Joyrex Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 This weekend, my wife and I were watching TV, and the picture suddenly flickered and blacked out several times, and came back on, then went out again - then, once it fully went out, it was replaced with an rainbow-eque pixel display similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8mUNzATzg After doing some Googleing, it turns out that it's probably the Y-Sustain Board, which runs about 80-150 dollars and is fairly easy to replace. That being said, has anyone had any experience with this, and did you replace the board yourself? (and where did you get the board - ebay, online retailer, etc.?) I'm pretty confident I can do this, however the warning I read about the capacitors inside the TV having enough voltage to kill made me a bit hesitant. Just curious if anyone on WATMM has been through the same experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 personally, i would not attempt to fix a plasma tv, or any tv for that matter. surely a job for professionals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 replacing a board seems simple enough. So you didn't go for the extended warranty, they weren't able to upsell ya. Could be time for a nice 3-d ready upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 careful, we love you joyrex and don't want your brains to get sizzled . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 careful, we love you joyrex and don't wan't your brains to get sizzled . umm, he is gonna unplug the tV before working on it yeah (just making sure). And the warranty is already out of. So it would be heading for scrapland otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 careful, we love you joyrex and don't wan't your brains to get sizzled . umm, he is gonna unplug the tV before working on it yeah (just making sure). And the warranty is already out of. So it would be heading for scrapland otherwise. what i'm curious is, since this is a flatscreen and not a tube-based tv, how much electricity is actually stored in the device after unplugging it? i know that's an issue with the big clunkers, but not sure about flatscreens. really worth checking out. other than that, i'm sure voiding the warranty is a huge risk, but are you an adventurous man, joyrex? are you? btw, holy fuck i've been posting here since i was like 15 years old at most, and i'm now 24. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 welcome to your 20's ... it's also instructive to note that i've not done any electrical repairs myself, so as usual disregard my enthusiasm for your better instincts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 replacing a board seems simple enough. So you didn't go for the extended warranty, they weren't able to upsell ya. Could be time for a nice 3-d ready upgrade. The TV's going on 5, almost 6 years old - so it's been out of warranty (extended or otherwise) for ages now! I'd love (and plan on) upgrading to a larger (55-60", possibly bigger if the wife will let me get away with it) 3-D ready TV with full 1080P support (my plasma does 720P/1080i at the most), as the prices keep dropping, and the picture quality gets better and better... but that's later and it's cheaper to just replace the board and see if that keeps it going (and for use as a secondary TV in the bedroom if we do end up replacing it with a newer model). careful, we love you joyrex and don't wan't your brains to get sizzled . umm, he is gonna unplug the tV before working on it yeah (just making sure). And the warranty is already out of. So it would be heading for scrapland otherwise. what i'm curious is, since this is a flatscreen and not a tube-based tv, how much electricity is actually stored in the device after unplugging it? i know that's an issue with the big clunkers, but not sure about flatscreens. really worth checking out. other than that, i'm sure voiding the warranty is a huge risk, but are you an adventurous man, joyrex? are you? btw, holy fuck i've been posting here since i was like 15 years old at most, and i'm now 24. wow. Well, from what I understand, even after unplugging it (most how-tos say unplug and wait at least 2 hours before opening), the capacitors still hold quite a bit of electrical charge. Also, this is a Plasma TV - so it is technically tube-based (just very, very small tubes - millions of them!), but as mentioned, just like old-school capacitors, they still hold charge after they've been unplugged. Also, as mentioned, it's way out of warranty, so no worries about voiding that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 yeah, you definitely need 60" or over in this day and age. and 3D and my god no 1080p wao, i guess you bought too early. We've got rear projection, had to replace the bulb once. there is a problem with the chip though, but it's still nearly, under extended guarantee. If my brother can find the paperwork they'll have to give us a brand new of similar value sony. It's a common problem apparently that initially they weren't going to honour. But many have bitched before us so hopefully it goes smoothly. Nevertheless, i agree that it's a good idea to hold out for a bit longer whilst prices drop and quality in the market increases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 lol just use a crt man people will PAY U to take em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 yeah, you definitely need 60" or over in this day and age. and 3D and my god no 1080p wao, i guess you bought too early. We've got rear projection, had