How old is your flatscreen TV?

[maco]

55" Vizio 6 or 7 years old. I have 16 year old 27" Sony Trinitron CRT TV in my bedroom, it still works fine.

[Forrest]

My 12 year old Sony KDF-E42A10 42-Inch LCD Rear Projection Television is still used almost daily and is working fine. I had to install a new bulb ($60) about 2 years ago. When I bought the TV, saw many reviews saying it was a good TV, but the bulb would only last 3-5 years and the bulb cost was $250. My bulb lasted 10 years.

[tenders]

46" Samsung, will be 8 years old in November. It was an absurdly huge upgrade from the 27" CRT TV it replaced, of late 1980s vintage, which is still in use in my MIL's kitchen.

[Bill in NC]

First HDTV was a 42" (fake 720p) Panasonic plasma from Costco in 2008 for the basement man cave.

It replaced a still working (manufactured June 1980) 25" GE console CRT TV.

Replaced that HDTV with a 50" (1080p) Panasonic plasma in 2011.

Old 42" now at our extended family's mountain cabin.

Added a 32" (720p) Toshiba to the living room in 2010 when the CRT TV's tuner died.

Paid about $200 to have the 50" plasma repaired a couple of years ago (Y-sustain issue)

The guy said new HDTVs are down to as few as 3 boards.

[riley5108]

Have 2 Samsung 32" LCD (720p) both 11 years old bought on sale in the $290 range + or - both used in bedrooms. One 55" LG LED 5 years old $800 used daily, wife watches her programs.

Had a Samsung 42" LCD that crapped out just after the warranty ran out - could play DVD'S that looked great, however the TV picture had many shades of fuzzy colors and muffled scratchy sound.

All had/have great pictures, the key is getting the calibration viewing settings set correctly for your view conditions.

[Fritz]

2x sharp aquos 32". just passed 10. both needed the exact same resistor in the ps replaced.

[GuyGene]

First on is over 13 years old, screen flat as pancake, body about 20" deep though.

[Lux Interior]

All you rich people with your fancy flat screen TVs!

I bet they are color TVs as well!



Hey, when are those Beetles gonna be on Ed Sullivan again?

[Fritz]

Lux Interior wrote:
Hey, when are those Beetles gonna be on Ed Sullivan again?

every night on decades from 11p to midnight. 2.2 in the NY area.

[tronnei]

42" 1080p LG from Newegg, $766, December 2009.

32" 720p Vizio from Costco purchased the same month; don't recall the exact price, but it was $300-something.

Both still in service and performing well.