[AidanLunn]

Originally Posted by jasonjimbob

I loved those old fashioned tv sets though. pity I cant find any more like that.

There are loads if you open your eyes and look

Pity, many people would have wanted to collect and restore that set, I'm sure. Or break it up for parts.

[AidanLunn]

Originally Posted by noise747

Black Diamond was Mitsubishi, you must have had real bad luck with that, I knew people including my parents who had Mitsubishi for years

Blue diamond sets, I hear, were much more reliable

I hear owners of TV shops could wave goodbye to them and never see them again when they left the shop.

[AidanLunn]

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

If you go round looking at LED lights on cars and traffic lights, it's pretty obvious that LED reliability isn't anything to 'write home about'

But TV set LEDs aren't subjected to going over Britain's speed bumps every day.

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally Posted by AidanLunn

But TV set LEDs aren't subjected to going over Britain's speed bumps every day.

Neither are traffic lights!

[cnbcwatcher]

Originally Posted by AidanLunn

But TV set LEDs aren't subjected to going over Britain's speed bumps every day.

Only when carrying them home from Currys or wherever you buy them (unless you get them delivered - but then the van might have to drive over them!)