New "RCA" led tv

[askolover]

Last august my parents wanted to get a new television. They have DirecTV so didn't want a smart TV (even though it would have been cheaper, they wanted a dumb TV like they had). So I found one at electronic Express on sale. It worked fine for 5 months and then just lost picture but had sound. Well it is still under warranty so I contacted Curtis international who makes RCA. I had to jump through a few hoops sending them videos and pictures but they emailed me saying they will just send us a refund check which can take 4 weeks but that's ok. So now I'm waiting....
It's a shame to have to throw things away instead of repairing. I will update when we get the check. My parents went ahead and got an LG Smart TV and I just set it up for DirecTV. They have no Internet at their house.

 

[mattl]

Good move, stick with the major brands.

 

[qsd-dan]

The throwaway society we have today is just absurd. Hopefully we go back to simpler designs that are very repairable but I doubt it will happen in my lifetime. Probably would happen if a SHTF scenario panned out but it would be all of the REALLY old stuff getting repaired only.

 

[petek]

I bought a small RCA tv/dvd combo for my moms room in the care home. It worked okay for a couple of years then then lost the picture but by that time she wasn't even aware so it got tossed. Being as it was only about $180 cdn at Walmart and they probably only paid about $40 for it from the maker they're not going to fix anything there's nowhere for them to be fixed, just replace under warranty and that's all.

 

[willw77]

RCA was a good brand 25+ years ago but now it's normally the lowest end rebranded Chinese stuff.