I have two 55" Sonys, one 4 years old, the other just a year old. The newer one just failed on me. Good thing it's under warranty.
I'll take one apart and check the caps. I heard that the LEDs can be a problem too. If one fails the entire panel shuts down. One good thing I can say about Apple is they have enough margins to spec high quality components. Their stuff never seems to break.LG's use really cheap parts. The good new is most everything is on one board. I've fix two LG's just by replacing faulty caps.
I only use Plasma for my big screens, as I like true colors and a CRT look. I have a Panasonic 40", 16 years old and looks as good as new. Also have a Panasonic 50" thats 9 years old and looks as good as new. Both are 720P and look beautiful.
Ok, I found out what the main issue is. All the boards are good, but some of the LED backlight elements have failed. This can shut all the LEDs down after an attempted power up. Probably from the power supply short circuit protection? The full replacement LED set is $60, so it's worth repairing. To prevent this from failing again, there is updated software available on LG's website which may help and I will turn the backlight brightness down to let them run cooler.
They are 50" LGs from 2013 and 2014, but other sizes are involved also. I'm not sure about other brands from this period. If anything, it would be good to download and install the latest software and also turn the backlight brightness down on these to reduce further damage.How old is the set? what size again?
The LED's failed?Damn, just had 2 more LG led panel failures This Week! Turning down the backlight did not save them.
Yes, the Leds are dying after 18 months. The rest of the components seem to be ok. I've been trying to get replacements for a month, but they have been sold out from an independent parts supplier. I can only assume there are plenty of other folks with the same problem.The LED's failed?