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Old 01-23-2016, 06:54 PM
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I had a Samsung LCD that had some "issues". Samsung had a nearly 100% failure rate with some LCD sets manufactured during a certain window in time. That was the one I fixed. I also had a Samsung DLP set that had the main board go bad. I didn't bother with that one. More recent Samsung sets seem to be reliable.

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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
Mine had 7 boards, and the symptoms indicated 2 possibly 3 different areas. I called the local LG service tech, he said, THIS BOARD, cost $300, board came in, he installed, and the problem was NOT fixed. Told him to replace original board, and not to charge me for replacement parts. He made an adjustment, partially 'fixing' the problem, then about 2 months later, it failed completely. I figured this was going to become a money pit. The LG plasma TVs have a bad rep for early failures.