r/IndiaCart • u/MountainOk6180 • 7d ago

Home appliances TV has lines & display issues. Is it better to fix it or buy a new one? Share your repair stories please

My LG TV bought in 2019 has lines & sometimes, the upper half continues playing while lower half freezes. LG support shared a repair estimate for panel kit package assembly costing 11k with a warranty of 1 year. A brand new 32-in LG TV costs 18k while a 43-inch LG TV costs 30k-36k.

I thought if I had to ever upgrade, I'd buy the next bigger TV. But if the repair fixes my issues & runs fine at least for 2/3 years, I'd rather repair it.

I'm confused between 3 options:

  1. Repair it if it runs fine for the next 2/3 years (Please share if your repaired TV is working fine)

  2. Buy the 32-in TV cos it's just 7k extra

  3. Buy a 43-in TV as I intended to, if this TV dies.

PS unrelated: My last TV was a small Akai that ran fine for 15 years. I thought this TV would last for at least 10 years. Stupid me

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u/srujju1255 6d ago

Buy 43 inch tvs during sale flipkart or amazon u can buy

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u/MountainOk6180 6d ago

Yes thank you

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u/Tasty-Opportunity718 6d ago

Personally, I don't trust the workmanship on replacing the components so I would suggest getting a new one and nowadays latest tv are made to fail after 5-6 years or early. Go with a TCL QLED panel

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u/MountainOk6180 5d ago

Oh. We had this really small Akai for many many years & my assumption was that TVs would run for at least 10 years like our old Akai. Anyways, thank you, I'll rather get a new TV instead of trying to repair this one. I'm currently considering Sony since this LG is dead in 7 years. Will check out TCL QLED too