheet..
I keep advising my customers to keep the brightness down after replacing the backlights, if the prism sheet is as
burnt as this one, i contact them before going any further to save any arguments over the total bill.
They do this to your LED light bulbs so they'll fail sooner. Now, they're placing them inside a glass envelope so you can't repair it if you wanted to without destroying it. I just hope that we don't get to the point where we're replacing light bulbs once a month like we were in the 1990s. The bulbs were really cheap, but not all bulbs are easy to replace. The frightening thing is that most light fixtures made today have permanent LEDs in them, so you have to replace the entire light fixture. That's pretty horrifying since they are hard wired. I can do it, but it's a pain. Also, house wiring isn't meant to be messed around with that often. It would be horrible to have to replace light fixtures every month. Manufacturers would love it.
@@robertgaines-tulsa Havig worked in consumer electronics for over 50 years, i have observed how
technology has slowly declined in terms of expected life time and repairability.
Everything is designed to last until the warranty expires then even if you want to repair an item there
are no spares available, and it is all glued togeather.
Then they wonder where global warming is coming from.
I made a pact years ago to never consider a fitting unless you can fit general replacement bulbs.
I fear the time may come when all fittings are sealed..@@robertgaines-tulsa
Shocking. Flawed design.
What's curious is this made me look at the settings on my 10 year old LG. Apparently I've got my picture on "intelligent sensor" ie. Auto and the Backlight is 15% and brightness 50%; at night with LED ceiling lights in the room. People with Samsungs on 100% must surely be like staring into the sun!
It's also crazy seeing this set where the fault didn't shut it down until things were melted, when in one of your videos I watched the other day you were complaining about a set that refused to run with a single led failed!
Hi Al. Thanks for highlighting this issue. Shame on Samsung. One thing, could the prism sheet be turned upside down, so the burnt part is at the top of the screen. This might be slight improvement on pic quality? Cheers matey 👍
He said in the video doing that wouldn’t work.
Are they burning out due to poor quality led chips OR are they being overdriven to push up the brightness.
Probably needs a class action lawcase against Samsung to make them realise the errors of their way 😉😉
If you're lucky, you might get $10 out of it. That's assuming you didn't wave your right to be in a class action lawsuit when you agreed to the terms and conditions to use the TV. Just don't buy a Samsung TV, and doing some diligent research of different brands would be smart.
we currently have one of these samsung curved screen tv's bought couple of years ago & now out of warranty, so far no issues but definitely not gonna buy another curved tv.
also samsung stopped selling curved tv's, so i guess it is impractical to have large curve living room tv w/c is a pain to place aswell specially if planning to hang on walls.
I did one of these, but flat screen model I tried to turn that diffuser top to bottom so the burn bit was not on the led , but it was all cracked up and splits all over it, wasted £50 on new led strips
Also the prism sheet only works in one direction so turning it around would not work.
@ I found that out the hard way 🥴
I had one of those Samsung curved screens in 55 inch. It lasted beyond warrantee but only barely. The screen suddenly, while i was watching it, displayed narrow vertical lines of various colors all the way from the left side to the right. Pretty, but useless. Likely one of the ones they started using when they fixed the burning leds. It went to the recycler and I won't have another Samsung ever. They would not even discuss helping me with a repair. $1700 for only a couple of years is just not acceptable.
I'll never pay that much when I can always find one second hand for less than half price within months of purchase for some reason. I picked up a 6-month-old LG 75" 8k top of the line set around last Christmas for $125. Its still current on the floor price, not mfgr list, was in the same range as the one you mentioned, just shy of $1,800. They basically wanted a new one to gift themselves for Christmas and convinced themselves the menus ran too slow.
Whatever. I was happy for the deal so I could pair it with the family gift of a PS5.
There are just some things I can not justify paying full price for and electronics is one of them. The exception being some high-end specialized things I use in my work but other than that, it's all horrendously overpriced to the point of price gouging.
Concerning to see this. Presumably, folk who wall mount such TVs above room heating appliances will get earlier failures too? I’ve recently bought 2 Samsung Full direct Array QLED sets QE50Q80DA sets. The picture is amazing, 5y warranty.
Someone please tell me these are better as they don’t have edge lighting LEDs. I need some reassurance on this! I don’t run at max brightness settings. I also used to buy and recommend Panasonic, but not since they ceased their own manufacturing. Hence my switch to Samsung. My last Panasonic 42” used all LG supplied screen technology components. LED backlight strips failed and replaced twice at 3-5y intervals! Samsung picture quality is amazing. Just hope they last ok!
