Can I Fix a BIG TV for Less Than a $1?

It’s always fun to bring something back to life that was being thrown away. Watch me diagnose and attempt to fix this Vizio E60-C3 TV for my under $1 challenge.

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[rbuschy]

ah, the memories.
TV i'm using right now I did this repair on after watching one of your vids.
I replaced all the strips; just bought a kit online.
Big 42"
Was a pain to handle given my limited space, and all the parts, but I managed.

[CircuitGroupInternational]

Great repair technique keep up the good work.

[lulul]

good job! i almost tried this myself once but

[irishguy]

That's very clever sliding cardboard underneath the lcd and also using the heat gun to melt the solder and only later adding the led. I probably would have placed the led and then hit it with the heatgun only to ensure the life of the led is shortened as a result of my stupidity.

[MuaadElSharif]

1$ in parts.
100$ in labor.
Great job btw.

[AlmightyEye]

Hello!! Good stuff!! I'm looking to repair my 65" Vizio. When I power her up I get the flashing indicator light followed by a quick appearance of the Vizio logo and then it quickly disappears, the backlight goes off, and then there's no picture visible. I can see the picture with a flashlight. Im an electrician so my gut instinct tells me it's a power supply LED driver issue. Is there any way that I can track this down further. I have already eliminated the main board as the issue by swapping with a known good one. I figure the power board and LED driver are on the same board and I can get the board for under $30, so I'm willing to take the chance with that. Not too sure about replacing the LED strips themselves.

[calebyost]

Seen a couple of your videos pop up as im trying to fix my 70 inch vizio TV. Bought it a few months ago at a garage sale in good working comdition...now it is having issues. The screen has horizontal lines when the screen is on. The lines arent in the same areas all the time but change based on the image being shown. Do you have any videos on something like that? Thanks for the helpful sharing your channel does. Too many places just recommend tossing it and getting a new TV...hoping thats not the case here.

[msyaifulakmalzulkifli]

hi, i have the same lighted up screen and dimming till pitch black/ vanishing light issue, but it occurs due to lightning strike. is it possible the led fail due to lightning strike?

[thebaddestofthemall]

Hi I've got a 60" JVC LED TV it goes on and shows the Logo and then the screen goes black power light on but black screen any help with that please tia

[bearleyrichardson]

Hello I have 2012 samsung smart TV. That will work for days and then out of nowhere start flickering on and off.

[Markus-fwpx]

Your adress can be seen on the bill from ali.

I have a 4 year old LG Oled, where the standby light keeps disappearing more and more often (TV can't be turned on). If I disconnect the TV and plug it in after 2-3 minutes, the standby-light comes back and I can turn it on again without any issue.
I would guess it's a capacitor problem on the power supply. What do you think?

[LetsPlayKeldeo]

I still take the tv home even if the LCD is broken because the TCON board and powersupply can still be harvested giving another TV another lease on life

[irishguy]

But don't use stuper glue to stick lenses back on as it turns white when cured and messes up the lens.

[irishguy]

I'm scared of those lcd screens especially with those driver brothers.

[rjonzun]

Vizio had crap quality. Consumer Reports even stopped recommending them.

[YousefZabihi]

This is not a good method because other LEDs will burn soon and you have to remove the panel again to replace them. It is better to replace them all at once.

[bobbyr]

This TV is max $100 used so probably not worth all the risk and time. I save money by doing DIY car maintenance where u can save thousands.

[Steve-gclr]

I have a Hisence 2022 58 TV Canadian Model : Supposto to Sold And Fuufilled By Amazin 4 year Insurian Insurance on top of Hisence Canada Missauga Ontarios is the seller for this TV.

I went Ouut Of my apart I turned Of My TV like I normal do when I'm not usingf i don't run a screen saved I Only use this tv for work I have a TCL and working so far still

I went to turn the tv on with the Remote like I Normaly do The HISENCE AND THE Name of The Android Came Up for 1 sec shut off . I did this for about 3times just to make brand new batterires just changed them in the remote.
I Unplued change Power Outlets It on has a power button on the front middle of the at the bottom NO RESET but this doesn't come with one .

Held the Power Button for 30 secs well watching the remaing secs on my Clock i done this before and no problem the tv comes back On this didn't I repeted theis step 4 tomes.
The Dhut all the Light's In the room Use the flashlight I have to if there anything showing through the black sscreen nothing

Just the red powe blinks when I power it foesn't change to the Like white blue when it's turned on

I ran my security camera it hear a slient fart so there Noping from anything that would been also heard not I pulled the Small back part off to see the Mother NO Compasitiors Blow the still pushed in the down positions check everything else everything else On the board is fine . I hopw this wasn't I recondistioned TV sold and fullied by Amazon and sold for brand knew In the Box they have a habbot of doing this from AMAZOn trust been there done that many times .
I hope they didn't fix it a a repair with cheap parts I have the same tv beside it the back os of of going to take pictures of the same Model I find one componit that doesn't match this bran new I No it's a referb, Sold as Brand knew.