TV faulty after less than 4 years

Grumpy_chap

HaggisGP said:

Grumpy_chap said:

What size / model / price of TV?
Not that will be particularly relevant as many times mass-produced consumer items are really treated as disposable and only 2 - 3 year life expectancy before obsolete.
That is not a practice I subscribe to, but it is not an uncommon one.

I do Believe obsolete depends on the item and its use. This tv was a 49in Android TV which still has many years of life in it as it is updatable.
 

A top of the range Android phone is fully updateable, costs considerably more than a £600 TV, and rarely lasts more than two years before being swapped to a shiny new model and the old one is scrapped.
Don't get me wrong - I also expect a TV to last "forever", though I am not sure where the life expectancy you quote of 16 years derives from. 
We, collectively, are a very fickle and inconsistent bunch.  So many people are perfectly happy to ditch a £1,200 phone at 2 years, moan at work if the laptop is 3 years old and demand a "better" one, or chop-in a car at 3 years.  Yet, the same individuals will often expect a TV, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge freezer, cooker to be in the "last forever" camp.

neilmcl

It all comes down to what a reasonable person expects the life of an item like a TV to be and that's pretty much accepted to be around 5-6 years. So even if you did get a partial refund you won't be looking at much after 4 years of use. You'd be lucky to get £150-£200 and that's assuming you can prove an inherent fault, as I mentioned earlier.

Manxman_in_exile

I'd be surprised if a TV four years old that was £600 new would be worth more than about £150*  - depreciation certainly would not be strightline.

As it happens I'm watching one of my two favourite Inspector Morse episodes right now on a 13 year-old TV.  Something tells me that we are remarkably lucky to have had a TV last that long, and I can't believe any TV has an expected life of 16 years.   (Up to 16 years perhaps - but four years is up to 16).

*Would the OP pay more than £150 for a four year old telly?

A_Lert

You can certainly ask but I think you'll be lucky to get. It's almost impossible to show that's down to a fault, and not either normal wear and tear or the result of accidental damage. I agree that 3 years is on the short side for TV durability but not absurdly so.

Spank

I wish mine would break, it's tiny by today's standard and I want a bigger one. Sadly it's still going strong at 6 years old.

Manxman_in_exile

Our TV is only 26" but I don't understand all this big* TV bo77ocks.  Like I said, I've just been watching Inspector Morse and it only took up about 21" of the screen!  Waste of money getting anything bigger if you ask me...

*Like that other thread about the TV from Hughes in Lowestoft.  How big is a 75" TV?

IvanOpinion

Manxman_in_exile said:

As it happens I'm watching one of my two favourite Inspector Morse episodes right now on a 13 year-old TV.  

Have you thought of getting a new TV that might show fewer repeats and more recent programs?

IvanOpinion

Just checked my TV's, in order of age are
3 months (kitchen 32"), 2 years (bedroom 32"), 8 years (spare bedroom 28"), 11 years (living room 40"), 18 years (family room 42")
All are LED except for the family room which is plasma (saves buying a radiator) but I also have an old CRT up in the roofspace that is still working.  A Pye 14" portable that I bought in 1987 - If I remember right it was on special offer at £89.

jon81uk

Ask Tesco.
My other-in-law had a cheap TV from Tesco that didn't even last two years, but they gave us something like half the value back and we were happy enough with that.
Bought a replacement from Richer Sounds to get the extended warranty but this LG has worked fine/

KatrinaWaves

Spank said:

I wish mine would break, it's tiny by today's standard and I want a bigger one. Sadly it's still going strong at 6 years old.

Mines 12 😂 and I couldn’t justify replacing it either, it still works great but obv the picture could be better. Finally getting a swank
upgrade today but only cos my partner is getting himself a new one fr the new Xbox 😂 Gonna feel like I’m at the cinema 😂