Ron Rich wrote:Himmmmmmmm, I thought LED's lasted"forever"--that's what I read on the internet !!--and you know that anything there, HASTABE true !!
Ron Rich
Haha, cute Ronnie.
However, as I usually do, I spread "the word" of truth whenever I can, and can assure you that IR LED's are failure-prone.
They get "weak", or just burn out.
I've replaced countless IR LED's in VCRs, TV sets, remote controls, and dozens of other electronic products over the years.
On another note......
Currently, with the "new" class of flat-screen tv sets using the LED technology to illuminate the display panel instead of florescent tubes, I've noticed quite a few of these LED assemblies going bad.
In most cases, the sets are "cheaper" models, although some name-brand sets are prone to failure too.
They're driving the piss out of these LEDs to impress people with a "brighter" picture, and through that costing LED life to suffer, usually after 3 years they die.
Combine cheap chinese quality LED's with overworked brightness levels and voila, no picture!
The sets are then not cost-effective to repair, since the labor/parts aren't worth the effort.
Better to buy a new set, and hope for the best.
If anybody wants a list of these miserable sets, let me know, I'm not afraid to drop names.