crap tv

[greekgod123]

it was a awe of time getting this TV as after 5 + years it seems to be breaking down, not worth the money I paid for it, anyone feel the same about SONY TVs

[rooobb]

You didn't even state what kind of very old tv you have and which problem you had... so what kind of answer do you expect?

[LightFoot]

Hi @greekgod123 

Sony TVs range from cheap & cheerful to the expensive master series. What is the full model number of your crap TV? It will start with KD. 

[Surrendermonkey]

It's puzzling me why you would keep a crap TV for 5 years then complain is it really the tv that's crap or what your watching on it? Because there is a big difference. 

[royabrown2]

@greekgod123 

A reasonable life for a consumer item like a TV Is reckoned to be about 6 years.

I’d say you’ve had your money’s-worth.

[greekgod123]

It's been in the last year that the TV has been crap as I've lost BBC Iplayer,Channel 5 catch up and now it's not booting up properly and I've lost a lot of the apps that were on it,but I'm in doubt that if I reset it to the manufacturing settings it won't work as it should as it just over 5 yrs old from when I purchased it.

Sent from my iPad

[greekgod123]

model number KDL-42W705B

[greekgod123]

It's obviously that you'r easily pleased and have plenty of money to waste on upgrading your electrical appliances.

[LightFoot · Accepted solution]

Hi @greekgod123 

Are you running the latest software for this TV?

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/lcd-tvs-kdlxxw7xxb-series/kdl-42w705b/downloads/00016378

[royabrown2 · Accepted solution]

@greekgod123 

Ah, I see you lump the people trying to help you (or at least to more accurately reset your expectations) in with the TV.

So this is a third-tier (according to What Hi-Fi?) HD set from 2014, predating Android (no bad thing, I think), no 3D, no 4K, thin sound and perhaps a bit expensive for what it is (again according to What Hi-Fi?).

But would you be surprised to hear that I am keeping a 2012 32in HD Samsung, picture easily as good as our 2018 version but with its apps shot to b*ggery by the passage of time and the unwillingness of the app developers to keep supporting this superannuated model, going?

Hardware as good as ever, which I regard as a bonus, not an expectation, on a 7-year-old TV, and its original smarts restored, and even exceeded, by the £30 Roku Stick+ poking out of one of the HDMI ports?

I commend you to do the same, for the very small amount of money, not ‘plenty of money’ this costs.

And be very glad your set was made by Sony, and not by Whirlpool 😛