Yay Exploding Television

[prophetic_joe]

Yay my TV just exploded.

Well that fucking blows. Sitting in the living room battling some undead on RE5 when what should happen....POP!! light bulb on my 1 1/2 year old HD TV blows. FUCK!!! it's under warranty so it will be replaced but damn if it blows again in another 1 1/2 years wtf then. Damnit. Worst of all the technician can't get out to us until may 6th so I am parted from my 360 and any HD movies until then. This sucks worse than that Acid Kuba Kuba I smoked about an inch of.

[badwhale]

Yay my TV just exploded.

Well that fucking blows. Sitting in the living room battling some undead on RE5 when what should happen....POP!! light bulb on my 1 1/2 year old HD TV blows. FUCK!!! it's under warranty so it will be replaced but damn if it blows again in another 1 1/2 years wtf then. Damnit. Worst of all the technician can't get out to us until may 6th so I am parted from my 360 and any HD movies until then. This sucks worse than that Acid Kuba Kuba I smoked about an inch of.

Hey now. Them are strong words there...

Yeah, that sucks. We have a refrigerator that had to be repaired not once, but twice by a service tech, because the first guy fucked up his solder job on th new compressor, and all the freon leaked out in about 1 day.

New Fridge: $1100
New compressor & service visit: $600 (x2)
The fact that they screwed themselves by not building a decent fridge in the first place: I'm not going to say "priceless" its just sucked not having a fridge for about 1 month. (had to share time in "old faithful" a post war GE single door that's the beer fridge in the basement.

Will

[cinda]

Hey now. Them are strong words there...

Yeah, that sucks. We have a refrigerator that had to be repaired not once, but twice by a service tech, because the first guy fucked up his solder job on th new compressor, and all the freon leaked out in about 1 day.

New Fridge: $1100
New compressor & service visit: $600 (x2)
The fact that they screwed themselves by not building a decent fridge in the first place: I'm not going to say "priceless" its just sucked not having a fridge for about 1 month. (had to share time in "old faithful" a post war GE single door that's the beer fridge in the basement.

Will

I always wondered why an apllainace from the 60's is still running strong and something from the 90's needs to be replaced with in 10 years. The Tv thing sucks I bought the insurance on ours but that was for like 3 years and that is over by now so I hold my breath. We did buy a TV in the early 90's we had to take it in like 4 times in the first year but after that it ran real good and still working today.

[ggiese]

Yay my TV just exploded.

Well that fucking blows. Sitting in the living room battling some undead on RE5 when what should happen....POP!! light bulb on my 1 1/2 year old HD TV blows. FUCK!!! it's under warranty so it will be replaced but damn if it blows again in another 1 1/2 years wtf then. Damnit. Worst of all the technician can't get out to us until may 6th so I am parted from my 360 and any HD movies until then. This sucks worse than that Acid Kuba Kuba I smoked about an inch of.

They won't let you fix it yourself??? When my bulb went, I just called the extended warranty place. First replacement they will send the bulb out - took about 3-4 days to receive it, and about 2 mins to install. Next time (apparently) they want a tech to visit my house.

I know I saved about 5 days by doing it myself...

[prophetic_joe]

They won't let you fix it yourself??? When my bulb went, I just called the extended warranty place. First replacement they will send the bulb out - took about 3-4 days to receive it, and about 2 mins to install. Next time (apparently) they want a tech to visit my house.

I know I saved about 5 days by doing it myself...

Could but I am technologically stupid when it comes to that and am afraid I'll screw it up. I plan to watch so I know how to fix it next time but the next time I have to pay for the bulb. Warranty only covers one.

[mrtr33]

<soapbox>

You don't need a television.

Get a projector, or just watch Hulu.

I'm telling you......think of how many more cigars you could enjoy......

I will be TV-free February 16 of next year. Largely because of this.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I've got done in that amount of time, or the money I've saved.

I'm just sayin....

</soapbox>

[badwhale]

<soapbox>

You don't need a television.

Get a projector, or just watch Hulu.

I'm telling you......think of how many more cigars you could enjoy......

I will be TV-free February 16 of next year. Largely because of this.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I've got done in that amount of time, or the money I've saved.

I'm just sayin....

</soapbox>

I haven't had cable / TV since at least 2004....
I don't know how people get anything done that watch it.

Will

[ggiese]

Could but I am technologically stupid when it comes to that and am afraid I'll screw it up. I plan to watch so I know how to fix it next time but the next time I have to pay for the bulb. Warranty only covers one.

Screw it up is exactly what you need to do!

You open a trap door - unscrew one bolt - pull on the handle of the cartridge until it comes out - push the new cartridge (same orientation) into the same hole as before - screw the bolt back in and close the trap door. Takes all of 2 mins - TOPS - and that's with reading instructions and all...

I just hope you didn't choose a Mitsubishi - those bulbs are EXPENSIVE and go out fairly frequently!!!! My buddy's gone through 3 in 3 years... And there was something about some kind of ballast or some other nonsensical extra part that cost a fortune to replace...

Mmy Brother in law clued me in to Panasonic - one of the best pictures with darn near the cheapest bulb. My extended warranty cost me $250 - about the price of a new bulb...