To my surprise, during replacement of power board for my TV, the technician confessed about phasing out of the spares by companies for models more than 5 yrs old. It's luck for customer, if the company has few leftover stocks of either power board/inverter (typically 1500/- plus tax) or the main process board (2500/- plus tax) for 32inch models for repair.
Does that mean, even if the panel has so called life of 10000hrs etc, the supporting back end electronics will not be made available to customer. This will force him to go for the new TV and in the process company ensures guaranteed sale of one unit after such period.
How many of you have come across such issue, kindly open up so that we all are aware of such issues related to flat panel TVs.
Having said the above, it definitely does not mean that every TV will be worthless after 5 yrs, the idea is just to discuss the issue in HFV and increase our awareness if the unit fails at some time after such span.
Does that mean, even if the panel has so called life of 10000hrs etc, the supporting back end electronics will not be made available to customer. This will force him to go for the new TV and in the process company ensures guaranteed sale of one unit after such period.
How many of you have come across such issue, kindly open up so that we all are aware of such issues related to flat panel TVs.
Having said the above, it definitely does not mean that every TV will be worthless after 5 yrs, the idea is just to discuss the issue in HFV and increase our awareness if the unit fails at some time after such span.