So recently my LG TV manufactured in 2013 that I bought around a year ago got a black shadow in the middle because the backlighting went bad. Thinking of buying a new tv but now I'm not sure if I should be looking for such an old tv because of the risks it carries. Any idea if buying tvs like this is a good idea? If not, then what's the sweet spot? Should I perhaps buy new?
Is buying old (10-15y old) lcd tvs a bad idea?
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Posted by Icediamondshark
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used LCDs is a bad idea, buy a new one in your price range, when the smart features stop working as well, buy a separate roku stick or apple tv or whatever, use that until it breaks. Best Buy open box sometimes has very good deals.
Bought my last phone, tv and game console all on ebay, all refurbished, and have had no problems with them.
A new tv is so cheap now, 48 inch under $200, there is not much reason to buy used. A 48 inch for sale at the thrift shop last week was $79.
Just go to Walmart and buy a cheap one. Only the brand name high end tv’s are expensive. The ones at Walmart are low end and affordable, but still will likely be an improvement over a 2013 tv
Why would you do that? New TV’s are much more energy efficient and are dirt cheap? Like $160 for a 50″ 4k cheap
lots of new TV’s are $100 or less, why go backwards on quality?
Most TVs are not made to last anymore. I would not buy a 10-year-old TV when I could get a new TV for the same price or less
It’s not a bad idea.. it’s a really bad idea…
Im all for thrift and i buy many things and appliances used, but the old addage “you buy cheap, you buy twice” can really apply here, big LCD TVs dont seem to last that long.
I bought an old one with the intention of being able to play the n64 and GameCube as well as other consoles on it ( Av input/output you know) best decision ever!
That is WAY too old for a TV. Labor Day is coming up/college is starting so people are moving out