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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
I go to a Tire shop and repair center, that has a Vizio LCD set that is on for at least 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. It is possibly one of the first using an LED backlight. It runs off a satellite program source, produced by Goodyear Tire. I waited for my oil change with nothing to read, no coffee or soft drinks, because of that Corona Virus BS.  |
Honestly, if I had to bet money, I'd bet that was a CCFL, not an LED. CCFLs will run between 60K and 80K hours (except some Sharps...). LEDs are failing in the 2K hour and up range, depending on how it's adjustments are set and how the manufacturer set up the array.
While anything is possible, it would be extraordinarily amazing if that was an LED and lasted that long. Early LED TVs had some sort of ID on the front mask when the TV used LEDs, kind of like when early transistorized TVs announced they were Solid State right on the front.
But, if it's an LED TV, then it's possible that someone at the shop got some good info and set the TV's back light adjustment down below half. The life of the array is directly tied to the back light brightness, and dropping the back light adjustment below half will quadruple the life of the LEDs at least.
Also, if that TV was ever repaired, it's possible that the TV was modified. No LED TV leaves my shop without me reducing the current/wattage to the LED array by 40% to 50% (yep, that much) or about 30% if I install all new LEDs.
John