Your plasma television won't turn on. Maybe it has a blinking power or status LED. Maybe it turns on for a while and then stops working.
What's wrong?
If you take your TV to a repair shop, it is very possible that you'll be quoted several hundred dollars to replace the entire power board. But all that may be required is to replace some
...If you need to replace a part in your Samsung E250, like the flex cable, glass lens, LCD screen display, or the motherboard, it is quite easy to disassemble.
If your phone is just locked up, it may require a new motherboard like the guy in this video.
Or if it has other symptoms like the following, it may simply require a new ribbon...
If you've got a 50" Philips plasma tv (model 50PF9731D/37) that won't turn on properly, it may be suffering from a bad capacitor due to age or a power surge. Usually, the television will try to turn on and then power down. There may be a blinking power light indicating some sort of error condition.
(Pretty sweet television for $100 and a
Symptoms: Your Samsung SyncMaster 204B, 204T, or Samsung 225BW will not light up. It may take a few minutes to light up, it may flicker, or not start up at all.
This may be due to bad capacitors in the light board inside this monitor. The good news is that this is about as easy and cheap a problem to fix that you can get.
Open up the
...If your Samsung LCD HDTV has died with sound but no image, it may be the matter of replacing a $100 (or less) part. And it is quite easy to do by following a simple video.
The television in this video is model #LN-4692D 46" LCD TV, but it applies to many other Samsung models. You just need to ensure that you get the correct T-con LCD
...If your ViewSonic VX924 LCD monitor has stopped working with a blinking power button, it doesn't mean an expensive new monitor or a pricey repair.
It typically means that there is one or more failed capacitors ("caps") in the monitor and if you're at all mechanically inclined, you can make this repair yourself with a soldering iron.
If you
...My GE Advantium Microwave Oven's lamps burn out way too often. While it looks difficult to replace the one that lights up the inside of the microwave, it is actually very easy.
The oven has two halogen lamps in it, both identical. So you can purchase one or more replacements knowing that (a) they will burn out eventually, and (b) the lamps
...We got Rockband 2 for Christmas as the "Family Gift". read "for Dad". We've been having a great time with it.
I will say, however, that I'm a bit disappointed with the songs that come with it. Maybe I'm just showing my age. Rockband is SO much easier if you actually know the song first. Without having the beat of the song in your head,
...I posted on Twitter yesterday about a call I got from Verizon FiOS TV.
Here's the full story...
I'm a Verizon FiOS customer. TV, Phone, Internet. She called me.
She offered me a free movie package for a month, which I'm certainly open to hearing about. I forget the details, but it was for a premium movie
...A favorite pastime of mine is stalking my UPS shipments. I love how you can monitor the progress of your package as it makes it way from Amazon, through Kentucky, and eventually to its final destination.
That is until things go wrong.
I ordered a 30" Apple Cinema display from Amazon on Monday with next day delivery. It "shipped" on Monday
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I'm a geek. There are few parts of my life where I cannot apply some degree of geekiness and running is no different.
It may be redundant to also say that I'm an engineer (an electrical and computer engineer who somehow couldn't manage to explain electricity to Angela at dinner at Affiliate Summit) and I love numbers.
Naturally, I'd want
...Just need to change your bulb? Read this: how to change your Samsung DLP Lamp.
I've got one of the early models of the Samsung 43" DLP Television sets. We've been through a lot together, but it's just a fantastic picture. I love it.
Thankfully, I purchased the extended
...Seems Apple has had enough of watching Bose SoundDocks fly off the shelves at a bone-jarring $299 each and getting only retail margins. They've just announced their own SoundDock killer. More features, more price, more margins at $349.
Sound quality is the wild card, and I'd put my money on Bose for that, but does John Q. iPod-Owner
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