Lightening Killed My TV

[dmccarty]

I have a Philips 37" CRT type HDTV. Sam's was closing them out in 2002/3 when I built my house and I bought this beast. It is a monster at around 200 lb. It's so heavy that I had to use my tractor's loader to hoist it up to the 2nd floor deck and into my living room on a hydraulic lift dolly so I could lift it up and put it on the special TV stand that can hold 200 lb. This HDTV was pre-HDMI or USB adapters. Also, it's interlaced, so the resolution is 1080i instead of 1080p. I have a very nice Samsung 46" LCD TV in my basement game room and I'd like to go up to 52" there. I've been hoping that lightning or something would turn this old CRT weight lifter's dream into junk so I could justify buying a new TV for my game room and move the larger 46" TV up to my main living area. Of course, since I want something to happen, this beast just keeps on working perfectly. Maybe if I put in on craigslist under "free stuff" I can get somebody with more muscles than brains to come get it.:thumbsup:

Funny that we did something similar. When I designed the house, I knew our current TV was going to be too small to see in the new living room. The TV was 20 inches and when we moved to the new house you just could not see the screen because of the view distance. Flat panels were on the market but no way was I paying that kind of money so we bought a TV around 36 inches, CRT of course, that was 150-200 pounds. I somehow was able to lift that on to the stand. :confused3::shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

A few years ago we bought a 65 inch DLP TV when they dropped in price at XMAS. What is funny, is that I was looking at TV prices and technology on Amazon yesterday, a people were selling used models of our TV for more than we paid new! :shocked::shocked::shocked: Anywho, we put the CRT in our room on a moving dolly because we were going to give the TV to my FIL. It took awhile to get the TV to his place and it was a PITA to move that is for sure.

A couple of months after moving that beast, my FIL's house had a power outage and the TV was fried. :shocked::shocked::shocked:

He had to get some help to take that thing to the dump....

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

We ordered the 65 inch TV from Dell. Yes Dell. :laughing::laughing::laughing: They had the best price I could find. The TV was sent by a shipping company. Trying to save time, I arranged for me to pick up the TV at the warehouse but there was a FUBAR and I ended up meeting the truck in a park. :laughing::laughing::laughing: It looked a bit funny/shady as we transferred the huge box from the truck to my Ford. The TV was well packed and was so danged big I could not fit it across the bed. I had to tie it in at an angle. :shocked:

A TV could be messed up in shipping to my house OR to the bricks and mortar store.

Later,
Dan

 

[k0ua]

We ordered the 65 inch TV from Dell. Yes Dell. :laughing::laughing::laughing: They had the best price I could find. The TV was sent by a shipping company. Trying to save time, I arranged for me to pick up the TV at the warehouse but there was a FUBAR and I ended up meeting the truck in a park. :laughing::laughing::laughing: It looked a bit funny/shady as we transferred the huge box from the truck to my Ford. The TV was well packed and was so danged big I could not fit it across the bed. I had to tie it in at an angle. :shocked:

A TV could be messed up in shipping to my house OR to the bricks and mortar store.

Later,
Dan

That could have been interesting, explaining that to a policeman just passing by..."honest officer, it's MY TV.. really!"

 

[dmccarty]

That could have been interesting, explaining that to a policeman just passing by..."honest officer, it's MY TV.. really!"

That thought DID occur to me. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Especially when two patrol cars pulled up down the road... :shocked::shocked::shocked:


Later,
Dan

 

[joshuabardwell]

A TV could be messed up in shipping to my house OR to the bricks and mortar store.

That's kind of the point I was trying to make. The same cargo company might deliver the truck to the store, or to my house. What difference does it make? When I turn it on and it's busted, I call it in and they send me another one. Also, bear in mind that if the TV is big enough, you won't take it directly home from the retail store. They typically only keep stock of the smaller ones, and the big ones you have shipped out like any other appliance.

 

[JNYRCNG]

I've had Lightning take out 2 of my tv's in the past. It fry's the power supply. easy fix. pull the back panel off the tv and replace the power supply (it's a one piece deal with easy to hook-up plugs. Both my tv's were LG and took me about 20 minutes to fix and the power supply cost me about 60 bucks. I buy my parts from this place: TV Parts, DLP TV Lamps, TV Repair | ShopJimmy

 

[k0ua]

I've had Lightning take out 2 of my tv's in the past. It fry's the power supply. easy fix. pull the back panel off the tv and replace the power supply (it's a one piece deal with easy to hook-up plugs. Both my tv's were LG and took me about 20 minutes to fix and the power supply cost me about 60 bucks. I buy my parts from this place: TV Parts, DLP TV Lamps, TV Repair | ShopJimmy

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James K0UA