8 Types of TV You Should Not Buy Used
The truth is that televisions are cheaper than ever if you look at their abilities. You can get a budget television these days which surpasses or associate premium models just a few years ago, but that does not mean that a new television is inexpensive in absolute terms.
This is why the used television market is an ideal place to search for hidden gems. TVs quickly lose their value, so you can often find a very beautiful set with years of life that remains there for less than half of its new cost. However, these following types of television should make you pass without establishing visual contact.
Plasma televisions
I still have very good memories of my 720p 51 inch Samsung Plasma TV, which allowed me throughout the 1080p TV era. I just couldn’t respect how ugly LCDs were and washing and even 1080p could not swing me. So I jumped directly from a 720p plasma to an HDR 4K LCD – which was quite a leap!
The plasmas were the OLEDs of their day, with an incredible vibrant color, perfect blacks and extremely fast response times. I am constantly tempted by old units of 50 to 65 inches that appear on sites like Facebook Marketplace for prices like $ 75 or $ 100. It is very tempting. I continue to think about how these televisions would be perfect for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games, or Blu-ray 1080p films, which do not have HDR and are therefore not affected by the lack of HDR in these plasma televisions.
The fact is that the latest plasma televisions were manufactured in 2015, which means that the new model you could get has a decade and probably older than that. Plasma televisions are heavy, subject to burn, use a lot of power which is mainly thrown as heat and fades with use over time. This means that the used plasma that you buy today will not really give you the same experience. I suppose that if you have found a unit of mint which does not have many hours on it and which is without entirely, it could be worth it for the uses that I mentioned, but 99% of the time, I would not be clear unless you are a retro display lord.
First generation 4K TV
The first UHD 4K televisions became accessible to the public around 2013, which is not a long time ago. It is not strange for people to keep a TV for a decade before selling it, so you can see a lot of these TVs in the first years of 4K UHD for sale on the market used.
The problem here is that these televisions may seem quite modern because they offer a 4K resolution, but not only do you have to face the terrible LCD and LCD backlight technology of the time, but also a shortage of modern features. These televisions may not have intelligent features, and even if they have done it, it probably no longer works. This can be considered a positive, of course, but it is worth mentioning.
A more important problem is the lack of HDR support, and even if it is a first HDR model, HDR performance is probably horrible. Even a high -end 4K TV from 2013 will be erased by the cheap modern minleds
I still have my first 4K HDR TV from 2016, and it looks horrible now. I use it as a photo frame above our bar, or so that guests can look if we have people. I was so impressed when it was new, but according to modern standards, it is not worth it unless someone gives it for free.
Old “intelligent” televisions
I have already discussed this, but the old smart televisions who no longer obtain software updates and can no longer support the latest versions of the streaming applications to avoid. Now, I make a point of view to never use integrated smart applications if I can help it, and I prefer to use an OTT box like the Apple TV.
If you also prefer to use an OTT streaming box, then it may not be the Dealbreaker seems to be, but if a television is old enough to be outside its support cycle, it is probably not an excellent TV anyway.
TVs with known combustion problems (especially OLED)
The OLEDs are much cheaper these days than in the past, and I think most people on mid-range budgets will probably have no problem to afford, for example, an LG OLED in series B.
However, I myself watched OLED televisions on the market used at excellent prices and I was tempted to take one for use as a game instructor or a bedroom TV. Now I’m not really going to say not to Never Buy a used OLED because there are good deals, but you should Never Buy an OLED TV sight.
Go see the TV in person, and take a test of test model on a flash drive, or load a burn-in youtube video to check that the screen is uniform, has no burning and no dead pixels.
Even if an older OLED model seems good, remember that the risk of burning rises with older models. More recent OLEDs are much more resistant because it is a key area that each generation tries to improve. Thus, even if the OLED may not have combustion, it could develop it fairly quickly if it is a much older model and you do not take special precautions.
Out of brand or brand models
Believe me, I understand that sometimes we have to buy the cheapest thing that works, and there is nothing wrong with buying a new brand of “home” TV in the store if that’s what you need in a pinch. However, the purchase of one of these low -end televisions means that you have at least a kind of warranty and appeal in the event of a problem.
These televisions are inexpensive for a reason, and it is not only that they have performance lower than normal, but that quality control is not as good as more expensive televisions. Thus, the purchase of an unnamed or storeless TV used gives you all the drawbacks that are delivered with these cheap televisions, without the advantages.
TVS without HDR support
It is rare to find a television these days which will not take an HDR signal, although many cheaper televisions do not really produce a real HDR image. In any case, a television that does not support HDR in any form whatsoever is generally something to avoid. People think that the transition to 4K was the largest visual upgrade, but in fact, HDR had a much more important impact. It’s just that 4K and HDR almost always go together, so people associate them.
HDR televisions, even those who do not meet the criteria of the real HDR standards, offer a better color and a contrast than the old SDR flat panels. In addition, if a TV does not have HDR support, it is probably old enough to have other problems such as old LCD technology with poor image quality. So give him a jump.
Very small television sizes
Although I wanted small televisions to come back, the truth is that everything that is less than 32 inches is actually out of the market, and I think that 32 -inch models are also quite rare now, with televisions from 42 to 48 inch qualified as “small” these days.
This means that if you watch a 32 -inch or more television on the market used, it is probably so old that the image will be horrible, even if it was a high -end model at the time. In general, these small televisions were also budgetary models, which meant that they were bad even when they were new. If you really need something in this size, you better buy an old computer monitor and connect a TV streaming box or a computer.
Televisions with physical damage or repairs
I see this a lot on used products sites. TVs which, according to the seller, are perfectly good, but there is a line in one side of the screen, or the television is sometimes died, or there is another “minor” problem with it.
Look, sometimes a TV really has a cheap and easy fault that can be corrected. Samsung Samsung Plasma TV from my stepfather’s stepfather of stepfather needed a new diet and it is still truchenage. However. If the fix is really cheap and easy, the seller would have already done so.
In particular, if there is something that does not go with the panel itself, it means that the panel must be replaced. It is the largest and most expensive part of the TV. When my 75 -inch Samsung TV panel literally died a month warranty (thank you Samsung), the replacement cost was almost as much as a new television, so I just bought a new TV instead. So save trouble and buy only televisions in good working order, unless you are a television repair expert of course.
Buying a new television is already a minefield, so you can imagine that the additional traps on the market used do not facilitate things. However, if you have motivable expectations and do your research, you will probably leave with a good TV that will serve you for the years to come.
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