(Oh please, not the fridge.)
So, after (I'm sure) annoying my downstairs neighbor with a half hour of DDR, I put a frozen dinner in the microwave, got a plate ready, went into the living room and turned on the TV.
I said ... I turned on the TV.
Turn. On. Dammit.
The cable box goes on; the TV does not.
I assume the problem is the remote, and try to turn on the TV the old fashioned way (i.e. the power button). Nada.
I assume the problem is the A/C. I make sure the TV is plugged in to the power strip. It is.
I assume the problem is the power strip. I unplug the TV from the strip, divert the cord, and plug it directly into the wall. No dice.
I assume the TV is broken.
Dammit. The TV is broken.
I haven't had the TV for that long. (I can't quite pin down how long -- no, no, wait, I can. I bought it when I was dating that guy, and I remember taking that guy to that show, and if I google for the review ... July 02. Damn thing is six years old. Surely, a TV is supposed to last more than that.) Still, I'd planned on replacing it when I bought a new house. Because I bought the TV back in the time when nifty flat-panel TVs were too expensive, so I bought the compromise: a flat screen. But it's still a standard TV, with a big fat ass. A huge ass, in fact. I pretty much need a miner's helmet and a canary every time I go back there and hook up a new component. So I planned to, y'know, leap into the world of pretty flat panel TVs, once I had a new house. Because I'd then know the size of the wall I wanted to put it on.
Except the TV broke now.
I know there are many people out there who can function without television. I am not one of them. I have two other TVs, and neither one is really going to hold me until the happy day when I move into a new place. One has been dying for years -- makes an annoying buzzing sound regularly -- and I use it only for hooking up the Playstation. The other is a relatively small TV in my bedroom. My bedroom, people! I can't eat dinner in there!
I solvef the problem tonight by eating dinner in front of the computer. While reading buyers' guides for new TVs.
Sorry to hear about the TV. If it's only six years old it is likely of modular construction - i.e. the "fix" the broken TV by swapping out boards. So, for the price of a service call, your set gets fixed long enough to hold you until you sell this albatross of a condo.
ReplyDeleteGood luck. Here's hoping it's only a fuse on the main board...