I'm in my 50's, had a few tellys over the years. Usually secondhand, & I guess on average I've had five years+ life out of them. So, a couple of years ago, the 15 year old TV dies, thought I'd buy my first new one. Having spent a while working for electronics companies such as Epson/NEC/Celestica, went for Hitachi, thought it was a name I could trust. How wrong I was. Died within 2 years. Looks like one of the circuit boards has burnt out - sound but no picture.