On 10/03/2021 08:49, Jeff Layman wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56340077

Will this make any practical difference? If an SMD integrated circuit
goes wrong in a TV, will making the SMD itself available make the TV
"more repairable"? How much will it cost? How much would the complete
circuit board with SMD already fitted cost? Isn't the latter what's done
at present? It seems to me the manufacturers will just charge what they
see fit for the replacement part, no doubt with an exorbitant P&P to
cover "administrative costs".


The availability of spare parts will help although I think it is only
seven years after production has stopped.

What I would like is a manual for my washing machine (pdf). Also if it
stops unexpectedly it should tell me why, i.e. what it is waiting for.

My Samsung TV is now getting on for 10 years old. I wonder how much
longer it will last. A new one would be less that half the price I
paid. I would think that a repair would be uneconomic if I had to pay
for labour. My fridge freezer compressor failed. Unfortunately a DIY
replacement is not possible because of the gas. I did find someone who
could repair it, but the cost was about 2/3rds of what I had paid for it
13 years earlier so I decided jut to buy a new one.


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Michael Chare