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Old 03-12-2015, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by mstaton View Post
That Akai is just a rebadged Samsung. They have an extraordinary failure rate for panels. The screen will be somewhat dark with the cable removed but will give you an idea. Removing the cable may not allow the inverters to fire up, just depends on the design.
Are you sure it's a rebranded Samsung? The insides don't resemble any Samsung LCD I've worked on, and I don't see their name on the panel, or anywhere else. I've also never seen a Samsung LCD TV/DVD combo.
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