Panel brightness settings should be set to 70% on all LED tv's. They will work a lot longer ok. Factory settings for panel brightness is 100%
One of my Samsung TVs only has a brightness control. There is no separate backlight control. To get an acceptable picture, properly set up with test images, the brightness has to be over 80%. It was at 100% when i was using Filmmaker mode.
Are you sure? Any model at least post 2018 has that control in sub menu.
@@jimbotron70 Definitely doesn't. I do advanced calibrations so I know where that would be in the menus system. Brightness itself is on the advanced section, but no separate backlight setting. My older 47" Samsung has them separate.
@@GordonHudson How old is it?
@@jimbotron70 I think about three years old. It was bought during the COVID lockdown. It's a really good picture. Probably won't last though. The Samsung in the Kitchen is now 12 years old and had daily use.
@@GordonHudson Mine is from 2018 and mid to low range, so I don't know.
Wow, thats shocking. I have a Samsung, not that model, but its disgusting the poor quality workmanship on these tv's.
Its not just tv's either. It seems everything tech we buy nowadays gets worse and worse quality for higher prices!
I think that absolutely awful But as I heard from another tech is the back lights are turned up to high / Dave from 12voltvids has said that the backlights are burning out because of people turning them turned up to full brightness - Like full power - and they should only be at 50 % or lower maybe 60% but no higher. Dose that sound about right and - would that happen if they are at a lower setting. Please respond
Thankyou
yes did you ever feel how hot an LED light rope gets on full power they run hot as hell
I agree 100%. I think the default setting is max. People expect high brightness from modern devices so they do not adjust it whatsoever
This is a prime example why the people from the accounting dept should stay in the accounting dept when there is a engineering, new product development or sales meeting taking place, just track funds into the company and out of the company and report how the company is doing then get the heck out of the board room only to return if and when summoned.
The same goes for middle management.
I think the modern phrase is 'doing a Boeing'.
And we thought the Zenith 9-160 sweep modules were bad???!!!
I really enjoy watching u fix that machines. What brand would u recommend to buy a new one for now?
If you want to avoid this mess get an OLED.
@@jimbotron70 are they reliable?
Can't you make the top of the prizm sheet the bottom?
My curved Sony got condemned by insurance because they said curved screens are not made anymore. So can I put a straight screen in it, it's a kd5s8005c
Nice honest repair Allen I have 1 of these samsung tvs it's still working fine
I think I have this model but I have had mine for 5 years still going strong .
yep everything to do with the picture is permanently glued together
Luckily, i find too much backlighting to be very fatiguing, so only use it sparingly.
So hopefully won't have this problem.
...touch wood.
(Still using a model earlier than the burnt one.)
Is it possible to turn the sheet the other way up to the burnt bit is at the top? That way light would still make its way up the sheet okay
I am still watching a plasma tv in my living room and a crt tv in the bedroom.I am not keen on led tvs.
So looks like Samsung invented Fire TV before Amazon did.
If you can find them, look for professional screens and not consumer home models. Much more expensive but usually have a higher build quality and fewer cheapo parts.
That's for CRT'S you mong..keep up.
I have a whole 49” curve with a cracked screen sheets are all good as far as I remember here Allen…….😊
What does anyone think about the LG C4 OLED 42inch TV? Reviews say it has very good picture quality but I don’t want to buy one if it only lasts 2 or 3 years.
Impossible to answer for at least 3 years. Reviews cover it being out of the box for an hour. Longevity can’t be tested
@allenfleckney5969 Yeah, I just wondered if anyone had one but just realised they are pretty new so obviously no-one has had one long .
@@allenfleckney5969 Yeah I know. Just wondered if anyone had had one but remembered it’s not been out long so no one will know.
I agree, that is a crap design, but here in lays a problem. I have always gone with Samsung TV's and I have a 42" 4K ultra HD TV which is exhibiting 3 largish blue or purple areas on the screen and the TV is about 5 years old. This is I take it as the LEDs are blueish colour with a phosphorous coating to make them appear white, which was suffered damage over the years of use and so it is not worthwhile having them replaced with new ones. In the video, you say that Samsung has gone from being the best to the worst manufacturer today.
So what brand would you recommend as being a worthwhile TV that I should consider as a replacement for it now?
