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This, again, proves to me how incredibly important the #RightToRepair is and how stupidly expensive and challenging access to repair parts is for everyday folks and their everyday items like a (pretty expensive) TV.
Big shout-out to this guy who made the video that helped me repair my TV!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7EJgA5pnSfI
Which is also a fantastic reminder of what used to be so great about YouTube. Just people sharing helpful videos.
At the time of the video creation, a new chip was about $5/3.5GBP/4€
I bought the chip two weeks ago. It was 40€ (incl. VAT and import fees). The lowest offer I could find was a French store for about 26€, but I didn't fully trust it since I couldn't verify the store.
So today I got the part. Opened up the TV. Switched out the chip. Put the TV back together and everything is working again.
It's the IR chip, and it's a super common issue in those TVs. It's often a failing capacitor. That cap would be at most(!) 30 cents.
The problem is, that cap is, I think, a 0402 size cap... Try soldering that at home!
I used a USB/BT remote for a while, but that locked away certain features (I couldn't access the picture/audio sub-menu).
It was only until about 2 weeks ago, that I stumbled across a YT video of some guy in the UK doing videos on TV repair.
This guy made a video on this exact issue I was running into... The remote suddenly stops working, and nothing is helping but RMA'ing the TV.
Copying from X, so here we go:
My tweet about TVs not being reversed often enough was retweeted and gained some traction the other day.
Here's a thread on why #RightToRepair is essential and reversing shouldn't be limited to software.
A year or two ago, my Sony Bravia TV remote stopped working. This TV cost about 1000€ back when I got it.
Reddit and Sony's forums were not helpful at all. (reboot, reset, RMA the TV). Also, the TV at that point was about 3 years old, so RMA was not an option.
You should watch this, it's really good!
The Rainbow on Linux Kernel Combo is available for Christmas! And it's free! 🎁 😂
1. AMD color properties reached the linux-next.🥳
2. The recording of my talk "The Rainbow Treasure Map" in the XDC 2023 is available on youtube 🙆♀️
https://youtu.be/voI0HxhFzbI?si=sKFfPum6pSonrUJe
3. I just published the slide notes of this talk in my last blog post of the year 🙏
https://melissawen.github.io/blog/2023/12/20/xdc2023-colors-talk
Merry Christmas! 🎄 @igalia
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