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I bought the last dumb Vizio 55" TV over a decade ago at Walmart for around $600 and the dang thing won't die.

I want a bigger TV but I can't justify throwing this perfectly functioning television out.

Sucks to be me.

I've got a dumb Insignia TV that I think is getting ready to celebrate it's sweet 16! It's old, its heavy (I had to buy the TV mount that is typically for much larger TV's) but it survives and because its big they actually put larger audio drivers in there and it sounds fine without a sound bar.

Meanwhile another Insignia TV I bought more recently started getting dead pixels a couple days after the warranty expired...

Idea: keep a croquet ball by your chair. When some favorite athlete performs badly at some Olympic event, throw the croquet ball at the screen!

Voila, you need a new TV.

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