[GTALUG] war story: fixing an LCD TV

[Don Tai]

I don't think you can get a TV or monitor that is not made in China, but
someone please tell me I'm wrong.

On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 09:54, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On 2019-05-31 09:33 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> > So: before 2015, Sharp was an interesting brand.
> > Now: it is a low-end brand (often with good value for money).
> > Future: who knows.
> > But: there have been real improvements technology over that same time
> > period, so a new Sharp TV might be better than an old Sharp TV.
> >
> > This is another example of how branding can mean something and then
> > stop meaning what one thought it did.
> >
> > Power reduction: interesting.  Standby or operating power?  I wonder
> > why?  Fluorescent backlight vs LED?  How old was your old one?
> >
> > I intend to buy a much better monitor (which might be a TV).  The
> > thing is that (1) I'm cheap, and (2) my idea of "much better" is alway
> > coming soon but never here.
>
> My old set was just over 10 years old.  It had fluorescent back light.
> The new set, despite a slightly larger screen, is a bit smaller,
> certainly thinner, than the old one.  I agree about what's happening to
> the tech companies.  You may see some low end sets from RCA or
> Westinghouse.  Of course, those have absolutely nothing to do with the
> companies that were behind those names for so many years.  In fact, RCA
> & subsidiary the NBC network, were largely responsible for the
> development of the NTSC standard, which was the HDTV of it's day.
>
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