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TV Won't Power Up. Worth Repairing?

Hopefully this is the right group for this question. I have no intention of doing this repair myself--rather, I would take it in for service.

I have a Sharp 32N-5350. I've had it for about 5-6 years with no problems.

Today, while watching, the TV quite suddenly shut itself off. It was exactly as if I had turned it off using the remote.

Clicking the remote to turn it back on did nothing (no response at all). I unplugged the TV from the outlet and tried a different outlet. When I tried to turn it on again, it made a clicking noise, exactly as if it was going to turn on, and then made a sound that I think was degaussing, and then clicked again and did nothing.

I had to leave, and when I came back 15 minutes later, I tried again and the same thing happened, except this time I heard about a second of audio before it clicked off.

I was planning on getting a new TV within the next six months anyway, so it's no huge tragedy. However, if this sounds like an inexpensive problem to repair, the TV would still be useful to me.

So:

  1. Any other troubleshooting steps I could try to help diagnose the problem?
  2. Does it sound like a serious problem?

I see from ads online that I could get a brand new tube TV for under $200, so I guess it would have to be REALLY inexpensive to warrant repair.

Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Phil

Reply to
psandler70
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There is no way to tell without actually getting inside the tv and diagnosing it whether it is worth repairing or not.

The good thing is it is small enough to be taken into the servicer for repair. The trip charges alone if you wanted in home service would almost make the tv not worth repairing in most areas.

The other good thing is most repairs on that size tv are in the $100 range when you take it in. As long as the picture was nice and bright and clear, then it probably would be worth at least getting an estimate. At the very least you can postpone replacing the tv for a few months and then use this one as a bedroom or second tv, or even as a dedicated video game machine monitor.

FYI a 32" tube tv set is still going to run $270-$325 for anything similar in quality to what you have now. The low end stuff is just that, low end price, low end quality.

If you chose not to bother with the tv set, at least post where you live in case someone where is willing to save you the disposal fees. Most areas of the US it now costs upwards of $20 - $50 just to throw one of those piles of hazardous waste away!!!

Reply to
dkuhajda

Thanks for info. I think I will go ahead and take it in for an estimate, at least.

Thanks,

Phil

Reply to
psandler70
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*** TUBE TVS GET A SONY LCD HDTV.[/quote:358ebbc691]

No need to get a SONY LCD HDTV. If this set is worth the repair then I would say to go ahead and do it.

Reply to
tvguy

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