My TV Quit!!! What is my best plan?

[Cedar Creek]

My TV quit working; screen went blank and it won't turn on anymore. It is a Sanyo 50", about three years old. From my internet troubleshooting search it is possibly a fuse or the powerboard that is bad, or something else. I live in a rural area - not sure if there is a TV repair shop in this part of the country (Caddo County) anymore. Retail on a new TV like mine @ Wal-Mart is about $550. Should I try to take it to the shop somewhere or would I be better off just buying a new one?

Thanks!



Cedar Creek

(PS - I'm not very competent working on electronic stuff.)

 

[CODE_3]

Go buy another one.

 

[Hump66]

Buy a new one. TV's are disposable these days.

 

[flatwins]

I'm no help answering your question but I've been hoping for a few years now for my rear-projection Toshiba to die so I can replace it with something flat. It keeps soldiering on though. Now that I've typed this it will probably crater tomorrow.

 

[Droberts]

make sure you give it plenty of ventilation. if you have a fan in the room mount the tv on the wall and set the fan to blow up. tv power supplies are horribad when it comes to overheating issues.

 

[1shott]

Panasonic Plasma for the win

 

[O4L]

You're probably better off without TV these days.

If mine went out, I don't know if I would even bother replacing it.

 

[Lurker66]

You're probably better off without TV these days.

If mine went out, I don't know if I would even bother replacing it.

^^^^this^^^^

 

[okie362]

There is a TV shop in Sherman TX that still actually works on them. I had the same issue with Sanyo and they fixed it for about $20 IIRC.

 

[flatwins]

You're probably better off without TV these days.

If mine went out, I don't know if I would even bother replacing it.

I pretty much agree and that's why I haven't ran out and bought a newer TV. I don't have any pay TV at all and don't miss it. I have a Roku box connected to Netflix/Amazon Prime for movies and stuff. Most of the time I watch documentaries and historical shows.