[Electronics-Talk] Insignia TVS

[Gerald Levy]

According to an acquaintance of mine who has been a TV repair technician 
for 50 years and goes all the way back to the days of vaccum tubes and 
hand wired chassis, today's Chinese junk is made to last only five or 
six years.  TV sets have become disposable commodities, like cell phones 
and laptop PC's.  Once a TV is out of warranty, it is impossible to 
repair, according to him, and besides, it is usually cheaper to buy a 
new one unless the set happens to be one of those fancy schmancy 80 inch 
jobs that cost over $3000 in the first place.  But if is a 32 inch model 
that cost only $150 or so, then just chuck it and buy a new one.  And 
there is no such thing as an accessible TV, no matter what the NFB or 
anyone else claims to the contrary.  Almost without exception, new TV's 
display a language option onscreen when they are plugged in for the 
first time, which requires sighted help to respond to before speech can 
be turned on, if the set even has built-in voice prompts in the first 
place, which are totally useless and unhelpful, anyway,  if  the set is 
connected to a cable or satellite box.


Gerald



On 9/16/2022 12:10 PM, Gary Lee via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> 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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