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crap tv

greekgod123 — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:45:41 GMT

it was a awe of time getting this TV as after 5 + years it seems to be breaking down, not worth the money I paid for it, anyone feel the same about SONY TVs

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rooobb — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:27:30 GMT

You didn't even state what kind of very old tv you have and which problem you had... so what kind of answer do you expect?

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LightFoot — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:29:53 GMT

Hi @greekgod123

Sony TVs range from cheap & cheerful to the expensive master series. What is the full model number of your crap TV? It will start with KD.

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Surrendermonkey — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:02:47 GMT

It's puzzling me why you would keep a crap TV for 5 years then complain is it really the tv that's crap or what your watching on it? Because there is a big difference.

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royabrown2 — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:19:37 GMT

@greekgod123

A reasonable life for a consumer item like a TV Is reckoned to be about 6 years.

I’d say you’ve had your money’s-worth.

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greekgod123 — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:01:21 GMT

It's been in the last year that the TV has been crap as I've lost BBC Iplayer,Channel 5 catch up and now it's not booting up properly and I've lost a lot of the apps that were on it,but I'm in doubt that if I reset it to the manufacturing settings it won't work as it should as it just over 5 yrs old from when I purchased it.

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greekgod123 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:09:36 GMT

model number KDL-42W705B

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greekgod123 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:11:50 GMT

It's obviously that you'r easily pleased and have plenty of money to waste on upgrading your electrical appliances.

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LightFoot — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:27:31 GMT

Hi @greekgod123

Are you running the latest software for this TV?

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/lcd-tvs-kdlxxw7xxb-series/kdl-42w705b/downloads/00016378

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royabrown2 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:38:10 GMT

@greekgod123

Ah, I see you lump the people trying to help you (or at least to more accurately reset your expectations) in with the TV.

So this is a third-tier (according to What Hi-Fi?) HD set from 2014, predating Android (no bad thing, I think), no 3D, no 4K, thin sound and perhaps a bit expensive for what it is (again according to What Hi-Fi?).

But would you be surprised to hear that I am keeping a 2012 32in HD Samsung, picture easily as good as our 2018 version but with its apps shot to b*ggery by the passage of time and the unwillingness of the app developers to keep supporting this superannuated model, going?

Hardware as good as ever, which I regard as a bonus, not an expectation, on a 7-year-old TV, and its original smarts restored, and even exceeded, by the £30 Roku Stick+ poking out of one of the HDMI ports?

I commend you to do the same, for the very small amount of money, not ‘plenty of money’ this costs.

And be very glad your set was made by Sony, and not by Whirlpool 😛

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spannerzone — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:08:50 GMT

@royabrown2 that helpful answer isn't what the OP wants to hear, we're supposed to agree wholeheatedly and grumble rather than try to suggest anything helpful.

I think we all need to just accept that anything with smart features added has a short lifespan compared to the basic product.... the cynical might suspect that adding smart features is beneficial to the manufacturer to ensure early retirement of otherwise perfectly fine equipment.

I got my 2019 smart TV fully aware that it'll probably be useless for apps in a couple of years time, shame but likely.

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royabrown2 — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:44:46 GMT

@spannerzone

Sorry about that 🙃

Personally, I think that if a TV is advertised as having certain apps, there should be a legal obligation on the app providers to keep them running for (say) a minimum of five years from the date the model is superseded, or declared no longer current, i.e. the same obligation there is on the providers of the hardware components.

But the practical path when your favourite apps start to be supported no longer, is to buy a smart device and plug it in to your TV, of which the Roku Sticks and Boxes are easily the most versatile.

This means the TV can maintain, or even upgrade, its current smarts for as long as its HDMI ports stay supported.

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greekgod123 — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:24:57 GMT

Thanks for your reply to my post but I think that all electrical appliances should have a 7 year warranty on them for parts and labour now we are coming out if the EU,I won't be buying anything to plug into it as I think it'll be a wast of money as I can use my Laptop to view the things I've lost on my SONY TV.

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royabrown2 — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:02:29 GMT

@greekgod123

7 years - an interesting choice.

What’s the rationale behind that - why not longer, or shorter?