Toshiba 40" LCD Question

[jstout66]

I have a general question, and will post the model number when I get to it.
Set was manufactured 11/2011, and has about 50 hours on it.
Question.. were these junk?
I have some friends that have this mounted on a wall in the garage. ( non climate controlled) It was kind of humid here last night, and they went to turn it on.. got a slight snap, and the standby light comes on for a brief time, and set shuts off.
Did the environment quicken its demise, or were these flat out junk?

[Eric H]

I think several winters in a non climate controlled, Nebraska? garage took a toll on it.

I don't know what the reputation of these sets is but most any set should last more than 50 hours.
Googling the model number may turn up some information on it's reliability.

[jstout66]

Eric,
I'll look up the model number. The set was stored inside for the winter. ( they only put it out there in late fall for football games)

[Eric H]

I see, possibly it was a victim of bad capacitors, it's a little new but could still happen, more likely infant mortality of some other component, unfortunately the warranty is most likely up by now. I like to run my sets a lot in the warranty period in case any problems show up, if they make it through that then they'll probably last for years.

It's worth pulling the back and taking a look at the caps.

[CoogarXR]

When I was working on flat panel TVs for a living, the Toshiba LCDs were actually pretty good, unless you got one of the bad-tab-bond models. If the panel was good, usually the TV was good. I had a 40" with a dead pixel line as my tester tv for years. It's probably still sitting on my desk where I used to work...

[tubetwister]

Those 2011 2012 Toshiba 1080p CCFL LCD are very good and worth fixing if not something major like a panel ofc.

I have one here I re purposed it and replaced it with a larger 2013 Sony I bought in early 2014 the picture is fine on the Toshiba I just wanted something bigger it had a better picture in the store when I bought it than the equivalent Samsung ,Vizio and lot's of others mine is a 2012 40E220U picture wise it should hold it's own with any new 40" out there IMO.

from what I've read Generally LCD TV environment shouldn't go much below 40- 55° F long term .

[walterbeers]

Jamie, most of the time you can find panels on E-bay for cheap. Most of the panels on e-bay have been taken out of sets that have cracked screens. I bet a transistor, chip, or something in the power supply on one of the panels shorted out. I think condensation due to temperature changes could have blown something. Tell them not to give up on it, and if they would like I'll take a look at it and see if I can run the problem down. Also could be caps, however with only 50 hours on it, I doubt it. If you can get the model number that would be a big help.

[CoogarXR]

Originally Posted by walterbeers

Jamie, most of the time you can find panels on E-bay for cheap. Most of the panels on e-bay have been taken out of sets that have cracked screens. I bet a transistor, chip, or something in the power supply on one of the panels shorted out. I think condensation due to temperature changes could have blown something. Tell them not to give up on it, and if they would like I'll take a look at it and see if I can run the problem down. Also could be caps, however with only 50 hours on it, I doubt it. If you can get the model number that would be a big help.

PS- Just so you know, "panel" refers to the screen ("LCD Panel"). The things inside are usually referred to as "boards". Power Supply Board, Main AV Board, Etc.

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by CoogarXR

PS- Just so you know, "panel" refers to the screen ("LCD Panel"). The things inside are usually referred to as "boards". Power Supply Board, Main AV Board, Etc.

If there was a "snap' noise from it--that sounds like perhaps an SMPS or inveter issue. BOTH not a hard fix--the SMPS can be repaired--the inverter should be available on ebay from a cracked panel set.

[rcaman]

toshiba we see very few of them in the shop.