Bought a Philips 32" LCD tv back in 2004 for $800 at Sam's Club. Only one HDMI port. Yesterday my video signal went out, so I unplug everything and take a good look in my HDMI port, and one of the pins was bent... so I go to straighten it and it falls off. Now I'm not getting no video or audio. How do you go about fixing these things? "Good things come to those who wait" (a few years for products, like tvs, to improve by adding more HDMI ports ect...) is so true. It wouldn't be a huge problem considering it has 2 component inputs, but one of those inputs the AUDIO doesn't work. So I'm down to 1 component imput, with a component SWITCH device which gives me 2 open component inputs, but I have 3 devices that use component that I use every day. Life would so much easier with a working hDMI poit so.. Question: Can I fix/replace the HDMI port? I'm looking to spend $10 and under.
for $10 Best Buy will take it off your hands. problem solved. seriously though, if it could be fixed, it's not going to be for $10.
Could I do it myself? I'd be so scared. I'd feel safer doing open heart surgery on my grandmother then trying to fix a $800 tv with my bare hands.
This tv is probably worth about 50 dollars. It's seriously time for an upgrade. I don't see any good reason to try to fix an 8 year old television. Go to bestbuy or something and get a better version for 299.99 or less.
Can you use another input method? Component? DVI? Perhaps it has a fiber optic input to maintain higher quality audio?
You are screwed. If you really want 3 inputs, you will need a multi-port switch device. Such as: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Composi...9434/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323200377&sr=8-1 Not very common anymore, but I'm sure you can still find them. I have one sitting in a box somewhere.
serious note, it's easy to fix. open up the back of the TV see if the HDMI port is a separate board from the audio/video board. If it is, there is a part number on it. search google, find the board and buy a replacement. Just did this to my coworkers TV, cost him $100 for the new board. He got it, put it back in and voila, fixed TV...didn't have to buy a new one.