to replace the bulb once. there is a problem with the chip though, but it's still nearly, under extended guarantee. If my brother can find the paperwork they'll have to give us a brand new of similar value sony. It's a common problem apparently that initially they weren't going to honour. But many have bitched before us so hopefully it goes smoothly. Nevertheless, i agree that it's a good idea to hold out for a bit longer whilst prices drop and quality in the market increases. Yeah, 1080P sets at the time I bought this plasma were easily 5K+, and I got this one for 1600.00USD (it was retailing for almost 2600.00 at the time), and add to the fact that there was hardly any 1080P content (still isn't really; Blu-Ray and a select few PS3 games have 1080P support) at the time didn't bother me, but now I want the BD movies looking their best. I'm using a 50" Samsung DLP right now as a temporary replacement set, and it's pretty nice - has a great picture, but suffers from the DLP viewing angle issue and it's fan is a bit noisy (not to mention the depth of the housing). It was good timing, as my father in law was just given this set by a client (he does corporate moving) who apparently didn't want it anymore as it was too big for their new home, etc. He was going to replace his set in the living room with this one, and put his 42" LCD up in his bedroom - guess that will have to wait a bit lol just use a crt man people will PAY U to take em Your quaint references to bygone technologies amuses me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Yeah, we got on the 1080p bandwagon because of the rear projection thing, otherwise going that route wasn't the greatest investment at the time. Given all the quality control issues in the other formats + the price point of other big TVs. It's all a bit more friendly nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv_party Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 don't fix it that looks awesome. /still using a crt monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ^lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 how the hell do any of you afford crazy awesome tvs like that? it took me months just to save up for a 32 inch Sony Bravia....and that was ridiculously expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 lol it's called not being a student...:( I feel your pain though smetty..I'm in the same boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 it's very possible to fix, probably. i have a 40" lcd in which one of the capacitors blew on the power board (started making a hissing sound).. once i googled everything i found a replacement for $2 at Radio Shack.. soldered it on and it works like new. much better than a few hundred dollar bs repair bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 lol it's called not being a student...:( I feel your pain though smetty..I'm in the same boat. don't you mean same rickety flotsam ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 if you leave the TV unplugged for 24-48 hrs all the charge will be gone -- you really don't even need to wait that long. and if you're still nervous, offer the end of a phillips screwdriver as a sacrifice to the gods of electricity (instead of your finger) other than computers, im not a fan of operating equipment worth more than $2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 thing is though, once you finish your degree, you're landed in paradise, no longer stuck on gilligans island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 thing is though, once you finish your degree, you're landed in paradise, no longer stuck on gilligans island. for chen perhaps, Ill be lucky if I stay on somewhere as an assistant to a high school teacher :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 how the hell do any of you afford crazy awesome tvs like that? it took me months just to save up for a 32 inch Sony Bravia....and that was ridiculously expensive. Well, to be fair, I usually either come into the right amount of money or I purchase things on credit (although these days I'm more and more cash n' carry) - and I won't spend much over 2000.00 for a TV or similar equipment (laments spending 2500.00 on the 20" iMac ages ago ). it's very possible to fix, probably. i have a 40" lcd in which one of the capacitors blew on the power board (started making a hissing sound).. once i googled everything i found a replacement for $2 at Radio Shack.. soldered it on and it works like new. much better than a few hundred dollar bs repair bill. See, you're a braver man than I - while I have no issues disconnecting circuit boards, etc., soldering is where I draw the line - I know some people say it's easy, but that shit just scares me. Something about molten metal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 if you dont mind me asking joy, how much did that one cost? if i remember correctly, when i bought the 32inch there was a big price gap between 32 and the next largest screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 My Uncle was fixing a TV once... my Aunt snuck up behind him and said "boo!"... he shorted the main capacitor was sent flying across the room into the wall. True story. A few years later he helped me fix a 21" CRT monitor without incident, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 it's all disposable tech these days. i say go for a Sony Bravia xbr with 36 month financing at best buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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