About this episode

David L. Jones discusses the replacement of a backlight in a dumpster-found LG 4K TV and the associated challenges.

A Greek Dumpster TV LED Backlight replacement Tragedy Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1758-a-greek-dumpster-tragedy/ 00:00 – Dumpster LG 4K TV backlight phosphor failure 02:34 – LED spectrum measurements 03:48 – Teardown 08:49 – LCD TV layers 09:36 – Come-a-gutsa 11:50 – Through the magic of Ali Express 14:49 – Replacing the LED strips 17:55 – Sagan discovers electric screwdrivers …

People in this episode

Host: David L. Jones

Topics covered

• LED backlight replacement
• TV repair
• teardown
• spectrum measurements
• LCD technology

Keywords

• LED
• backlight
• TV
• repair
• teardown
• spectrum
• Ali Express

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LG, Ali Express

Products: 4K TV, LED Backlight

Places: Greece

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