What's Inside A Plasma TV Screen?

[2cooliobeans]

that is a lot of transformers...

[richay1]

I only wanted too see the plasma ]=

[js880]

You no what's sad? That TV has more processing power than my first laptop did.

[Gravatech1001]

ITS OVER NYANTHOUSAND SCREWS!!

[Kidcosmosuno]

Stupid he could of just fixed it

[uchihasurvival]

PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTION! PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTION! PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTION! PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTION! PLZ ANSWER MY QUESTION!

Question: Is there any precious metal inside a Toshiba model 26AV502R? I know there's mercury inside plasma tv.

[danalee1000]

@uchihasurvival I don't know...there's probably some...

[danalee1000]

These things are a pain to repair on your own, like most devices these days. And technology is so relatively inexpensive, that by the time you pay the repair person, you could purchase a new TV. But, what the heck, ask the repair place for quote first, just to be sure.

[TheMr2cents]

I have a 42inch television that has a scratch on the screen. I want to take it apart and see if I can replace it myself. Think I have a chance? It's and LCD

[MegaSound15]

Now I know why they cost so much!

[glenn20081965]

Very useful...now how do I put it back together.

[tsotsoko]

@glenn20081965 superglue

[THEtechknight]

soon as i seen the start of the video, i knew the TV was a philips magnovox and has the notorious buffers for failing.

[adibeh]

name of the music

[samib21]

CATHODIC ARE THE BEST VERY STRONG I HAVE 72 INCH ONE .

[Slaterking2010]

3:08 pissed off casue you could not put it back together? lol

[TheZa1994]

Aaaamazing the inside of a tv it's a work of beautiful art.

[4rmaan]

how easy/ difficult is it to replace a broken plasma screen? is it similar to replacing a lcd screen ie just remove inverters and ribbon cable and change, or is it more complex?

[4rmaan]

how easy/ difficult is it to replace a broken plasma screen? is it similar to replacing a lcd screen ie just remove inverters and ribbon cable and change, or is it more complex?

[zker666]

i would take it apart, and not trash it, unsolder all the useful components (speakers, transformers, capacitors, resistors, inductors, relays, diodes, etc) for future use

[imhotcause]

all a tv actually does is shows 3 different colors like your computer red green and blue and your eyes can make that into a picture so thats what a tv does.

[krisachar]

Nice video !

Thanks.

[leakesonasucs]

so many transformers

[mastax1234]

@LeisureCentury thats not true, the newer plasmas last over 35 years long

[mickieftw]

i got a tv (not plasma but the old kinds)

and the buttons have been pushed inside of the TV...how can i fix this???

[Clawsfury]

@mickieftw

you have to somehow remove the front plastic cover and reposition the buttons.

Just be careful with any metal parts or wires, and don't remove the back as the components can hold a significant charge and you can get electrocuted.

[milesharold]

They have this new invention call a remote control. You don't even have to use the buttons on the tv. How cool is that.

[chadmrw]

@mickieftw got a hammer and a couple of children???

[MEGABOINK65]

Plasm didn't last that long, after more consumer preffering lcd the went down, they are so cheap now, now is 3D tv, gosh what's next?

[JD161]

I wonder if you could make a computer out of those parts :P

[DOMIDOOM]

@JD161

no you couldnt. well, you could, but it could maybe run dos or unix poorly

[woodyate]

can you take off the outer glass without affecting the inner screen?

[srkh28]

I was given this exact same model by my neighbour - it would'nt power on and the repair quote was $1500. But two beers and a three caps in the standby supply later and its up and running. Amazing picture - kicks ass on my shitty little LCD.

[coondogtheman1234]

@srkh28 I have a TV whos power supply was dead but it was an external supply (power Brick) and the TV itself was perfectly good it just wanted power so I took this XBOX 360 power brick I had lying around (I dont own an xbox 360 BTW) and I wired it to the original cord that was on the original brick that was bad and Plugged everything in and she fired right up. I plan to use this TV for gaming.

[gavincurtis]

DOH! The power supply had two blown caps (very popular drive board).  Can actually see one that had vented.

That TV could have been repaired for $2.00 in parts! :(

[nickswebtsv]

How in earth was the architecture for that ever developed. Like a computer is one thing. But Plasma. Woo.

[Super73VW]

Love my 1080P RPCRT TV! F-Plasma!

[kf4pbb711]

hey man you ever hear of a Electronic drill gun?maybe it will cut back on your time buy hand.?

[132sk8ter]

It's Great that you can take one apart But can you put it back together !LOL probably not.

[Bino991]

Wheres the plasma?

[TehMG]

Nowhere when the TV isn't powered. Plasma is a state of matter that occurs when a gas is ionized, in other words when it has electricity flowing through it.

The gas inside the TV is either xenon, neon, or helium or a mixture of two or all three. Same stuff found inside "neon" signs, and also they are completely inert (harmless) gases.

