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I guess the first TV's that I saw that made extensive use of SMD IC's were those cheap Funai and Orion built TV's that china-mart sold for $99-$129, starting in the late '90's. When I suspected one of those IC's to be defective, I junked the TV. Those sorts of TV's were not designed to be repaired and very few people are going to spend $75+ to have a TV fixed that only cost around $100 when it was new.
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