• comador @lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sounds about right: Vizio the throw away brand. Horrible warranty terms, they refuse to repair them even if you offer to pay and completely unrepairable yourself.

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      How are they unrepairable yourself? Are there not people online selling boards for them? Most of the time all you have to do is replace the power board or image board or one of the others if a TV dies. $100 and you gotta new TV. Is that not a thing for Vizio TVs?

      • comador @lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        As per iFixit and other sites like tvserviceparts, it depends on the Vizio model. Mainstream models you can often replace the screen and even power input board, others you simply cannot without sourcing their brand though.

        Example repairable model: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/VIZIO+TV+Screen+Replacement/120241

        Vizio makes it 100% impossible to acquire a replacement of: buttons, bezels, control boards and input boards for intellectual property rights reasons.

        In short, unlike other brands, they make it far less easy to repair either by IP restriction or by over usage of glues.