My 55" TV/computer display went on the fritz yesterday and started blinking on and off. Pretty confident that I could repair it in 2/3 hours, but I bought a new one today anyways. Probably will give it a go next week, but it would be nice to give it to a motivated kid to fix. I wonder where I can find one of those? I now realize that many of the "wasteful/lazy" things I saw adults do when I was a kid were really just opportunities thrown to me.
@daniel
95% of the time this type if failure is the backlight power supply. Hardest task is finding the exact drop in replacement part.
@jmclaughlin91 It is a bit infuriating knowing that maybe an extra $10 thrown at the hardware during manufacturing would significantly extend the life of the appliance.
@daniel
Electronics manufacturing is my profession. Believe me when I say at that level of production, $2 can make a big difference.