How long do you expect a tv to last?

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Samsung, Smart TV, kept up to date with software etc, used on average 8-10 hours per week. Cost around £800 on sale (can’t remember RRP).

How many years would you expect to get from something like this? Provided no damage was done to it etc.

A decade? I dunno. All our TVs get replaced by DH wanting to upgrade. I can only remember one I got rid of because it broke after maybe 5 years.

Our samsung is over 10 years old and working fine apart from the bloody apps keep disappearing as they're no longer supported

Consumer here in NZ estimated a TV should last you about 7- 8 years of quality viewing.

My Alba tv is 20 years old this year.
Does everything I need it to do!

Ours is 14 years old. Has survived 6 house, moves, four of which were international. Was fancy when we bought it, now seems small and basic!

Our Samsung is well over 10 years old, but we use a fire stick so aren't reliant on software updates.

8 to 10 years. I'd feel annoyed if it started to malfunction any sooner than that

I'd like it to last ten years. We bought one recently though, and both the assistants in John Lewis and Currys, told us five years is the norm no matter what price range you're looking at.

I bought my Panasonic TV in 2010 and it's still going strong. I actually wish it would break so I could get one with a bigger screen.

It's depressing really isn't it. Should be decades if as a society we cared about the planet but things are made to break/become obsolete so some arsehole can have a bigger car/house/TV

About five years but I have one in my bedroom which is still going and it must be over 10 years old (it’s a Samsung)

We have a 17 year old Panasonic. It even survived an attack by a very angry boy in a full on meltdown (ASD), armed with a Wii Fit. I don't think the Oled ones are as sturdy.

Thanks all 👍🏻😂 Our tv prior to this was about 14yo when the sound started to go so we replaced it with this Samsung.

Samsung has lasted 3.5years and I’m so disappointed! Screen has gone, it’s completely unusable. Glad to see to see I’m not unreasonable in expecting longer from it 🤦🏻‍♀️ My fault, I should have taken the extended warranty etc but lesson learned 🫠

From experience not that long! We've had our own place for 16yrs and in that time a few broken TVs. Our Samsung started developing coloured lines going down it that got progressively worse. It was only a few years old.

Our current living room LG tv is only 3yrs old and dh is on at me to get a new one. He says the colour isn't right on it anymore 🙄 TVs are such a man thing. I was like it fine. He then told me to stand between the living room and playroom and compare both tvs and the colour difference was insane. It's not a case of adjusting it, it makes no difference.

Bedroom one broke a few yrs ago too and we haven't replaced, it was about 4yrs old.

I said to the guy fitting my new dishwasher that the old one was only 6yr old. He said oh they don't last these days 5yrs is standard! I assume TVs surely a bit longer but in my experience we've had issues before that with them. We don't own any older than about 3-4yrs old and currently have 4 TVs in the house. That's so bad, maybe we are unlucky with TVs. We always buy decent brands too 🤷🏻‍♀️ clearly not making a difference!

A smart TV where you use the inbuilt apps- 5 years.

A smart TV where you use Amazon Dongle / Sky / Virgin instead of the inbuilt apps - 10 years.

My Samsung TV is about 14 years old and in full working order, with excellent picture quality. It's not connected to the internet and we don't use any smart features - we have Sky.

Ours is at least 15 years old. I think if we were expecting to still use all the apps we would be hugely disappointed. However a chromecast plugged in the back means we can access all the online functionality and apps still.

@CocoDC I’m not tech savvy at all - why does the inbuilt apps situation make a difference? We use Sky

At least a decade. I have second hand tv's that are already older than that.

Because smart TVs are like phones. Many brands stop supporting app development after 5 years which is why they often stop working. While Sky’s apps are cloud based and so are always up to date

Mines 11 years old. I only remember that as when my ex moved in he insisted we get rid of my old non flat screen tv (which I'd had for years and still worked fine!) and upgrade to something more modern 😂

I just use a Roku stick with it. Works fine. I won't replace it until it actually stops working. Hope to get a good few more years out of it.

I bought a Toshiba a few years back, at the cheaper end (£280 for 42 inch) and it lasted 18 bleeding months before the screen died. Toshiba didn’t want to know, so I will never ever be touching one of their products again.

Ours is eight years old and still going strong. I expect at least another five years from it.

Wow, I'm shocked that 5 years is the standard now! Ours must be 15 years old and no issues. Not used all day every day, but probably an hour most days. It's not a smart one though. I won't be looking to replace any time soon!

We had a similar issue with a Samsung tv years ago. The picture just went after just 3 years or so. Contacted Samsung who just were not interested. Vowed never to use them again. Have had Sony since and had no problems (fingers crossed).