Panny Plasma Dead, what to replace with?
Discussion
peterperkins said:
To be honest get rid of the damn thing.
They used a lot of electricity and a decent modern telly of equivalent size and better picture quality will use about 1/10th the power..
Another one of those great "plasma" myths they use more power granted but not ten times, most owners of FALD LCD/LCD sets have very They used a lot of electricity and a decent modern telly of equivalent size and better picture quality will use about 1/10th the power..
similar power consumption figures to the last generation Plasma sets, and with respect to picture quality I reckon a Panny ZT series or Pioneer
Kuro set would still match most modern sets on everything but 4k (iirc there was only one 4K Plasma set it was a Panasonic a 152" set)
peterperkins said:
To be honest get rid of the damn thing.
They used a lot of electricity and a decent modern telly of equivalent size and better picture quality will use about 1/10th the power..
Yeah get rid of it.... They used a lot of electricity and a decent modern telly of equivalent size and better picture quality will use about 1/10th the power..
No.....
The GT60 range were amazing. Much better than most of the s
te LED TVs you get these daysRIP GT60.... #thoughtsandprayers
Just had a call from the other half, apparently our Panasonic plasma has died with the red led flashing 7 times 
Really don't want to buy a new TV if I can avoid it.
Cheers
AndrewT1275 said:
My Panasonic plasma got the 7 blinking lights a couple of weeks ago and I thought I was in for a big bill for a new oled or a slightly smaller bill for a lower quality led.
Luckily I was able to fix it myself. The replacement power board to fix the 7 light problem was £100 (kits to fix your own board are about £25 but looked a bit too fiddly for my soldering skillz). Once this was in it became apparent that the other board had also gone as it was now 8 flashing lights. The second board was only £12.
It's a very easy test and fix if you can use a screwdriver and multimeter.
I figured it would be better to risk £100 trying to fix it rather than get an led that I wouldn't be happy with. If you want to go down this route I can dig out the useful links as there is a lot of garbage to filter out if you do a search.
Do you mind posting those links you mention? I've been having a google and you're right, there is a lot of garbage out there. Luckily I was able to fix it myself. The replacement power board to fix the 7 light problem was £100 (kits to fix your own board are about £25 but looked a bit too fiddly for my soldering skillz). Once this was in it became apparent that the other board had also gone as it was now 8 flashing lights. The second board was only £12.
It's a very easy test and fix if you can use a screwdriver and multimeter.
I figured it would be better to risk £100 trying to fix it rather than get an led that I wouldn't be happy with. If you want to go down this route I can dig out the useful links as there is a lot of garbage to filter out if you do a search.
Really don't want to buy a new TV if I can avoid it.
Cheers
Toilet Duck said:
Just had a call from the other half, apparently our Panasonic plasma has died with the red led flashing 7 times
Really don't want to buy a new TV if I can avoid it.
Cheers
RIchersounds use local TV fixing companies, and just for your reference I managed a peek at the bill they were sending them (I preferred to pick it up as their drivers were maxed for a few days and it was a small detour on way home one night) - £189 inc parts and labour, no idea how many boards had gone though. So even if you draw a blank yourself you still have options for repair.AndrewT1275 said:
My Panasonic plasma got the 7 blinking lights a couple of weeks ago and I thought I was in for a big bill for a new oled or a slightly smaller bill for a lower quality led.
Luckily I was able to fix it myself. The replacement power board to fix the 7 light problem was £100 (kits to fix your own board are about £25 but looked a bit too fiddly for my soldering skillz). Once this was in it became apparent that the other board had also gone as it was now 8 flashing lights. The second board was only £12.
It's a very easy test and fix if you can use a screwdriver and multimeter.
I figured it would be better to risk £100 trying to fix it rather than get an led that I wouldn't be happy with. If you want to go down this route I can dig out the useful links as there is a lot of garbage to filter out if you do a search.
Do you mind posting those links you mention? I've been having a google and you're right, there is a lot of garbage out there. Luckily I was able to fix it myself. The replacement power board to fix the 7 light problem was £100 (kits to fix your own board are about £25 but looked a bit too fiddly for my soldering skillz). Once this was in it became apparent that the other board had also gone as it was now 8 flashing lights. The second board was only £12.
It's a very easy test and fix if you can use a screwdriver and multimeter.
I figured it would be better to risk £100 trying to fix it rather than get an led that I wouldn't be happy with. If you want to go down this route I can dig out the useful links as there is a lot of garbage to filter out if you do a search.
Really don't want to buy a new TV if I can avoid it.
Cheers
toastyhamster said:
RIchersounds use local TV fixing companies, and just for your reference I managed a peek at the bill they were sending them (I preferred to pick it up as their drivers were maxed for a few days and it was a small detour on way home one night) - £189 inc parts and labour, no idea how many boards had gone though. So even if you draw a blank yourself you still have options for repair.
Much appreciated. Just got home and checked for myself, definite 7 second flash. Model is TX-P50VT30B, probably around 7 years old so well out of warranty. Taken it off the wall (Jesus Christ, they are still heavy
) and going to take back off to see if I can see any arcing etc or swollen capacitors. Just need to work out which board(s) are knackered and work out the cost to DIY, and worst case paying someone else. Hopefully AndrewT1275 may check back and post his links
Will post back when I know anything.
Cheers
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