[ethelmonk]

i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[samueltilling74]

My 42" panasonic viera has a line running down the viewing picture, what causes this and is there a quick fix, I've heard its a common fault!!! if i'd known that i'd have kept the money and spent it on a shitty CRT at least you got your moneys worth.

[UndergroundElite12]

a virus -__-

[Alymero]

Aren't plasma tvs almost obsolete? I mean, almost nobody buys them anymore because they're so unreliable in comparison to the LCD and DLP tvs.

[madpistol]

This is not true anymore. LCD's and Plasma displays now have roughly the same life expectancy and reliability. The differences are subjective, but they're both good in their own ways. Make sure to research it a little more if you decide to buy one. The results will probably surprise you.

[almazare17]

i see that every day cuz my dad owns a tv electronics shop and he fixes all sorts of things like plasmas and lcds and picture tubes and other stuff oh ya and by the way, use a makita

[DJBassMonkey]

Use an LCD 30" computer screen! It have much higher resolution! ~.^

[bertzbox]

I have inherited a plasma flat screen that has a broken screen. How do I get this fixed? Can I get the screen replaced? Where?

[MadSkillzMan]

sorry dude, you can fix anything BUT the panel. Panel will cost you more than the TV is worth and the teardown procedure is ridiculous! Better off finding a tv with something wrong with it (ie weird artifacts, doesnt turn on etc etc) and swapping the parts from yours

[peugteobike]

never saw the back off a plasma tv before

[Ibringthetruth1]

vids just stupid.. useless.

[stelispav]

PLASMA SUCKS

[runescaperage]

i lovethis. "style, education"

"watch... and learn!"

...about what?

[battlecitys]

Where the FUCK...... is all the damn plasma??

[djdevil360]

what do u mean? it's like a plasma ball its not plasma is not a object, so where is it? HAHAHAHAHAHA your ignorance make me laugh :P

[NerdForMIT]

@battlecitys It's called a plasma tv cause it works in the electrical plasma effect. Its just a pair of glass substraights with a phosphore coating filled with a rare noble gas.

[117buster]

@battlecitys I think plasma tv's make there own plasma or the plasma is the glass i forget. LOL! what did you expect a bunch of green glowing stuff like in the movies.

[BadAndUgly]

@battlecitys Inside the display panel.

[mattysupercrazy]

wat the hell uve probley done more damage then throwing it out da window unless u no wat ur doin but if not y idnt u giv it 2 me

[CaraBrimleyRules]

This TV could have been repaired and sent to an orphanage or used by some poor black people in Africa who would have been glad of it.

[thdahi]

yay someone who thinks like me =P

[junkyMM]

wasted my expensive time..1*

[xxntu7jc]

you had only to remove the both Y_Buffer on the lefft sidey then the plasma were ok after!

[djpageyboi]

i have a phillips plasma tv and it looks EXACTLY like this inside,it powers up and then clicks into safe mode with the vscan error,if i detach the y-main board it stays on but with no picture,what is at fault and is it an easy fix?

[peugteobike]

these tvs have a lot of parts in them

[zVlPERz]

lol cool, what i would do is throw it out a window and look at the smashed parts lol

[LTF85199]

Thanks danalee you quenched my curiosity.

[coondogtheman1234]

id like to take one of these apart and keep the audio amp, speakers, and power supply and anything else useful. BTW what did you do with all the parts you took out of this set like the circuit boards?

[danalee1000]

There's not much in them that's useful, actually. Mostly integrated to the other components. After I took this apart, I basically trashed the whole thing. I'd seen what I needed to see, but took a series of closeup photographs for archives purposes.

[coondogtheman1234]

well thats whats wrong with this world, remember the days when a part pf something broke and you replace it and your device works again, not today with all this china made crap. BTW where can i find those pics you took id like to see them. and you could at least keep the speakers from this TV I hate integrated parts like an audio amp built into a mainboard

[zVlPERz]

lol ya now if a part of something breaks you buy a new one or the cost of replacing a part dosent even make it worth it

[coondogtheman1234]

thats what sucks, that and the US economy. no jobs like that in the US they r all in china.

[gavincurtis]

Actually, it is because people lack skills to repair these things at component level. Fortunately, most failures are the power supply and VERY EASY to repair.

The board in the TV is listed as $800.00 replacement part. Not worth it.

However, replacing the actual parts that failed (four capacitors) on that $800 board is under $2.00

Two of Digikey part numer P13117 (about 65 cents each) repair many Plasma sets. Would have the one in this video as very common PSU board.

[Yepi69]

@coondogtheman1234 what the BTW words mean?

sorry im portuguese!!

[coondogtheman1234]

@Yepi69

BTW means By The Way. its internet slang.

[Yepi69]

@coondogtheman1234 sorry im portuguese i must learn this things!!

[coondogtheman1234]

@Yepi69

it's OK if you need to know something just message me on here and I will try to help.

[PieceOfShitLOL]

I always wanted to know. =p

[Koreansoccer]

lol Dana and his curiosity