Need a new TV. Last night's storms got one of mine.

I'd suggest a surge protector as well my man.

Picked up a 65" Samsung 4K for 1200 on Sunday. It's a fine arse TV.

I'm sure it is. But I don't need one that big for where this will go and I don't want to spend that much either.


Will probably end up looking into what Vizio has for what I need. I haven't had any issues with Vizio and have one that's 10 years old.

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Need a new TV. Last night's storms got one of mine.
Suggestions on where and what kind.

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Titus, scroll down a few threads below for the 55" 4K tv sams had on sale last week for $428

if your budget is $500 (like mine was) i would keep an eye on 50-55" range deals. you can get a great tv to replace yours and hold onto your $2k budget to get a really nice UHD/whatever in a couple years once the content delivery catches up with the latest tech improvements.

4k is still worth it now if you can get it under $500

Surges do not blink. A blink might follow a surge. But a surge is a massive incoming transient. Once permitted inside, then that surge is incoming to all appliances. It only damages one or some that make a best connection to earth.

Nothing on its power cord (unfortunately called a surge protector) claims to protect from destructive surges. That magic box only claims to protect from transients already made irrelevant by what is inside all household appliances.

If a 'whole house' protector is not prooperly earthed, then that magic box protector might even create a fire. Since even it needs to be protected by a device connected low impedance (ie less than 10 feet) to single point earth ground.

A five year old TV is still new. Generally, a surge only damages one or very few internal parts. More often, a damaged part is an outgoing path to earth - not an incoming path such as AC electric. Repairs are often easy. Much harder is to find someone with sufficient knowledge and parts to do that repair.

If you want cheap, Walmart has this 55" Sansui for $299, and last week it was on sale for $250....I bought it for my grandmother, who basically just needed a big-arse TV because she is slowly going blind. It's not fantastic, but it was under $300 for a 55" TV shipped to her doorstep. SDTV looked pretty terrible on it, but HD didn't look bad at all for the price point.

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Knocked out my router, but not my modem. Both on the same outlet.
Knocked out my radio, but not the charging ipad on the same outlet.

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That is exactly what a surge does when one does not properly earth a well proven 'whole house' solution. Also what happens when plug-in protectors are used.

A surge incoming on AC mains is all but invited inside to hunt for earth ground. That surge is incoming to everything. Is everything damaged? Of course not. A surge is electricity. Both an incoming and an outgoing path to earth must exist - simultaneously. Incoming is to everything. Surge selects items that best make an outgoing path to earth (ie router, radio, bluetooth speaker). Meaning other appliances (modem, ipad, TV) were protected.

Damage occurred because a surge was all but invited inside by the homeowner. Either it is earthed BEFORE entering. Or it finds earth destructively via appliances. Worse, adjacent protectors sometimes make that damage easier.

Informed homeowners spend about $1 per protected appliance for what has protected from direct lightning strikes even over 100 years ago. Provided by companies known for integrity. Companies such as Belkin, Panamax, Tripplite, APC, and Monster are not listed.

Each layer of protection is only defined by what harmlessly absorbs hundreds of thousands of joules. A 'whole house' solution is effective due to a low impedance (ie less than 10 foot) connection to what does protection: single point earth ground.

That 'whole house' solution is your 'secondary' protection layer. Your 'primary' protection layer is installed by the utility. An exploding transformer implies earth ground was missing (or stolen) from your 'primary' protection layer.

Protection is always defined by what absorbs hundreds of thousands of joules. If that earth ground is missing (always missing with plug-in protectors), then that protection layer does not exist.

Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate. A protector is only as effective as its earth ground - as originally demonstrated by Franklin over 250 years ago. And routinely found in facilities that cannot have damage.

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westom

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HOW ABOUT YOU JUST TELL US WHAT TO DO AND BUY INSTEAD OF THAT HOLY frickING WALL IF DIATRIBE

He has to be a EE.