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August 2011 Moms
melissa0726
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Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
melissa0726
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I think our 56" flatscreen TV is dying.
About 1/4 of the time when we turn it on, the screen gets all distorted and it makes this AWFUL screeching static feedback sound that is SO loud, both the girls start screaming and crying. It resolves after about 5 seconds, but I have a feeling it is going to get worse
This is the only TV we have set up in the house. We don't have cable, so we actually only use it as a computer monitor and stream videos on it. We have a smaller (maybe 32"?) TV in the basement closet, but it's about 10 years old, and I'm not even sure it has the right inputs to run off of the computer.
I really don't want to have to buy a new TV right now. I'd probably be fine without it if the weather weren't so god awful, but we're watching a lot of TV with all the snow we've had recently!
About 1/4 of the time when we turn it on, the screen gets all distorted and it makes this AWFUL screeching static feedback sound that is SO loud, both the girls start screaming and crying. It resolves after about 5 seconds, but I have a feeling it is going to get worse
This is the only TV we have set up in the house. We don't have cable, so we actually only use it as a computer monitor and stream videos on it. We have a smaller (maybe 32"?) TV in the basement closet, but it's about 10 years old, and I'm not even sure it has the right inputs to run off of the computer.
I really don't want to have to buy a new TV right now. I'd probably be fine without it if the weather weren't so god awful, but we're watching a lot of TV with all the snow we've had recently!
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Re: Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
The part I'm really dreading is where I set what I think is a reasonable TV budget, then DH wants to spend a gazillion dollars more, then I say no way, and then he tries to present me with all sorts of technical "research" about TV quality to justify the price.... I'm exhausted by it already.
Last summer, he built himself a brand new work computer, which involved researching and individually pricing every single component. I would have blown my brains out if his work hadn't paid for it.
OMG so do we. It is SO bad.
Last summer, he built himself a brand new work computer, which involved researching and individually pricing every single component. I would have blown my brains out if his work hadn't paid for it.
YES YES YES, us too!!!
I hate when DH plays the we must spend more for a quality tv card. I mean really I don't care, I just want a tv to watch , I don't care how clear the picture is!!! I definitely cried last time we bought a tv because of the ridiculous amount of money DH thought we needed to spend.
We did end up compromising though, we only spent a couple hundred (!!!) dollars more than I expected and he got a ridiculously big tv for our basement. Which of course he never watches.
amywalt1684 we are going to Costco today, so I'm sure we will at least start looking. Ugh. Let the negotiations begin!