ElkinFencer10 wrote:Advent HT2751A. Circa 08/2003
https://www.seebs.net/log/articles/175/cheap-tv-redux-advent-turns-out-to-be-a-zombie
As I mentioned previously, my Advent TV sucks. A month or two out of warranty, it lost the ability to power on. This behavior has been noted by other people. I took it in for service, based on the suggestion from the Advent people that it wouldn’t be very expensive.
The Best Buy folks want $150 to fix it. It was only a $200 TV to begin with.
The problem is that the TV partially powers on the instant it’s plugged in, but that any button touched causes it to turn off again. According to the Best Buy people, this involves a failed EEPROM, which must be replaced with a freshly-programmed one. They can’t suggest anything to keep the TV from frying another EEPROM; I’m better off spending a little more on a new TV than I am trying to recover this one.
ElkinFencer10 wrote:If I electrocute myself, my collection gets auctioned off and the money goes to support the site.
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