On the other hand, I have a couple of 23" LG monitors on my PCs which my old company purchased for me about 10 years ago, and I have been retired now for 6 years and these monitors are still as good as new and the PCs are on daily for about 15 or 16 hours 7 days a week, is that standard still being exhibited today on their TV's?
Could you have fliped the prism sheet put the bad side on top
Spray White paint diffuser??...
I apologise in advance. I'm sure this is a stupid question but I have to ask. What if you were to put the burnt prism sheet on a table saw or a router table and just cut off the burnt part? It looks like you only have about 3mm of burn plastic. Has this ever been tried. I think I know the answer, it would change the prism in ways that would not look right. Please don't hit me, I just had to ask.
Wouldn't be a Samsung video camera you are using would it??
Why havent the hse in the uk picked up on this??
Thanks Allen great vlog not good TV
Do they only burn up the sheet if they are on full blast all the time as i own a UE55HU8500T but the backlight is on very low like below 5% and have no problem with this tv i would love it i would just trim the burnt bit
Turnimg the backlight down would absolutely help the heat issue. I believe the edge is polished clear. A trim will cloud it and prevent efficient light transfer
As a TV tech i used to recommend a particular brand but now i just say buy the one with best warranty, most are built to a price anyway.
It's still the case that, where they still make them the Japanese sets are more reliable than the others. Sony at the top end, Sharp at the cheap end. But Sony are too expensive for most people and Sharp stuff isn't really competitive with TCL/Hisense in terms of performance, so what can you do.
Panasonic to be used to be the sweet spot but they've all but left the market now.
@@jasejjPanasonic still about and trying a US comeback. Sharp is lost now and will probably disappear from TVs as has no direction, sadly.
@@interstat2222 Sharp still has 5% of the world market and still manufactures. Panasonic's new sets are badged TCLs - would not touch with ten foot pole.
@@jasejj Depends on your region. There are still 'real' Panasonic TVs just with TCL assembling them for them. Quality as good as before.
In my country, the Sharp TVs are not really genuine and very average with bad software.
Was supposed to be having a comeback when Japan and Foxconn got the name back but never happened. Even in Japan losing market share to Hisense!
@@interstat2222 I'll believe that when I see it. From the little I've seen so far the TCL Panasonics contain more or less unmodified TCL boards. Just like the Vestel Panasonic sets.
What's the point - just save 30% and buy a TCL if you're going to do that.
The Sharp sets in the UK use Chinese parts but are made in their factory in Poland and, for a cheap set, are well made - certainly better then the usual Chinese crap.
Testing and quality control should have picked this up. I don`t see how the manufacturer could justify having this video taken down, after all you are only telling and showing the truth. Shame on big name manufactures for selling shoddy and maybe dangerous goods.
A hell of money for landfill.....big business for them to make trilions
I have few 55inch curved tvs one with damaged back sheet i btoke the screen on one trying to get the bezel off so not touched the others samsung a sony
Last time it was Hisense, and now it's Samsung?
I have a 12 year old Samsung, which works as good as the day it was bought. I also have a 2020 Hisense, which is the best TV I've ever owned!
I have a fifteen year old Samsung 32 inc. I had to rebuild the power supply on it about a year ago. Still working today.
I guess its like a tiny imax screen
Why don't you put white electrical tape on the prison sheet edge where the burnt area is? You'll get some kind of uniform white at least.
White electrical tape would block the light creating a darker spot.
That's shockingly bad. Wonder if you could cut a few millimetres off the edge of the prism sheet.
There would be light bleed then.
lol if Beko made TV's......
I had a Beko manufactured set. 😉
@@adamdavies163 Beko were , for a while one of the most common CRT sets on sale. They actually weren't all that bad.
@@jasejjThey bought previously operating factories, Philips and/or Vidicon if I recall correctly.
@@jasejj I didn't realise they made TV's, I only remember my Beko dishwasher melting all the plastic utensils I put in it one day and then stinking the house out with smoke, and a fridge that suddenly heated up the contents and started making funny noises, luckily I was strong enough to drag them out the backdoor into the garden, was the last time I would touch that brand.
Allen, you could try watching with sunglasses with just the right lens in lol.
Samsung have allways sold crap, they're even worse than LG! Speaking of, the insides of that Samdung TV looks just like what was in our old LG set. Funny that.
They always watched each other closely. Even manufacturing methods. Just like Sony and Panasonic did, or Hisense and TCL.
At least I know now that if I see a picture with an awful picture it is most probably a Samsung.
