OT: Sod's Law (2025 Update)

OK, spudger it is, thanks :-)

My 32" TV stopped working and although I did find 32" replacements available, none of them had a SCART input and I have an old but still working recorder that only has SCART or RCA outputs. So I opened up the TV, identified the board numbers inside, and looked for replacements. I found some new old stock on ebay, bought the replacements and the TV is working perfectly again. Much cheaper than a new TV too.

Sooner you...

The SCART really is the work of the Devil. As for using phono for video...

Yes, I know, I've seen a phono connector used for TV tuner RF, that doesn't make it right. I don't believe any phono connector ever had a specified impedance and I guarantee none were specified for 5MHz or more.

Well a new TC for a shade over £100 is cheaper than hors of labour dismantling diagnosing and replacing. I've got several monitors here with dodgy backlights. Dating back to the last century :-)

Isn't this a DIY group?

I admit that it took quite a while in elapsed time waiting for the replacement boards to arrive (the power board was obviously dead from a blown capacitor; the signal board was still working but one of the HDMI sockets had stopped working some time before so I might as well replace that board as well while I had the back off). Actual man-hours dismantling, replacing and reassembling was less than two hours, and I thought it was worth the effort. The purchase of the two boards was a smidgeon over £50 including delivery.

Well yes, but that is because we no longer do things for best cost benefit, or that the benefit is soaking up otherwise idle hours....

I remember going down the tip and seeing 50" plasma TVs everywhere. Less than 5 years old.

Back in the noughties.

Many many people buy new and chuck at the first sign of trouble.

It is salient that one has to order parts from China...

There is a window regulator from a car that costs around £160 to replace, but the motor is is a £1.50 chinese stock heap of s*it

And it will still get 'teletext' on BBC channels, unlike most/all TV's made since about 2020.

Neighbour has a recent 43" samsung smart TV (she has no broadband!) and when the TTX/MIX button on the remote is pressed, a rectangular box appears in the centre of the screen saying "Not available".

This is lie. It *is* available, I can get it on my 2019 22" Samsung smart TV. It's just that TV manufacturers have decided to not bother decoding it any longer, even though I am guessing it is all done in software now anyway.

My 32" Sony, bought in 2012 (which has an analogue tuner as well as DTT) also decodes "real" teletext subtitles for my Laserdisc operas.

I don't know what I'll do when I have to replace it; I suppose a SCART to HDMI adapter will work, but perhaps not support the subtitles.