Replacement tv

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Replacement tv

October 27, 2014, 08:44:50 am

Our front tv has stopped working ( Visio) I am tempted to open it up and look for swollen / burnt capacitors and replace boards but think this may be short sighted .
Anybody have thoughts on robust brand of tv that can endure the bashing of the interstate

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Reply #1 – October 27, 2014, 09:37:56 am

We also had a Visio that failed in 11 months. We sent it in for repair, but were told the display had failed, so it was toast. Our Samsungs have performed well with no issues.

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Reply #2 – October 27, 2014, 09:53:34 am

The samsung in our bedroom is still working

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Reply #3 – October 27, 2014, 10:16:43 am

I've installed 2 Toshiba Brand Flat panel TV's in the coach in 2009. Both are just fine and the quality is very good. Needs sound amplification though.

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Reply #4 – October 27, 2014, 10:47:57 am

My Visio tv failed and was replaced under warranty. Samsung has great products and now buying that brand for home and they are great smart tvs. Could not hear the tv in the kitchen area when the ACs are both going. Got a small sound bar and installed under the cabinet on the passenger side. Works great.

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Reply #5 – October 27, 2014, 10:59:30 am

I also have a Samsung that has held up well so far. I don't know if this makes a big difference or not but it seems to me that the mounting system you choose also matters. Some mount directly to the wall, which I think would transfer more shock and vibration than the articulated type. I mounted my front TV over the drivers chair with a swing arm mount that lets us move the TV. I think it also acts like a shock absorber that makes traveling easiier on the TV. If your situation allows for it, I would consider a flexible mounting system.

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Reply #6 – October 27, 2014, 10:59:54 am

Had our Vizio for three years, still working fine. Put 10K miles per year on the coach.

Roland

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Reply #7 – October 27, 2014, 12:29:36 pm

Two years on our 39" Vizio and no problems, about 12K miles. I used a very sturdy mount and it is pretty stable. it has a small (100x100mm) attachment point to the mount. It would have been mice to have it be bigger, more stability. it was about $350 at Amazon +$39 for a 4 yr extended warranty. They told me that after the first year they never fix them they just replace them. I figured a coach is a tough environment for a TV so $39 to get a free replacement in year 2-4 was OK. When it is 5 years old it may be time for the next greatest thing.

Samsungs are nice but quite a bit more $. I have 2 Sony's at home and they are spectacular. Be sure to go LED. Cooler and much less power. If you can get 3 or 4 HDMI inputs.

Roger

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Reply #8 – October 27, 2014, 12:49:56 pm

Agree most newer TV's are sound challenged, and require amplification - sound bar (or in my case the Bose that was standard).

I have had my vizio 7+ years - no issues to date (watch, that will jinx me for sure)

I love Costco for any TV - they add a year to the warranty - so the one year MFG warranty becomes two years.Â Then they sell you a three year extended service policy (warranty) for a low price. (Only extended warranty I have ever seen consumer reports endorse) so you get 5 years warranty. Plus liberal return policy and a great technical help line, make Costco my go to choice for TV's - they usually have a good selection, but in most cases it is models the MFG is closing out to update to a newer version, so when they are gone, they are gone.Â No big deal, but just how their business model works.

If you don't have a membership, you can still have someone else purchase the TV and service policy as a "gift" to you, so it can all be in your name when you register, etc.

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Reply #9 – October 27, 2014, 10:50:37 pm

Just spoke to vizio and they recommended a replacement which has similar dimensions but noticed all connections to bose DVD , antenna etc are on sides rather than straight out back

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Reply #10 – October 27, 2014, 11:20:12 pm

Jimmy, you can buy a Square Deal three year extended warranty for electronics ($350-$400) for less than $35 at Amazon even if you didn't buy it from Amazon. More of my connections come out of side panels than the back. They halp to keep it tight to the wall.

