Two summers ago, my friend and I were hanging out at my family's cottage, like we did every year. The place was kind of old and worn, but it had everything we needed: a grill, a dock by the lake, and the old flat-screen TV my dad had picked up from a garage sale years ago. It wasn’t fancy, but it worked—until that day.
It was one of those lazy afternoons, nothing much going on, and we got bored, like usual. We found a beat-up frisbee lying around and, for some dumb reason, thought it’d be a good idea to throw it around inside. We didn’t think it through. We never did.
I threw the frisbee, trying to show off my aim, but instead of hitting some random target like the wall or a chair, the thing flew straight into the TV. I remember the sound—this awful crackling noise—as the screen shattered on impact. Then the TV fizzled out, and we were just left staring at the blank, broken screen in silence.
We were in trouble. There was no fixing it, no hiding what had happened. All we could do was own up to it, but man, that was going to be rough. Replacing the TV was out of the question right then. Neither of us had money, and my parents were not going to cover for my stupid mistake.
So, we came up with a plan. We’d spend the next two years collecting pop cans, bottles, anything we could turn in for change. It wasn’t quick or easy, and every weekend, we’d haul bags of cans to the recycling center, getting a few bucks at a time. Slowly but surely, we saved up.
And finally, after two years of scrounging for every last cent, we had enough. I’ll never forget the feeling of walking into the store and buying a new TV with all that hard-earned cash. It wasn’t top-of-the-line or anything, but it was ours, bought with two years of our dumb mistake.
A very nice tv for the price. The picture quality is very sharp. The audio quality could be a little better (sometimes the soundtrack is hard to distinguish) but for the price it really is hard to complain.
Very easy to set up with the Roku platform. I already have another TV with this platform so the interface is familiar. Picture quality is good considering the price point. I was disappointed that the VESA mount screws were 200x400 mm when the online ad showed 200x200 mm. I had to buy an extension to get this to work with my wall mount. Otherwise good value and easy to operate.