Murphy's Law TV Fix - or how long do I wait?

[sekker]

Our Samsung plasma TV started regularly acting up for a second time with major new vertical (and sometimes horizontal lines). We fixed this for a time by cleaning all of the internal connections, but the new lines were worse than before. There is no clear long-term hardware fix for this, certainly nothing cost-effective.

So I went TV shopping during Amazon Prime Days, and found a nice replacement quantum dot 4k from BB. Was delivered last Wed.

So of course the lines disappeared from the plasma - hasn't shown a video artifact in at least 2 weeks!

Option 1: Replace the plasma (It's a wall mount) while the plasma still works, put the plasma someplace else (I have a good use) and try the connector cleaning trick when it acts up?

Option 2: Wait until the plasma shows problems again, take down, put the new TV up and clean the contacts on the plasma to see if it's stable again before installing in its new location.

Option 3: returning the TV is possible but seems like asking for Murphy to intervene again and signal the plasma should fail as I'm driving away from the BB parking lot.

So, MRFers, what would you do? Keep in mind that the wall mount replacement process requires at least 2 people, maybe 3 (and I'm solo on this for at least a week, so you have time to share your wisdom!).

[TheCaber]

option 1. Sanity preservation is a thing.

[Ombligo]

option 1, it is the inevitable end to this saga, may as well get it done.

[Spiff]

Agreed. Option 1. The Plasma is only pulling wool over your eyes. It is getting ready to show it's true colors when you really want it the most (ya know, movie night or that sport event you really wanted to see). Then you spend the time setting up the new TV instead of watching what you wanted to watch.

Easy peasy lemon squeezey.

[cbelt3]

Replace.
Donate the plasma. If you keep it it's gonna sulk and self-destruct and burn down your house.

[Carm]

We are just removing our plasma from home, damn thing is heavy. Replacing it with Vizio. Did the TV swap a few days ago.

[Michael]

cbelt3 wrote:
Replace.
Donate the plasma. If you keep it it's gonna sulk and self-destruct and burn down your house.

This. And get another cheap one for the other place.

[Carm]

65” TCL at Costco or Target. $399 Target has extra 10% off

[sekker]

Carm wrote:
65” TCL at Costco or Target. $399 Target has extra 10% off

Yes, great deals. I decided the BB deal on the Mseries Quantum Dot Vizio was a nice step up over the TCL models. I also have a Vizio sound bar system that should be plug and play.

[Ombligo]

I like the TCL picture, but the remote is next to useless for daily TV use. I wish you could use a remote with a keypad instead of just going up/down one channel at a time. That is a dealbreaker for me on the main set.