From back in the late 90s, when i first laid my finger on an lcd panel and witnessed the swimmy ring of colour, i knew what we were going to be up against. It went many years before i would even touch a screen or even allow my other hslf to wipe it. Nowadays with larger sizes and thinner materials they're even worse. I would never buy second hand without either seeing it illuminate or performing the torch test, difficult in daylight. Its got to the point where i dont even like moving them around, as twisting the case could do it. Of course, its easily fixable by incorporating them inside a rigid frame with a sheet of proper window style toughened glass over the front. They wont, due to the cost and weight. Oh, and the fact that the set could go on for 20 odd years......
As a charity shop electrics tester, I get quite a few of these. Though as I have more than enough TVs to test, I'm sort of relieved I can just move them straight to the recycling pile rather than spend any further time on them.
I went in a charity shop by me and they had a 24 inch lcd up for £50. Although the set was off, I caught the reflections from the window in such a way that I noticed the classic torpedo shaped darker areas that are characteristic of liquid cristal bleed. Then, looking more critically, I could just barely see the crack lines. It had a pat pass sticker on the cable. I advised the woman on the desk of my suspicions and that they plugged it in to check. 3 days later it was still out on sale. .
@@Philip---pip267 £50 for a 24"? Busted screen? I can assure you that at my shop that doesn't happen. We send TVs off for recyling if they're scratched, never mind cracked glass. All the PAT sticker tells you is that's electrically sound and won't set on fire when plugged in. Whether it works or not is left to volunteers like me. And I fail a LOT of stuff.
@@matthewlawrenson3628I know exactly what you mean there, as I used to work in a college as an electrical technician. In the initial days we were allowed to pat test our own stuff after we had received training. A visual inspection is part of the initial test, and it also includes operation, but only in regard of the test results. There would be no obligation to test it's performance functionality, maybe they never even looked at the screen when it did it's test. As a matter of good practice, I would have done so, especially as it was there to be sold.
There is a lot of mains hum on your sound tonight.i listen to your videos on headphones so it's more pronounced I guess.but I still love your Chanel so keep up the good work.
Oh dear, been there and done that Allen. Doh! As you said, on to the next one.
Regards,
Brian😳🏴😳🏴
And this is exactly why I always lay any TV flat facing up that I am transporting in a vehicle.
From back in the late 90s, when i first laid my finger on an lcd panel and witnessed the swimmy ring of colour, i knew what we were going to be up against.
It went many years before i would even touch a screen or even allow my other hslf to wipe it.
Nowadays with larger sizes and thinner materials they're even worse.
I would never buy second hand without either seeing it illuminate or performing the torch test, difficult in daylight.
Its got to the point where i dont even like moving them around, as twisting the case could do it.
Of course, its easily fixable by incorporating them inside a rigid frame with a sheet of proper window style toughened glass over the front.
They wont, due to the cost and weight.
Oh, and the fact that the set could go on for 20 odd years......
As a charity shop electrics tester, I get quite a few of these. Though as I have more than enough TVs to test, I'm sort of relieved I can just move them straight to the recycling pile rather than spend any further time on them.
I went in a charity shop by me and they had a 24 inch lcd up for £50.
Although the set was off, I caught the reflections from the window in such a way that I noticed the classic torpedo shaped darker areas that are characteristic of liquid cristal bleed.
Then, looking more critically, I could just barely see the crack lines.
It had a pat pass sticker on the cable.
I advised the woman on the desk of my suspicions and that they plugged it in to check.
3 days later it was still out on sale. .
@@Philip---pip267 £50 for a 24"? Busted screen? I can assure you that at my shop that doesn't happen. We send TVs off for recyling if they're scratched, never mind cracked glass.
All the PAT sticker tells you is that's electrically sound and won't set on fire when plugged in. Whether it works or not is left to volunteers like me. And I fail a LOT of stuff.
@@matthewlawrenson3628I know exactly what you mean there, as I used to work in a college as an electrical technician. In the initial days we were allowed to pat test our own stuff after we had received training.
A visual inspection is part of the initial test, and it also includes operation, but only in regard of the test results.
There would be no obligation to test it's performance functionality, maybe they never even looked at the screen when it did it's test.
As a matter of good practice, I would have done so, especially as it was there to be sold.
There is a lot of mains hum on your sound tonight.i listen to your videos on headphones so it's more pronounced I guess.but I still love your Chanel so keep up the good work.
c'est la vie 😞
Now Good for parts
Oh noooooo 😢 chit happens Allen,
What a waste of 20 quid , better luck next time