How long have you had a flat screen tv screen last?

[milestogo]

Mine is 7 years old. This morning the power came on but no picture. I went to the Best Buy website.

Then I restarted everything, and now I am watching MSNBC, no problems. But I know its not going to last forever.

Edit: Its a Sony.

[Walleye]

1. First one I bought gave up after about two years. I have a bigger one now.

I still have the old broken 20th century TV in my bedroom because I can’t move it. It’s too heavy, these new TVs you can just put them under your arm and walk out of the store with them.

[radical noodle]

2. I have one that we got in 2010

and is still going strong.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. 11 years and not a great brand, Sanyo.

[Shellback Squid]

4. I bought my Sony in 2007,,$1500 for a 1080p 52"

[dlk]

5. My brother had a similar experience

It only lasted about 5 years. He bought a Samsung to replace it.

[LiberalArkie]

6. About 20 years, maybe a little longer. Vizio

[enid602]

28. VIZIO

15 years for a VIZIO here.

[House of Roberts]

7. My 40'' Toshiba LCD lasted from Nov. 2009 to Feb. 2020.

Currently running the 61" Vizio LED that I got Feb. 2020 to replace the Toshiba.

[Meadowoak]

8. Buy Hisense, half the price for the same tv. Literally

Everything but Sony is made in the Hisense factory. Same internally, different remote and emblem.

[milestogo]

10. That's interesting

I have never heard of it.

This 43" TV is $179.99 - but I don't know what "Google TV" is.

[33taw]

23. I have a Hisense TV and like it. Samsung is not made by Hisense.

[Meadowoak]

36. Yes, you are correct Samsung and Sony aren't, but most everything else is.

I have 3 Hisense tvs, 40", 55", and 65". All three have beautiful crisp pictures. I'll never buy anything else.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. A Long Time

I had a WiFi TV that only lasted 7 years, but the big one in the rec room (60&quot is at least 12 years old, and 3 others [32", 35" & 39"] are 12 to 15 years old.

[Afrocat]

11. Panisonic Plasma from 2009.

She's developed a bit of an audio hiss when the screen is blank or has high black levels.

[Shermann]

12. My current Samsung is three years old and going strong. My previous Sammy lasted 6 years.

The screen would randomly blank for a few seconds then come back on while watching it. That went on for a year or more. Eventually it blanked and didn't ever come back on.

I think it depends on how much it is on per year. Ten years or so is supposedly the average.

[Aviation Pro]

13. Since 2006

…..

[Midnight Writer]

14. I have only bought one, in 2004. It's dated, 720p, but everything on it works.

[True Dough]

15. 13-year-old Samsung

55-inch. It cost us close to $2,000 back in the day. I was opposed to spending that much but my wife really wanted it. It's held up amazingly. Picture just as good as the day we bought it.

The only downside is that we can't use most of the apps built into newer TVs, but we can "cast" YouTube on it. It's fine.

I will also acknowledge that my wife's dad purchased a Samsung about 5 years ago because he was impressed with ours but his picture turned a purple hue after 4 years. His wasn't cheap in terms of cost, but it clearly wasn't made to the same standard as ours.

[Ferrets are Cool]

42. We use Firesticks, Roku's and Nvidia streamers on ours. Doesn't matter how old the tv is.

[UpInArms]

16. One that we bought in 2009 is still running

We bought a larger one in 2020 and our son is using the older one.

[lastlib]

17. Since March 2009....

It was still going strong when I retired it in favor of a slightly larger one that came with my new computer.

I never had a CRT last more than 7 years. I still have one that works, but I haven't used it since 2009.

[justaprogressive]

18. 12 year old 55"

Sanyo. Finally had to replace the REMOTE last month

[Lemonwurst]

19. Lost a lot of text somehow, so I'm deleting this post

Post deleted - glad you got some good responses above.

[BootinUp]

20. 7 or 8 years still going. Samsung.

[Wonder Why]

21. The first thing to do when a device like this prematurely fails is to make a

Web search of the model and the problem. There might be a simple fix or a manufacturer's free extended warranty or even, for those who can solder, an inexpensive fix. This was the case a number of years ago for samsung where they had a capacitor prematurely fail. Fot some, they extended the warranty but those too old, people posted fixes for the techies. Often there are videos available to help. In any case, it can be a big help to find out if the fix you paid for is related to a known problem in which case, it is more likely that the failure will not recur. In the samsung case, the problem was that the original capacitor was unable to handle the voltage and replacing it with an upgraded board or a bigger capacitor was a permanent fix.

[Xoan]

22. 20 years ...

PANASONIC plasma ... and still going strong.

[Bobstandard]

24. In 2001 I bought a big Sony plasma monitor

Its still working with incredible quality. I understand they lost money on every TV. Their plasma screen was discontinued in favor of led not long after.

[Ferrets are Cool]

41. Nothing beats a plasma. I bought mine in 2011 and it still has a fantastic picture, albeit, 1070dpi.

However, it's still as good as most new ones.

[yorkster]

25. We first bought one in 2008. My first thought

was that I wanted it to "double" as a pc...


I think we got about 5 years out of it.
Maybe a bit more.

[JT45242]

26. How big is big?

When we bought our first flat screen it was 42-45 inches and lasted about 15 years.

Vizio 50 inch USB 15 years now and going strong in the basement.

