krishnadeva
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Hi All,
I got an Infocus 50" LED TV in Aug 2016 on Flipkart. Luckily bought Extended Warranty from Jeeves. After 11 months the TV was not switching on. The service Engg replaced the PCB after 10 days and the same issue occurred the next day. After lot of struggle with Infocus CC on phone/emails, after 40 days, got a new Panel. Again after 11 months the panel died last month(even after having a UPS with surge protection - all of a sudden the display was off) and this time Infocus lifted its hands stating it cannot replace the panel(as its not manufacturing TVs now I think). As I'm in EW period, Jeeves offered an amount post depreciation value(20%) refunding 80% of the TV value ~23K. Yet to get the refund.
Now I'm researching again and have these questions to which I am not able to find answers even after 2 days of research over the internet,
Also, I have not seen 49LJ523T unboxing/reviews & videos over the net, though its launched in 2017, so is it a good model ? Can I go with this ?
Was interested in Sony 43" but all of them are smart. 40" ones are non-smart, so if I go with this will it be small in my 10x10 room where viewing dist is 8-9ft.
Please provide your valuable feed back so that I can make a calculative decision. Thank you.
I got an Infocus 50" LED TV in Aug 2016 on Flipkart. Luckily bought Extended Warranty from Jeeves. After 11 months the TV was not switching on. The service Engg replaced the PCB after 10 days and the same issue occurred the next day. After lot of struggle with Infocus CC on phone/emails, after 40 days, got a new Panel. Again after 11 months the panel died last month(even after having a UPS with surge protection - all of a sudden the display was off) and this time Infocus lifted its hands stating it cannot replace the panel(as its not manufacturing TVs now I think). As I'm in EW period, Jeeves offered an amount post depreciation value(20%) refunding 80% of the TV value ~23K. Yet to get the refund.
Now I'm researching again and have these questions to which I am not able to find answers even after 2 days of research over the internet,
- I think mine was a Direct LED TV. So even if one led in the grid fails, will the entire LED panel fail ? Asked the same to the service guys & they were clueless. So in that case, is EDGE lit LED recommended for durability ? Basically whats the failure rate of Edge vs Direct LEDs ? Learnt that Edge lit would have a little less picture quality over Direct(which some have "local dimming" - this is no where mentioned on company sites/fk/amazon)
- Having a bad experience with an inexperienced TV brand, want to go for a branded one this time. But I read LG, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic too have failures and avg expectancy of a LED is about 3-5 years now? So these days I cannot buy a LED TV that lasts for 10 years ?
- I thought Sony X reality pro is an engine in all Sony TVs, but its only in 4k TVs for upscaling low res content ?
- Whats the diff: Sony KDL vs KVL ?
- One of my friends bought a Samsung Smart 32" LED TV 2 yrs ago & it just died after 2 months of the 1 yr manufacturer warranty period. So he'd to shell 15K for the panel replacement. Similarly my cousin's Sony 50" non smart TV died with horizontal lines in 5 years.
- My biggest concern in having a Smart TV: all the smart hardware(probably a built-in WiFi module, processor to handle internet content, RAM would always be running even when I'm just watching TV ? In that case won't it harm the regular TV hardware and prone it to failure (due to heat, etc) ?
- I feel like buying a dumb TV and using a streaming device. Only comfort of Smart TV is viewer need not get up plug in the device to HDMI & directly cast the content from phone(mostly my scenario photos/videos/yt); in this if I keep the device 24/7 connected to the TV, would it either harm the TV/the device ?
- Will a Smart TV improve PQ ? One of the cnet articles on smart TV said this. But how far is this true in Indian market ?
- LG's below mentioned TV has Color Master Engine. Whats the diff: CME vs Triple XD Engine ?
- Right now my viewing distance is 9feet, so would a 40" TV be fine/I should get a 49" ?
- As I'm based out in Bengaluru, would these big brands have good post-sale services ?
- Also most of the TVs in fk/amazon/including the company websites have no info of Energy Efficiency. Is there a way I can check this online before buying ? Is a 3* okay in TV? Or should I stick to 4/5* ? for a moderate usage of 3-5 hours per day.
- Will buying a 40-43" TV long last than a 49" ? (as 49" would have more LEDs and prone to fail).
- If I get a Amazon Fire Stick TV, I should be able to cast photos/videos from my Android device(As I've never used it, just asking)
Also, I have not seen 49LJ523T unboxing/reviews & videos over the net, though its launched in 2017, so is it a good model ? Can I go with this ?
Was interested in Sony 43" but all of them are smart. 40" ones are non-smart, so if I go with this will it be small in my 10x10 room where viewing dist is 8-9ft.
Please provide your valuable feed back so that I can make a calculative decision. Thank you.