Archive for December, 2009
For anyone who is interested in technology, the term “LCD” has undoubtedly come across your radar in the past few years. But for anyone who doesn’t know the term, LCD stands for liquid crystal display. And there are several distinct benefits to having an LCD TV. First and foremost, these types of TVs are much lighter in weight. Second, for the energy-conscious TV watcher, they also require less power. Another unique and distinct benefit of LCD TVs is that they can even double as computer monitors.
And for those who can’t live without technology in their lives, the LCD TV might have seemed out of reach when it first debuted. But now there are many places where you can find a high quality discount LCD TV. That means you can enjoy all the benefits of a LCD TV without the exorbitant price tag. Just imagine watching your favorite movies, television shows, or sporting events on the crisp, clear image offered by an LCD TV. And if your friend or family member needs a new television, don’t forget to let them know about all the benefits of owning this new television technology. If you are wary of getting a discount model, don’t worry; I was able to find a Seattle LCD repair just a few minutes from my house.
Troubleshooting and diagnosing it and perhaps repairing it by yourself means you have just acquired a very nifty and potentially profitable skill! You could pursue it as a hobby or very seriously as an alternative source of income. Either way I believe you are a winner.
There is a market out there for pre-owned, used and refurbished TVs. If you really can not help buying a new one, one option is to have your malfunctioning television repaired so you can re-sell it as a refurbished unit. You save some hard-earned cash and you help keep more trash from the environment. See follow up part 2.
Televisions contain environmentally harmful components like heavy metals and chemicals. Having your tv repaired and keeping it inside your home and not in garbage dumps and the land-fills means it does not go out there to do major damage to mother Earth. Considering what is happening to our planet, I believe this is one of the most important considerations when you are trying to work the buy or repair dilemma. If it can be fixed, why not do it (actually, this goes for CRT TVs, too)?
More and more people are living in smaller spaces such as apartments and condominium units, hence, there is the need to innovate and find solutions in maximizing space. It is no wonder that the flat screen TV is slowly replacing the ordinary bulky TV monitors we have been comfortable with for years. The two popular ones are the plasma TV and the LCD TV.
Here are some of the advantages of the plasma TV:
1. They are available in large sizes. The Panasonic plasma TV, for instance, offers 37-inch to 60-inch HDTV.
2. The color comes out clearer.
3. It has a long lifespan and can last up to 30,000 hours of viewing.
4. It is easy to find an plasma TV repair service nearly anywhere
Procuring that new plasma or LCD TV is likely to be more pricey than having your malfunctioning sample fixed or repaired. Depending on what is wrong with it, it is probably more practical to have it looked at first by a professional to see what is wrong. You could either bring it to the Factory Service Center for some diagnostics (which might entail some costs) or you could DIY troubleshoot it! There are good plasma tv repair guide and LCD TV repair course available on the internet. You could avail yourself of these self-help programs and then find out what is wrong with your TV using the information you will learn.
Having an electronic home appliance like that state-of-the-art flat screen television suddenly die on you is not really an event we always prepare for. Our five year plans, after all, does not usually include an electronic device. Neither do we, as a norm, keep spare LCD or plasma TVs inside the store room. However, whenever such things happen, it always bring about that hair-pulling dilemma that I think most us go through. That is, the dilemma to either have the appliance repaired or to junk it and buy something new.
The answer to the question of whether to buy or to have your LCD tv repaired, as you would expect, is not easy as it depends on the situation. For example, with the older generation televisions like the cathode-ray tube (CRT) TV, a malfunction would most likely signal the owner to put more weight on the “buy new” scenario instead of repair scenario. This is because the prices of its more advanced descendants, the flat screen LCD and Plasma televisions, has gone down so dramatically in last few years. And with the modern flat screen’s relative advantage in picture quality, reliability and energy efficiency, the argument for the “buy new TV” option seems more convincing than having an aging, bulky and power hungry CRT TV under go repair.
But what if the TV that is breaking down is a high-tech LCD or plasma TV? The answer to this also depends on a number of considerations but the difference here is that the decision will not be as easy to arrive at since new flat screen TVs are not as inexpensive as CRTs and hence throwing away that flat screen in the living room will not be as easy as throwing away that 10 year old tube.
Buying a new TV certainly does have its advantages though. The flat screen TV technology is evolving on a monthly basis and hence, the newer ones will have already incorporated more advance and convenient features than the ones they sold just a couple of months before. The newer ones will also most likely be more energy efficient than its predecessors and so will be more environmentally friendly. New TVs will also have a warranty and that should give anyone piece of mind for one year at the very least.
The other option, the TV repair option, likewise, has its advantages (and it seems it has more advantages compared to the buy new option). Over the next four days I will cover those advantages.