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Title: Source for TV parts?
Post by: Elennare on April 17, 2013, 11:31:00 AM
Last night my almost new (less than a year old) TV died.  Wouldn't turn on, no matter what we did.  A bit of searching on the internet revealed that this particular model is notorious for doing this, due to the power distribution board dying (wish I knew that before I bought it, but the price couldn't be beat.  Now I know why, I guess...).  A bit more searching showed that if I can get a new board, it's stupid easy to replace.

However, I have no idea where to get said board.  Does anyone know of any reputable places to acquire TV parts?  I'd prefer somewhere that had a store in the Seattle area, but if you know of a good on-line dealer, that would work too.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Source for TV parts?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on April 17, 2013, 02:28:06 PM
You might try Sears. I won't tell you they will  be cheapest, but they depot a lot of parts.

Also, check Amazon. Yeah, that's what I thought, too. A local company wanted to charge me $65 for an element for my oven. $16 delivered to my front door in 2 days from Amazon.  Got some bathroom faucet cartridges for about half of what everyone else was charging.

Start there...be armed with TV model number...
Title: Re: Source for TV parts?
Post by: Elennare on April 18, 2013, 12:29:10 PM
Thank you for the suggestions.  I'll check both of those out.  :)

And, just in case anyone else stumbles on this looking to see what was suggested to me, I was also recommended microcenter.com.