LCD TV/Monitor Repair Do-it-Yourself Guide

Looking for projection tv repair tutorials on the internet is not an easy thing. More often than not, focused tutorials on repairing a particular electronic unit will be very hard to find and if ever found, will not be as complete as you would prefer it to be. They will probably be in bits and pieces and scattered all over the internet which you will still definitely need to search for and piece together somehow.

This is the reason why being able to find a forum that specializes on the type of information you are particularly searching for on a specific electronic item may be considered a lucky thing since these sites will usually have a lot of data about your particular interest— this being that they are a site focused on a subject. The only problem with them is that most of them may require payment in exchange for the membership.

Paying for it isn’t necessarily bad especially if it goes to paying for the webmaster’s efforts on making his/her forum really functional for its members. Joining fees are there to make sure that help sites like them will continue helping people out in their search for information.

I am currently a member of such sites to help me in quest to learn LCD and plasma TV repair. Most of them ask for a one-time payment in exchange for lifetime access to their database which contain tons useful information. The reasons why I like these sites are further enumerated below:

1. Some pay sites that offer, say, plasma and LCD TV repair training information have one-time membership fees which I think are cool because you will also have access to future database additions without incurring additional charges. The site owners usually promise to regularly update the information contained in their sites and allow access to all members at no extra cost.

2. These pay-sites have spent a lot of time and resources gathering the things you need like the training and service manuals, schematic diagrams, step-by-step how-to guides that make life a whole lot easier. Basically almost everything you need are there ready for you to download and digest. Imagine how much time will be saved when you choose this route as opposed to going the free-to-join sites that waste a lot of time and effort (scouring search engine result pages).

3. In terms of cost, you save a lot more money not only in terms of time but actual money. There are some sites that offer pay-per-download service which are not necessarily training membership sites. Each manual cost around $10 up.

Sites that offer one-time fees just give out those repair manuals virtually for free. Those that ask for 50 dollar membership fee typically has at least 400++ manuals that are ready for downloading anytime. Since no per manual fees are asked, considering the $50 joining fee, each manual will come down to just 13 cents per copy. This kind of a deal is ideal for anyone who wish to make a career out of electronics repair!

4. Studying how to repair electronics through online electronics repair forums and training sites have the advantage of affording a lot of convenience for the recipient because you can study anytime and anywhere you may be. Most people will love the convenience of learning right inside their homes or offices instead of going out to real schools with real classrooms.

5. The speed at which technology is developing can become very profitable for those who provide related services to them such as electronics repair, assuming, of course, that they are able to keep up. Online repair courses such as plasma and LCD TV repair courses give them some fighting chance by providing the needed information bring them up to date. These training sites are a boon to the electronics servicing field.

If you have been keeping tabs of current events in the flat screen TV industry, you probably know that it has been going through some pretty huge demand surges that only support the hypothesis that the TV repair industry is still in bloom. Take heed of this huge potential money-maker by training yourself and your crew on how to repair new electronics like LCD and plasma TVs and other flat screen televisions that are coming out so that you won’t get left behind. Watch out for an influx of plasma and LCD TV repair owners begging you to fix their televisions!

How to fix dead pixels on LCD screens

One of the disadvantages of LCD screens, unfortunately, is the possibility of them having the dreaded dead pixels. Repairing or reviving these dead pixels that usually appear like white dots or black dots is currently still not possible because a pixel on an LCD screen display is a very tiny, microscopic unit of the LCD screen and it is just not possible to open up the display, get that errant pixel out and replace it with a nice, conformist pixel. There is just no way to do that right now.

However, this does not mean that there is nothing else that we can do to try and fix dead pixels on monitor. Although a dead pixel does not pose any real danger to your equipment as a whole, seeing them appear on your screen can be an annoying experience. After all, you are using an equipment that you paid hard money for and seeing it in a less than perfect state could be a stressful state for you.

Now, before you whip out that wallet and go out to spend more money on a new LCD TV or monitor, what you need to do first is to check if the dead pixel incident can be covered by the manufacturers’ or dealers’ warranty. This, however, is a long shot since most warranties have a dead pixel policy that guarantees the equipment only if there are at least eight (8) dead pixels on the display. Since the probability of having 8 pixels all at the same time is very low, the best thing to do is to never buy from that dealer again. Or, if you are still just shopping around for an LCD TV or LCD monitor, choose a dealer that will guarantee against LCD dead pixels of any count.

Now, if that is no longer an option— if your dealer is refusing to replace or repair your dead pixels or if your LCD unit is no longer within the warranty period— one thing you can do is try a logically simple fix that some tech dudes have come up with to try and solve, or at the very least, alleviate the dead pixels LCD problem.

Some people have suggested that randomly refreshing the screen at a very fast rate with alternating colors of red, gleen and blue will sometimes fix those stubborn dead pixels. Apparently, this is what those dead pixel software fixes that come in DVDs do. They fire very quick bursts of red, green and blue (in random order) to shock the dead pixel into action once again. Reports indicate that this fix is about 60% effective. So if you are experiencing this problem, what have you got to lose?

You can either get one of those DVDs being sold over at your nearest electronics store or you could create a red-green-blue video of your own and to play it repeatedly until the problem goes away or you could download one from the internet. This website is giving away a dead pixel fix for free (I have not tried it myself though so use it at your own risk).

Above graphic courtesy of www.gdargaud.net

Thank you for reading this article on fixing LCD dead pixels.

Samsung LCD TV Back

Buying a new TV or computer monitor isn’t always the best solution when your current ones break down on you.

First and foremost, buying new will likely be more expensive than having your broken one repaired. Depending on what’s wrong with it, it may be more economical to have it looked at and diagnosed first to see what’s wrong. You could perhaps either bring it to the manufacturer’s repair center to undergo a possibly costly diagnostics process, or better yet, you could troubleshoot it yourself! Information on LCD TV Repair is readily available online. You can acquire this information then find out for yourself what’s wrong with your TV and then decide whether to have it repaired or thrown away!

Being able to do simple things like replacing the busted backlights and inverters of the LCD of your flat screen displays, in my opinion, should become an option available for everyone as opposed to having no choice but to bring it the service centers and get billed a painfully high parts and service charges for a relatively easy repair job.

Learning how to repair TV yourself can be a great exercise for anyone who’s willing because it can save him/her some money. It can also be an opportunity to learn a new skill that could earn you extra cash by doing the service for others!

Furthermore, televisions have parts that contain heavy metals and other environmentally harmful chemicals. Having it repaired and keeping it means it doesn’t get out there to do its damage to mother Earth.

With the right kind of guidance, learning how to repair LCD Monitors and LCD TVs can be a fulfilling experience and perhaps even profitable. The good news is that there’s really no need to go to formal schools to learn complicated electronics. All you need is your computer, the right tools and the expert guidance.

Where do you get that guidance? Well, more on this in future posts.

Thank you for reading this LCD Repair resource.