Panasonic plasma needs replacing

LabR@t

LabR@t

LabR@t

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I have a 42" Panasonic plasma which is coming up for 10 years old that has started to not power on occasionally.
I would like to replace with TV similar size the kids are small so the TV gets a mauling from sticky little hands, hence I am looking for TV with lower budget in an interim measure until they grow out of it.

So which TV under £500 to be used with
Netflix, Amazon TV and sky+

Any stand out TV/deal's?
 
Not expensive or particularly difficult but would involve some soldering.

If you look on YouTube you'll find videos showing the process. A search for 'panasonic plasma capacitor replacement' is a good place to start.
 
could be a board that needs replacing at the back? don't know how difficult they are or if soldering required.

tbh plasma's only replacement is OLED. an LCD which is all you will get for £500 will be like going from a calibrated dell IPS monitor to a TN panel made by some cheap chinese brand, with washed out picture and backlight bleed, etc. basically you will be decreasing picture quality.

you can get a second hand plasma for £200-£400 easily depending on model/age and 50" too. a 42" plasma would easily be under £200 now second hand.
 
I read that it was mainly because there was no practical way to make 4K versions.

I'm going to be hanging onto my Panasonic TX-P42GT30 for as long as possible.
 
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