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  • How can a LCD TV screen be soo unprotected?!
  • hora
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    16month old boy playfully lobs a small piece of Lego towards the TV- net result? Spidery cracks radiating from point of impact (no physical mark or scratch on surface).

    I was present, it wasn’t thrown in no way hard but half the screen is now a mass of blurring lines. Are the LCD panels THAT delicately protected???!

    Shop says the cost of replacing the panel will be prohibitive. (It was only £300 from RicherSounds).

    Nearly new TV going to the scrapper

    I blame the parents – it could have been a dogs face…

    retro83
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    OMG was the lego okay?

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    I_Ache
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    We have the lego out at the moment I am so tempted to throw a piece at the telly to see what happens. I suspect nothing because i have knocked it off the stand before and it was fine.

    matt_outandabout
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    *Glances over at hulking old Sony tubed telly*
    Meh, this thing will work if I drove into it with the car….

    hora
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    This wouldn’t have happened if we had mounted our tv above the fireplace chav-style like TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR 😆

    clubber
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    hora’s son in just like his Dad shocker! 🙂

    fwiw my son threw a transformer at our LCD and it didn’t leave a mark.

    hora – Member

    This wouldn’t have happened if we had mounted our tv above the fireplace chav-style like TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR

    Dunno what you mean 😕

    😉

    eyerideit
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    Sounds like your boys got quite an arm!

    I’d get him enrolled in a throwing related sports program, he could be your new bike every 2 months future.

    8)

    hora
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    Something isn’t right. It shouldn’t have done that so easily

    Taff
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    *Glances over at hulking old Sony tubed telly*
    Meh, this thing will work if I drove into it with the car….

    Don’t do that, write the car off!!

    SurroundedByZulus
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    LED tvs dont crack quite as easily. And I am fully aware that I have just jinxed myself.

    brant
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    matt_outandabout – Member
    *Glances over at hulking old Sony tubed telly*
    Meh, this thing will work if I drove into it with the car….
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    I remember my uncle (not that one) being in a fair sized car smash. Hit by a car whilst they were turning across a road. Car had “accelerated from 70”. Their car spun, hatchback opened, Sony 14in CRT fell out. Stayed out all night. Was retrieved, dried, plugged in, worked. Just needed new volume knob.

    solamanda
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    Could it be so fragile as it was cheap and doesn’t use a decent thick bit of glass?

    Rorschach
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    ItHe shouldn’t have done that

    I’d write a letter to the manufaturers insisting the instigate a plastic construction brick impact test immidiately….think of the children.

    hora
    Free Member

    solomanda yep true. widescreen crt still going strong

    stuey
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    Are we talking Duplo or Lego?
    Lego is only safe for 3 and up – because of its higher thrown terminal velocity 😉

    shindiggy
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    Surrounded By Zulus – Member
    LED tvs dont crack quite as easily. And I am fully aware that I have just jinxed myself.

    Ermmm, they are no true LED panels on the market. Yours will still have an LCD screen, with a more even LED Back light.

    mudshark
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    TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR – reflectoporn moment missed.

    piedidiformaggio
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    TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR, I see you carefully didn’t include a proper shot of that mahoosive telly above the fire 😉

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    reflectoporn moment missed.

    Its there, you just need to look harder

    stilltortoise
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    This is the very reason I bought a plasma with a protective screen, designed for wayward Wii controller moments! My boys were used to tough ol’ glass CRTs so no way was I was getting summit flimsy

    glenh
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    Surrounded By Zulus – Member
    LED tvs dont crack quite as easily

    Why? They are still LCD panels, just with different back lights.

    If you want a tough flat screen get a plasma.

    unovolo
    Free Member

    The offending piece of Lego being taken away for questioning.

    sturmey
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    If the glass is toughened the process puts the glass under stress this means it can break for what seems to be very little impact. I have been carrying a piece of toughened glass approximately 100cmx50cm and it just shattered in my hands with no contact from anything else.

    oreetmon
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    somebody i know broke an lcd many years ago and lent it to friends at a price so they could say it was theirs and claim off the insurance for a replcement.

    it wasnt me by the way so no abuse please.

    also, dont chuck it. somebody else i know buys and sells broken lcd/plasmas for spares.

    thegreatape
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    Hora, if it’s a brand new TV then it’s probably about time you replaced it anyway.

    CountZero
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    piedi di formaggio – Member
    TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR, I see you carefully didn’t include a proper shot of that mahoosive telly above the fire

    Probably because it’s quite clearly just an empty frame surrounding something on the wall.

    Tango-Man
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    Been there done that, our little boy got ours with a building block, new TV needed, home insurance to the rescue, it happens, with kids it will get worse before getting better

    hora
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    vinnyeh
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    Hora, have you still got your Christmas lights up?

    hora
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    Not me, mrshora she kept those up for some reason.

    SurroundedByZulus
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    Speaking from experience with regards LED TVs. Our LED tv has had way more punishment than what caused the LCD tv to crack.

    FunkyDunc
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    See thats your problem you bought LG.

    I bought an £800 Sony LCD about 4 years ago, and now 2 year old Jnr FD has thrown all sorts of stuff at it, scratched his nails down it, pured water on it, and its still going fine 🙂

    was
    Free Member

    That’s not Lego, its Duplo.

    yunki
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    mrshora she kept those up for some reason.

    ahhh… you didn’t heed the old warning..

    ‘leave your lights up past twelfth night
    Duplo screen smash, little shite’

    angryratio
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    Don’t LG make panels for a lot of the tv ‘brands’

    I’d say you’ve had bad luck and you should nuture a future England cricket hero

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    see, that piece of Duplo has made your watch tell the wrong time and show the incorrect date.

    It’s cursed.

    DezB
    Free Member

    Isn’t this what home contents insurance is for?

    hora
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    Isn’t this what home contents insurance is for?

    Is that a knee-jerk reaction that you’d apply or would you chase down every avenue first? My home insurance is super-low and I’d like to keep it that way. I’m chasing this down to see if theres a satisfactory resolution first.

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