Reply To: Recycle of TVs Hi all, So just been looking at some new TVs and it seems very few places now offer to recycle TVs? How comes, looks like it is all mainly appliances…

[kev2021]

Thanks, I found a shop i could take it to and they will recycle for free if buying new TV but there is basically no where to park there right next to a crossing and small roundabout so not idea and existing TV is a bit heavy and its raining so not ideal to be walking down the street with it.

So have bit the bullet and ordered it online and a friend of mine is going to take old TV and place in a skip to get rid of it.  Old one does still work BUT occasionally the picture completely goes and a loud noise is heard.  Turn it off and leave it a bit and turn it on and it comes back all ok again.  TV is a good 10 years+ old now. Had to get a replacement remote for existing TV a few years back as old one, one of the buttons stopped working.  New one is much harder to press the buttons on, not as good as the original one.

New one is coming Wed so will see how parents adapt to that new one.  They have a small LG TV for the bedroom and they don’t get on overly well with that, doesn’t work the same as there main TV and I know the new one will be different as they changed the “OS” on the TV now so will see.

Good news is that this one has amazon prime on the TV so will avoid turning on apple TV to watch.  Just need to see if Plex can be installed on the TV as if so, my apple TV is virtually redundant assuming the TV places the content ok.

new TV is fractionally bigger, 43″ 4k and existing one is 42″ plasma 3D (non 4k) but may end up looking smaller as no doubt they have reduced the bezels etc.

I was tempted to get a OLED but I’m just not too sure about the screen burn in issue and the potential of it not asking as long as non OLED TVs, not to mention the cost…. the 42″ I was looking at is basically 1k……. TV for my place is non-OLED and 49″ I paid less than that. Had though OLED prices would of come down by now.

Kev

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