Should I buy another flat screen now while they are still relatively cheap?


My current Vizio 65" is either 7 or 8 years old, and it gets a lot of use.  Is there an average life span on these?  My previous Samsung 70" made it about ten years as I remember.  I see that WalMart still has flat screens in that (or around that) size for relatively cheap.

immatthewj

My furniture does not tend to wear out and out right fail, @gdaddy1 , and unlike you, I can repair my 20+ year old vehicles.  My AC unit only runs from June through August and in my experience they have lasted for a long time.  Washing machine and refrigerator  were replaced approximately two years ago before the threats of war on the American consumer started, and the drier a year before that, so they should outlive Dear Leader.  My furnace is one of my other concerns.

I have declining vision (as you mentioned of yourself) and my advice is to purchase a good/better unit now (keep the old functioning one as a backup).

DeKay

Good question. I have wondered the same thing. I decided to wait. Since even if the cost went up 50% they would still cost less than most of my audio cables. 

 

After years of buying by cost point, my last 78" OLED and 65" LED for the bedroom have been top of the line Sony. Both were replaced under warranty when they failed in different ways. I had done my research and knew they were the most reliable at the time, so I was unlucky. They have very high video quality and the Bravia warrantee is better than the lower cost ones. When these need replacing I will replace with Sony.