Given I _think_ I can see a data rail on the cable that runs into the mainboard from the PSU, the „fault“ you mentioned at 03:42 was probably caused by somebody refusing to open a [Manufacturer] account and/or refusing or taking too long to pay a „mandatory“ subscription connected to their TV in some way. 💰🛂📺🤔
As for that „backlight“ design; That has to be the most utterly terrible one I have seen yet. I can understand illuminating from the edge rather than behind - That means adding just 10mm (1/2") height to the set, rather than _x_ cm/in more thickness - But from _only one side_ rather than both? I'm not at all surprised those LEDs burned out - Illuminate from both long edges, and you need _half_ the light output from each LED array...And LEDs aren't exactly the most expensive of components. 🔥
(Moreso, there's a few strengthening troughs in the central support frame. They could have easily put some central area lighting in those with minimal additional diffusion required. 💡)
Seeing how the „back“ lighting works, the „Prism sheet“ will contain an array of light paths formed into the glass using very complicated and intricate processes that aren't available in the UK, hence why they have to be ordered from France (The only place that can probably make them reliably enough). Had things been slightly different since 2016 a new Prism sheet would probably only cost €50,- (Plus €15,- shipping) and no import duty to worry about, but that's the way things go I suppose... 🛂
But aye; This manufacturer have _really_ gone downhill over the past 4-5 years and that's why I've sent their equipment/brand the same way I sent a certain U.S. brands products (They're _„Designed in California, made in a hurry“_ 🍎😉) a couple of years before. Good riddance to overpriced, badly engineered, short-life rubbish, I say! 📱🗑👍
(P.S: Try to edit out that serial number from the start of the vid, if you can. It might dox the customers identity to the manufacturer, if they've registered the product for warranty or whatever. ⚠)
Warranty long gone on that unit... good points though.
@@DaleC. The warranty may be gone...But the _customer data_ collected by the manufacturer as part of the warranty process is most likely still on their server farm. Data's so valuable nowadays *no* company will willingly purge it if they can help it... 💾
I've seen a Samsung that actual set of the smoke alarm. I'd never by a Samsung never
Today's TVs are just not built right.
Just some video advice. Close the door.
I've never like Samsung tvs my mum had a plasma 55 inch she had it a year a boom lines all over screen
Why not turn that white screen bit uosidedown. So the burnt but is up the too
I thought the exact same when I did my repair but the top edge is painted/ coated white and it did not seem removable. Believe me I tried. In general from my research, diffuser panels can be rotated 180 deg but not 90 deg. Great solution.
Vizio is the worst, not Samsung.
Just put that side of the TV next to the living room lamp it will be fine 🤣
Very poor 😮😢
These flat screen TVs are all pieces of junk The CRT TVs will outlast these TVs by decades Hold on to your CRT TVs
Always used to buy samsung tvs but never again samsung are now rubbish
Wow a Samsung with problems really 😂 Only buy Japanese Sony Panasonic oke oke maybe LG
Panasonic no longer makes TVs .Chinese company now owns the name and are made there
@@brentpalmer2577 Definitely not sorry,
Why would a Consumer set Backlight to anything less than 100% ? Like paying for a book and only reading half of it.
Supply and demand. You're buying a part by itself. Manufacturers buy/make parts in bulk so they can pass the savings onto you. You might also be paying a bit of a penalty to buy an official replacement part because the manufacturer doesn't want you to repair your stuff.
@@robertgaines-tulsa Dunno about 'passing the savings on...' more like forced to buy cheap in order to compete in market place. True product creators are the only entity have resource to ensure they actually getting what the quality the component seller claims. Try buying competitive price lithium cells online, the only test consumers can do is check the numbers printed on the battery label matches the description. 18650 is banned on ebay.
@@robertgaines-tulsa I'll repost in sections. 1/6 Dunno about 'passing the savings on...' more like forced to buy cheap in order to compete in market place.
Under most viewing circumstances that's a crazy way to set up a TV. Unless you're watching it outside in the sun or something, it just isn't a natural picture if it's that bright.
When I first upgraded to led technology, I would have a headache after a short time of viewing. That's why I knew brightness should be toned down. You can get used to it but it will effect your night vision.
I don’t judge but with being unable to spell “hazard”, there’s a reason why you aren’t an electronics engineer.
We can't all be perfect, like you are!
Astute. Though I left the bench by the late 80s
Found the Samsung assclown responsible for these garbage products.