TV Repairs

What Can Be Fixed, What Should Just Be Thrown Away, and What is Worth Keeping.

 

“I really don’t watch much TV,” that’s what we hear a lot. You really don’t notice how valuable your TV is in your home until it stops working. It’s a connection to anything that you find interesting or anything that you want to see. News, sports, comedies, movies and games etc. they’re all found through using a TV. No other device out there connects so many different types’ age groups. Doesn’t matter if you’re 2 or 92 there is a good chance that you’ll be using a TV today.  Questions always arise when your TV goes out. How much does it cost? Is it worth it to fix? Should I just buy a new one? Will it permanently fix the problem(s) if I have it repaired?

It’s our goal to make sure that you’re happy with the TV you own. But there are going to be some differences. Not all brands of TVs are equal. That’s why we don’t carry every brand out there.The main brands that we carry are:

  LG                       Toshiba

 Samsung              Sony

 Sharp                   Panasonic
 JVC                        

All these brands will have good values such as: good picture quality, and good pricing but one of the reasons that we carry these brands is because we can repair them here in our own store. Parts are readily available and we can fix them if there are issues. This can’t be said for other brands. For example if you were to search on Google “What is repairable on a TV” you would get at least 4 results of articles where Vizio has told their customers that after a year they can’t repair their TVs and to throw them away. In the first year if you do have a problem they will offer to have you ship your broken TV to a warehouse in trade of a “re-certified” used TV.  With no extra parts made for a lot of cheap brands it makes it almost impossible to fix and if there are parts they usually cost as much as you bought the TV for.  We are certified to repair all the TVs we sale. We don’t send your TV to some place in New Jersey or Malaysia to get repaired, we do it all in house.

All these name brands will come with a one year manufacture warranty and if you do have problems we can work with you to make sure and problems are covered by the manufacturer. All extended warranties that we sell are in addition to the manufacture warranties (1 year manufacture warranty + 3 year extended = 4 years of total coverage). These will cover any repairs needed on the TV. While we repair your TV we will leave you with a loaner TV so that you’re not TV less.

Any name brand flat screen as long as it doesn’t have a damaged screen can be fixed. If your son has tomahawked an Atari game piece at the screen better to give up hope in fixing the screen it will cost more to fix it than buying a new TV. Really as long as it isn’t a damaged screen or burnt pixels we can fix most things. Doesn’t matter if its LED, LCD or Plasma, a damaged screen is not worth it to get fixed.

Tube TVs or CRT TVs usually aren’t worth fixing if it’s a major issue. Small things can be repaired, but I wouldn’t recommended spending a lot of money on a TV that is outdated. Save your money and put it towards something you can enjoy new.

 

Some of the Plasmas made 5 or 6 years ago are still sought after. For example Pioneer’s Kuro Plasma TV is still one of the most sought after Plasma TVs on the market. LG and Samsung also made TVs that were close to the Pioneer quality as well. If you have trouble turning the power on in your TV usually it’s a power supply issue that can be repaired easily. On a lot of flat screens we see have this issue, and it’s something worth getting repaired.

For a small deposit we can get your TV diagnosed and suggest the best way to get it fixed and if it’s not worth fixing we’ll make sure to tell you to save some time and money. So that TV that you thought might be broken forever? It might not be too far gone to get it repaired and back to its old glory.