[Electronics-Talk] Insignia TVS

[Gary Lee]

I have an amazon fire tv, (I believe it was the toshiba version), purchased about 2017.  Still running fine.
Now, I only watch about two hours of tv per week. However, it is still doing alright.

And, in my opinion, don’t expect a tv to last 20 years now.  No one in the modern electronics world seems to care about quality and durability anymore.
Partly fueled by the average american who wants to buy it for $99 at walmart, doesn’t matter if I have to buy another in two years, it was cheap.
This attitude is spreading throught most consumer goods.


> On Sep 16, 2022, at 11:50 AM, Peter via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning everyone,
> 
> 
> 
>                We currently have a Sony Bravia TV. We received a Sharp HDTV
> in 2017 from my mother-in-law. It ran for 3 years until we lost video. We
> were advised to replace the entire tv which we did with our Sony unit. We
> only had this tv for 2 years and we lost video yesterday. Geek Squad will be
> here next Tuesday to repair this tv to restore video. The fact that this
> happened so soon after buying a Sony tv is not sitting well with us. It
> should last for 20 years not just 2!
> 
> 
> 
>                If a repair is possible we hope we won't have to wait too
> long for Geek Squad to receive the part they need to fix this unit. They
> thought they were going to need to replace the main board earlier this year.
> Perhaps we should have been proactive and told them to replace it anyway to
> avoid this current mayhem.
> 
> 
> 
>                If we need to replace this tv we're curious to know what
> everyone's experiences have been with Insignia TVS. I know they're Fire TVS
> and have VoiceView and Alexa built in. Our issue with insignia is not so
> much accessibility but durability. We don't want to buy another tv only to
> deal with this same crap in another 2 years. Sorry for sounding irritated
> but this has us taken a back big-time! Your feedback will be very much
> appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Donahue
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