Bad caps in HDTVs becoming a growing problem

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Bad caps in HDTVs becoming a growing problem

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Deja Vu?

How Samsung spent $300 fixing my out-of-warranty TV's "click of death"
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/ ... -of-death/
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It's sad that companies keep using cheap caps even when it's well known what they will do to their stuff.
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They probably expect most to replace their TV's within 5 years or less.
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ugh. :(
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Great! Now I'm worried about the 32" Samsung I got for christmas last year..
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