TCL Smart TV is broken gger and ten years old now.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. You can get a 100" flat screen from Best Buy for less than $2000. That is incredible.

I am on the fence about getting one, but it would be a downsize from 110 in my theater room. The upside is that the picture would be better than my front projection.

[JT45242]

47. I have no rooms in my house big enough for the huge ones

I can't imagine having a house big enough for a 100 inch TV would make sense... Restaurants, bars, schools, churches,...you know big places with lots of people.

We have one about 6o inches and no bigger would fit in the room configuration between the fireplace on one wall and sliding glass doors on the 90 degree wall

[Ferrets are Cool]

55. My theater room is 16x32 so the 110" is nice.

[jimfields33]

27. Mine is 10 years old. I keep saying that one day,

I’ll wake up and need to buy another. So far, so good.

[spooky3]

29. A Samsung died after 8 years of limited use.

The other TVs I’ve had have lasted longer.

[Shermann]

31. CRT TVs seemed to last forever. Odd that there used to be a healthy TV repair market.

Now that TVs are more likely to fail, you can't get them repaired.

[hunter]

43. Not when I was a kid. Our television would quit working...

... and it would be weeks or months before my parents saved up enough money to call the repair man. (Yes, it was always a man.)

[spooky3]

50. I supposed some it has to do with the cost of new TVs today, versus

Back in the day. They were so much more expensive then, relative to other costs, than they are today. So people tried to repair them when possible.

[Niagara]

30. My previous was a Vizio and it lasted for 10 years

It was on 24/7 since I had a cat that had separation anxiety so it pretty much never got turned off. The voices of people talking calmed my cat down.


About 3 months ago, it started doing this. The TV shows weren't lining up with the channels. I would restart it and the picture lasted for about 10 seconds and then no picture.




It ended up being replaced with another 43" TCL brand off Amazon.

In my community, we just can't throw out worn out electronics to the curb. The regular sanitation department won't pick them up. There's a free recycling place that we take worn out electronics to.

Good luck and please keep us updated.

[milestogo]

33. There is a recycling place in my city that you can take electronics to

but you have to pay them to take it.

Best Buy will generally take things if you originally bought it there. But they won't take microwaves or things that are really old.

The thing with a CRT is that no matter the size or condition, you can't even give them away and nobody will come to your home to pick it up. So if you have a large CRT that used to be used for watching movies or football, and you haven't gotten rid of it by now, its probably still in your basement.

[Niagara]

49. That's terrible, milestogo. Recycling should be free for everyone

I see that the crafty and creative people are making pet beds out of old TV's. I love it when people find a way to upcycle.

[Judi Lynn]

52. Adorable idea! The fur friends are cozy, super comfortable if properly padded, and protected!

They can see their beloveds without being smooshed underfoot by the bigger guys!

They are interesting, clever, cute pieces of fun furniture.

[Niagara]

54. Absolutely, Judi Lynn!

I would imagine some fur friends might take awhile to warm up to the idea. Some of them can be fussy.

[Silent Type]

32. I'm "knocking on wood" for everyone posting about thier TVs longevity.

[milestogo]

34. Yeah I'm actually surprised how long people are having their flat screens around.

I don't know what happened with mine this morning, but it was fixed with a restart. Screen display is still perfect. Still, after 7 years you start to wonder.

[patphil]

35. I have a 46" Sharp HD TV that I purchased in 2009, and the picture is as good as the day I got it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. My Samsung Plasma was bought in August of 2011. Still going strong and the picture is fantastic.

It is terrible that the manufacture of plasma's were stopped. Best picture of all.
Yeah, the newest uled is supposed to be great, but you damn sure have to pay for that quality.

[Emile]

39. I had bad luck with LG. Two different LG's went out

around five years old. I like the picture on LG, but I think they should last longer than that!

I now have a much cheaper 60 inch Hisense Roku TV for three years and no problem yet

[TommieMommy]

40. Bought a Samsung in 2015 and so far still working

[SocialDemocrat61]

44. About 7 years

Same as yours

[kimbutgar]

45. That happened to us in May, we trying restarting and it was just dead.

We had a Sony smart tv it wasn’t even 5 years old and just died on. Friday night. We brought a Samsung because our older Samsung we have in our bedroom is still going after 10+ years.

But don’t get me started on awful Samsung refrigerators!

[milestogo]

46. I think of Samsung as a good brand

I've always had Samsung smartphones and they've been great. But the truth is a brand impression doesn't mean much. I think of Sony as a good brand, but maybe that's just a bias. Its interesting to hear what people have to say in this thread.

My 43" Sony TV cost almost $1200 with the sound bar. Too much.

[Mr.Bill]

48. I bought my first flat screen TV, a 43" Samsung in 2009.

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It worked flawlessly until I donated it to a thrift store because it wasn't a smart TV. That was nine months ago. It's probably still working somewhere.

[GP6971]

51. LG 55" bought in 2012.

Still going strong.

[Diamond_Dog]

53. 20 year old Samsung, still going strong.

[Xavier Breath]

56. Currently watching on my Samsung plasma tv purchased in the fall of 2009.

I'd like to upgrade to a newer model, but it works fine and it would seem like a waste of money.

[Trailrider1951]

57. My Sony Bravia from 2010 is still working with no problems

32" if it dies, I'll get a bigger one, and I'm sold on Sony