Our 39" Vizio mounted up front is about 3/4" from the ceiling and the bottom is about 1" beloe the horizontal valance. The front shades hang lower than the TV.

Roger

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Reply #11 – October 27, 2014, 11:40:06 pm

Roger
Do the connections extend beyond the overall casing dimensions .

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Reply #12 – October 28, 2014, 12:24:30 am

Not on mine. They are in about 4-5" from the edge.

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Reply #13 – October 28, 2014, 03:16:49 am

We bought a 46" Toshiba at Costco. Its been installed for about 2 years now, no problems. I wired it to the Bose sound system.

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Reply #14 – October 28, 2014, 12:47:20 pm

Hardly ever watch tv in the coach. Never finished the sat hookup to dish either.

Like fires outside at night too much.

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Reply #15 – October 29, 2014, 12:56:20 pm

We have two Samsung's going on 5 years.

Two different cable boxes and thereby can watch different channels keeping peace in the tepee!

David

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Reply #16 – October 29, 2014, 07:51:04 pm

My mom's two year old Vizio quit. Found bad surge protector. Plugged set in directly and it worked fine. New surge protector coming.

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Reply #17 – October 29, 2014, 08:02:07 pm

Just removed the broken tv , got the measurement and now starting to look for a replacement , think I will stick with vizio as the boxing is built to take it .

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Reply #18 – October 29, 2014, 11:45:32 pm

My current VX32L has the following cables connected to it
Component 1. Green -blue -yellow
Video. Yellow
DTV/TV. White
Analog out White - red
S-Video. Black
Total 8 connections

Looking at pictures of the new vizio tvs I can't figure out how I could connect to a new unit

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Reply #19 – October 30, 2014, 11:42:45 am

Getting a straight answer from the vizio help line is like talking to a politician

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Reply #20 – October 30, 2014, 12:19:03 pm

Agreed. Costco tech help line very good with all brands they sell including Visio

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Reply #21 – October 30, 2014, 12:52:56 pm

You will always get the best picture if you use a HDMI cable. Inexpensive and Dish or DTV receivers have a HDMI out. If you also have a DVD player with HDMI you can get an inexpensive wireless switcher with tiny remote. We have one HDMI cable running all the way to the back salon wall from the front. Switcher controls everything well.

HDTVs use less than half of the bandwidth that HDMI cables are capable of. With future improvements like 4K TVs, they have more than enough headroom.

Pierce

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Reply #22 – October 30, 2014, 12:56:33 pm

Quote from: Jimmyjnr – October 29, 2014, 11:45:32 pm

My current VX32L has the following cables connected to it
Component 1. Green -blue -yellow
Video. Yellow
DTV/TV. White
Analog out White - red
S-Video. Black
Total 8 connections

Looking at pictures of the new vizio tvs I can't figure out how I could connect to a new unit

You might want to draw up a schematic to help identify how all the A/V in your coach is connected, and how to do it going forward. A primary challenge will be the lack of S-video on newer equipment - I recall that's the output from the Bose for video. We ran into this a while back when we replaced our front TV. Ended up giving up on using the Bose head for DVDs, bought a BluRay player that had component, composite, and HDMI, and feed the TV sound output to the Bose as input - it's basically just there to drive the speakers and subwoofer now. Unfortunately, the BluRay unit we bought has been discontinued or I'd suggest it as an option.

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Reply #23 – October 30, 2014, 05:24:53 pm

In various coaches we have had Insignia(?), Visio and several Samsung. The only ones still in use are the Samsung! I visited Gary Omel in his coach and was smitten with his 46" 3-D Smart TV ... and that led to a major remodel and install of the same honking screen in our coach! BEWARE Gary Omel!!

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Reply #24 – October 30, 2014, 05:26:31 pm

I was just reading about the problems of picture feed from bose unit !
Really don't want to get into blue ray player etc .
Do any new tvs take the feed from the bose ?
May look to repairing existing tv .

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