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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Saturday, December 26, 2020 - 5:32 pm 
My oldest brother gave me a Roku box. My tv's also get some of the apps. My cable just went up $30. It's now $102/month. Thinking about letting it go. I have a converter box that lets me get all over the air channels. Just ordered a Tablo recorder that is supposed to work with it. We will see. As a widow,I cannot afford all this stuff anymore.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Saturday, December 26, 2020 - 5:46 pm
An increase of $30 is a lot! I agree that you can find better alternatives.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Monday, December 28, 2020 - 7:54 pm
I googled streaming channels. I am surprised a lot of those have deals where you can get lots of channels and even recording for less than the cable services. I had no idea!
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Peapod
Member
01-31-2004
| Saturday, November 06, 2021 - 9:26 pm
New Q=OK so after a storm the power went out. Now my tv won't turn on. Is it true that that's it? It is now trash!?! Nobody can fix it, nobody wants to, not worth the price IF you can find a tv repair place, so what, I just have to trash a tv I paid $6-800 dollars for 5 years ago?! Can flat screens be recycled? Am I the only one this has happened to? What to do???
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, November 06, 2021 - 10:21 pm
Yep, most likely fried. Did you have it plugged into a surge protector? That usually doesnt happen when you have it plugged into a quality surge protector.
Lucky for you, you can buy buy huge 55-60 inch tvs for under $400 now. Maybe even less. Walmart has 40 and 50 inch tvs for between $200-$250.
You can drop off old TVs at the the big appliance stores.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, November 07, 2021 - 2:38 pm
It's frustrating but these things are now so complicated to repair, with prices continuing to come down it's simply more cost effective to buy a new one.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 07, 2021 - 3:00 pm
I have a tv that occasionally won't turn on. If I power cycle it, it will turn on again.
Now I just stopped turning it off... I just mute it when I'm not in that room (my office).
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Sunday, November 07, 2021 - 5:34 pm
Flat screens can be recycled. Just google TV recycling in your area to find one.
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Peapod
Member
01-31-2004
| Sunday, November 07, 2021 - 6:19 pm
Thanks all for the helpful info-looks like a new tv for us this x-mas!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Monday, November 15, 2021 - 11:16 pm
I have receipt for my last in-home TV repair on 4/06/96 which was of course before my flat screen. $80 parts, $35 labor.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 4:14 am
We just got a new tv because our old one was just about to turn 3 years old. It was a Vizeo 55 inch flat screen. It just got the red line going vertical down the middle of the tv. When that starts, it's just going to get wider as time goes by.
Luckily, we had the extended warranty on it, and Best Buy gave us full credit of the price we paid for it to go to a new tv. $900.00 We had done the same thing with the tv set before.
When the repairman came to the house to verify the problem, he told me that the manufacturers stuff so much stuff into the tv these days, that they are bound to die after a few years.
So, if anyone is going to buy a new, expensive tv, it is well worth it to get the extended warranty.
Plus, Best Buy delivered the new tv and took away the old one.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 7:41 am
I have receipt dated 3/07/08 for my first and quite certain only so far flat screen TV, 40" Sony Bravia. To go with it I have TiVo Premiere XL DVR I got on 5/14/12. It is still going strong -- KNOCK ON WOOD.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 8:35 pm
Grooch, you realize you are replying with plural pronouns and possibly none of us know who the "we" is. Not that we need to know, but of course we actually really do need to know. Because we are your secret figments, and we would never tell anybody and we can't, actually, because we are all merely figments of my imagination.
 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, August 26, 2023 - 6:53 am
Not so much techie as DUMB at this point. I have (pay for) a number of streaming apps / platforms.. I like big choice in what to watch. I like Hulu and what's on it. I'm paying $14.99. Have had it for a few years. Facebook newsfeed ad today -- $7.99. It's going to go up over the years, but that much difference bothers me. It is only $7 more. Paying for TV now. NEVER had cable or satellite.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, August 26, 2023 - 9:10 am
$7.99 is with commercials. You pay $14.99 for commercial free.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, August 26, 2023 - 10:06 pm
Naja, shudda figgered that myself. I pay to skip commercials. Only place to watch "Code Black" was on FreeVee. It was OK that way. Very much liked Code Black.
I did cancel Paramount+ with Showtime because it continues to air the last two episodes of "Your Honor" as live / on demand. Couldn't watch it. I added Showtime again to Hulu. Those two episodes aired normally on Hulu. 
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