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Samsung flat screen TV’s

I have purchased 3 large flat screens since 2012 and all of them have died after 3 to 5 years. The last one yesterday, a curved 52inch HD 4K.
The first one began to have serious color aberrations, the second one was strange and turned off and on non-stop. The third (curved) went black, unable to bring up menu, cable fine, sound fine.

Anyone else experience this? Is there a better brand? Bought a Vizio a few years ago which had a beautiful picture but was as fragile as crystal.
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g_nakamoto
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i have a panasonic plasma 50 inch tv produced in 2006. still kicking butt!!

yyman23
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I have a few friends who own Samsung TVs and have had some issues with them.

I own a 55" LG OLED bought over 4 years ago and the picture is stunning. My only complaint is their operating system. It seems to disconnect from my Wifi network about once a week and the only way to reset it is to unplug the tv from the outlet and plug it back in.

I decided to use an Amazon Firestick instead if the poor TV interface and never had the Wifi problem again.
mitch2
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I certainly watching either of two Panasonic plasma televisions over the 4K Samsung LED and I think about it sort of like the old tubes vs. SS discussion, with the plasma TVs being more believable/lifelike to watch even if giving up a little in resolution.  Some interesting information on why the plasma television is no more.  I believe weight was the final straw and they are correct, a 65-inch plasma is a heavy lift.
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lfssbn1
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Just as another reader noted: Panasonic Viera Plasma still steals the show.  DVDs with OPPO 103D-  wonderful.
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cakyol
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Stick with Sony....

....or if you are not hung up on higher resolutions than 1080p, get an older Pioneer Kuro. I had mine now since 2009 and it still works flawlessly.

If you sit more than about 8 feet away from the screen, you will not quite notice the difference anyway. Plus, you will get the speed of plasma as well.

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