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| VK3DRB:
I was driving past some junk at the side of the road when I thought I saw a big screen TV along with some old household junk. I did a U-turn and to my surprise the TV was a fairly new Sony Bravia Smart TV without even a scratch on it, so I took it home and powered it up. It was rebooting continuously. I googled the symtpom, to which the fix was "Hold two buttons in at the rear whilst plugging in the mains power cord to do a factory reset". Problem gone! Having a spare Sony remote, I then downloaded the latest firmware via WiFi. There was also an occasional backlight issue, and I found two dry joints in the backlight driver circuity. I resoldered them as well as a few other suspect joints. Problem gone! Total time spent on the TV was about one hour. I now have a great Sony Bravia Smart TV which as new that cost $1350 a few years ago. I got a high out of that experience. Why would someone throw out a TV without at least googling the symptoms? Why wouldn't the previous owners speak to a local electronics technician? I have a feeling we are in a throwaway society. But maybe as hard times are approaching, people will repair goods more. |
| sokoloff:
I bet the TV had the backlight issue and they decided to live with it for a while, then it started boot-looping and they concluded “ok, that’s enough, let’s get a new one…” That doesn’t seem so outrageous to me, certainly less outrageous than people who get new cars every 3-4 years and that’s plenty common. TVs are cheap; buying a new one is faster and easier than chasing down a repair, drop off, pick up, etc. |
| tom66:
I picked up a TV (40" LCD, full HD) from eBay for £10 which the owner said constantly displayed "The function is unavailable" and changed channels randomly. Strangely enough, the symptom went away when the remote control was out of the room. I think it may be possible to guess what the actual fault was at this point - well, anyway, 5 minutes with a toothbrush and some IPA to clean off the carbon contacts on the remote controller was enough. Even if you didn't have the acumen to clean the controller, a second-hand one could be readily sourced on eBay or Amazon for about £15. People baffle me. I gave it to a family friend in the end as a Christmas present - an upgrade from her tiny 26" Panasonic LCD TV - which going on for 15 years old was still working okay but her eyesight was starting to make it a little difficult to watch. She was thrilled, and another TV was saved from the dumpster. |
| quadtech:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on June 21, 2023, 11:30:48 am ---Total time spent on the TV was about one hour. I now have a great Sony Bravia Smart TV which as new that cost $1350 a few years ago. I got a high out of that experience. Why would someone throw out a TV without at least googling the symptoms? Why wouldn't the previous owners speak to a local electronics technician? I have a feeling we are in a throwaway society. But maybe as hard times are approaching, people will repair goods more. --- End quote --- Great find and fix! We are definitely in a throwaway society.... 1. People have too much money and too little time 2. Controlled obsolescence has gotten into the public psyche - so even a 1 year gadget is "old" 3. Products are not designed for repair 4. The repair business is not lucrative enough in most urban areas |
| aqarwaen:
tbh sony bravia tv are horrible.i used to own any android tv in 2017 or 2018. my main issue was that stupid naitive video player did display ALL VIDEOS INSTEAD SHOWING THEM WITH FOLDER. AND THERE WAS NOT OPTION TO TOGGLE HEI WANT SHOW ME FILES IN FOLDER INSTEAD DISPLAYING THEM IN MY FACE. and only way to fix it was install kodi player or some third filemanger. i have no idea why sony never fixed and THIS MAIN ISSUE WHY I RECOMMEND STAYING AWAY FROM SONY TV+LEAVE THEM DUMPSTER+END IN LANDFILLS! |
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