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Title: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: MTPPC on May 20, 2015, 02:47:25 pm
I grabbed a couple of TV's from target today. They were a vizio 28" and a Phillips 28" for around a hundred bux a piece. They were wrapped in bubble wrap and missing remotes or stands. I bet your local target has some too.
Title: Re: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: BadMouth on May 21, 2015, 08:09:18 pm
Modern TVs have a limited life measured in hours.
Those TVs have been on 12 or more hours a day, every day, ever since they were put on display.
Title: Re: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: dmckean on May 21, 2015, 09:26:49 pm
Quote from: BadMouth on May 21, 2015, 08:09:18 pm
Modern TVs have a limited life measured in hours.
Those TVs have been on 12 or more hours a day, every day, ever since they were put on display.

So what? The first 4000 hours of 60,000-90,000 a modern TV will last is gone. They're designed to run continually for 10 years.
Title: Re: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: Malenko on May 22, 2015, 08:29:17 am
Quote from: dmckean on May 21, 2015, 09:26:49 pm
So what? The first 4000 hours of 60,000-90,000 a modern TV will last is gone. They're designed to run continually for 10 years.

I dont have a dog in this fight, but Im pretty sure the TVs made today wont last 10 years if ran continuously, especially a Vizio.
Title: Re: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: JimmyU on May 22, 2015, 10:58:27 am
Quote from: Malenko on May 22, 2015, 08:29:17 am
Quote from: dmckean on May 21, 2015, 09:26:49 pm
So what? The first 4000 hours of 60,000-90,000 a modern TV will last is gone. They're designed to run continually for 10 years.

I dont have a dog in this fight, but Im pretty sure the TVs made today wont last 10 years if ran continuously, especially a Vizio.
And especially if they run in "torch mode" which jacks up the brightness.
Title: Re: Display TV's on sale at Target today.
Post by: eds1275 on May 22, 2015, 11:11:11 am
For a hundred bucks, who cares. A great deal.