Panny Plasma Dead, what to replace with?
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My nice TX-P50GT60 has the 7 blinking LEDs of doom and won't power on. Local repair shop are not optimistic.
What to replace it with? Looking at 55" OLED I guess, richersounds would be my preferred option. Budget is probably around 1600 quid but could stretch it a little if there was a significant benefit.
Unexpected bill :-(
Thanks
What to replace it with? Looking at 55" OLED I guess, richersounds would be my preferred option. Budget is probably around 1600 quid but could stretch it a little if there was a significant benefit.
Unexpected bill :-(
Thanks
Bit of an update.
Took it to local independent and it's a bit of a surprising turn up. One of the boards has arced to the back of the screen, massive black marks on the pcb apparently - this would explain why the TV had pushed the hinged frame downwards (fairly loose anyway). He's claiming it's dead and beyond economical repair as any board fix might not fix an underlying issue, he thought water had got in the back (no chance). He'd never seen anything like it. I'll try and get a photo tomorrow if it's worth it.
Thought I'd ring Richersounds in case my memory on the guarantee was faulty and got a result, or so I thought. RS claim it should be still under guarantee but Panasonic are disputing this. My next steps tomorrow are to get the serial number and the TV back, register it with Panasonic, prob get a receipt off RS and then phone it in to a Panasonic repair centre, most likely I'd get a contribution to a new TV, when I was checking the guarantee and mentioned the 7 LED blink they seemed to think they'd junk it.
Took it to local independent and it's a bit of a surprising turn up. One of the boards has arced to the back of the screen, massive black marks on the pcb apparently - this would explain why the TV had pushed the hinged frame downwards (fairly loose anyway). He's claiming it's dead and beyond economical repair as any board fix might not fix an underlying issue, he thought water had got in the back (no chance). He'd never seen anything like it. I'll try and get a photo tomorrow if it's worth it.
Thought I'd ring Richersounds in case my memory on the guarantee was faulty and got a result, or so I thought. RS claim it should be still under guarantee but Panasonic are disputing this. My next steps tomorrow are to get the serial number and the TV back, register it with Panasonic, prob get a receipt off RS and then phone it in to a Panasonic repair centre, most likely I'd get a contribution to a new TV, when I was checking the guarantee and mentioned the 7 LED blink they seemed to think they'd junk it.
bristolracer said:
toastyhamster said:
Bit of an update.
he thought water had got in the back (no chance). He'd never seen anything like it.
Water can get into a perished aerial cable and track down the cable and into the tv. he thought water had got in the back (no chance). He'd never seen anything like it.
It's probably going anyway now I've been browsing OLED. Picked up the Panny today, no visible effects of damage on any PCB but repairer reckoned that from his investigation if only one PCB had gone he'd be amazed and probably also some parts on the screen as well (forgot the names of them, nothing I'd heard before in my limited knowledge of electronics).
RS are honoring the guarantee (turns out it expires in Jan) and there's an engineer arriving Fri/Sat, probably get carted off and hopefully not worth repairing. Even if it gets fixed it'll be on ebay or at the in laws where previous TVs have ended up.
Currently watching a 3 year old cheapy LG LED that I got secondhand for the eldest/xbox. Picture is quite crisp but I prefer the Panny's depth of colour/better motion. I know an OLED won't compare.
RS are honoring the guarantee (turns out it expires in Jan) and there's an engineer arriving Fri/Sat, probably get carted off and hopefully not worth repairing. Even if it gets fixed it'll be on ebay or at the in laws where previous TVs have ended up.
Currently watching a 3 year old cheapy LG LED that I got secondhand for the eldest/xbox. Picture is quite crisp but I prefer the Panny's depth of colour/better motion. I know an OLED won't compare.
Had a n00b engineer who was pretty clueless on plasmas but he rang a mate who said "PSU board", anyway, it's gone to the workshop. I'll know early next week whether RS have approved a repair or not. If it's dead then reading up on the RS guarantee I'll only be offered a similar replacement or value of current TV - hopefully not the latter as ebay suggests £200 quid. Similar replacement or value of and I'll put the rest in for an OLED. Or I might have the plasma for a bit longer.
Cheapy LG has been surprisingly bearable and it's probably peanuts running costs in comparison.
Cheapy LG has been surprisingly bearable and it's probably peanuts running costs in comparison.
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
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