OT: Plasma TV issue

[SuspectZero]

Anyone else ever have this problem? I have a 51" LG plasma that is almost 4 years old. Over the last couple of months when I go to turn it on, it turns itself right back off. I have to repeat this process 50-100 times before it'll actually come on. As soon as I hit the power button, it just clicks off. I'm sure it's probably cheaper to buy a new one than to have the old one fixed. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Also, another topic. Anybody out there have a screwed up back? (lower back) I have a degenerative disc and herination at L5S1. I'm looking at getting a new bed (going from queen to king size). I need something that is going to be more comfortable and help with the daily pain. Any suggestions on this?

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

Sounds like you have motherboard issues with the tv. Or some hardware problem.

Where you located? There is a clinic in tupelo that fixed my back problem. I have about the same thing you have. I had to fall out of bed and roll over to get up it hurt so bad some days. Now I can freely do sit-ups again.

 

[SuspectZero]

Currently living in Picayune. I have been seeing a spinal Dr. in Gulfport for my issue. I've already had one surgery back in '09 and we're trying to avoid another. Every few months, I have to get a steroid epidural to reduce the swelling, but it doesn't help that much. I have to take pain meds daily just to cope. Every morning, I have to roll out of bed and straight to the floor to start stretching and light exercise to order to function. It gets better as the day goes on (and when the meds kick in). I also have to do the same thing usually sometime at night after supper. It really sucks sometimes.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Google says this is common. And get a memory foam mattress

Even a decent knockoff if tempurpedic is too expensive. I got one a couple years ago and my back is 10x better. As for the TV,it could be any of a myriad of issues. Some are cheap, some not.

 

[maroonmadman]

No problems with my plasma tv, works like a champ and it's about 8 yrs. old. (Panasonic) Memory foam mattress are very expensive. Go to overstock.com and consider a 4" memory foam pad to put on top of your regular mattress. I recently got one of those and 2 memory foam pillows to go with it (pillows were free) and it made a world of differance in my how my bed feels.

 

[MadDawg.sixpack]

OT: Similar but different issue with an LCD TV

I've got a 42" Vizio LCD tv that occasionally, when you power it on, the screen doesn't illuminate. Meaning the tv actually comes on, sound and everything, just the screen stays black. I've never had to turn it off and back on more that twice for it to start working, but I know one day it's gonna just stay black. Anyone had an issue like this?

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

There is a clinic in Bogalusa, la that has the same stuff as the one in tupelo has. It's called lordex. Richard Heflin in Bogalusa.

I know the clinic in tupelo was high for no more than what they did. But it worked and there was no surgery.

 

[AndyMSU]

I have this EXACT same issue with an LG flat screen. I will be back to the board a little later tonight to let you know what I have learned about.

 

[Center Z]

I have an old plasma that crapped out, but I got it fixed for $250.

I love the model of TV that it is so I wanted to keep it. It was worth it for me.

As for your back, I have the exact same problem - screwed up disc at L5S1. I had pain going down my right leg into my ankle for months until it got to where I could barely walk. I went to 4 different doctors trying to find something that would make the pain go away. A neurosurgeon wanted to operate on me, but I wanted to find something non-surgical. I thought I was screwed and that I'd never get any relief, but I just kept trying **** until I got better. What worked for me is what I believe to be a combination of things:

1. Go see a physical therapist. You may be amazed at how quick you can get some results from that. If they teach you some **** to do at home, KEEP DOING IT. Do not stop if you do not see immediate results. You gotta work that disc away from your spinal cord and it takes time.

2. Get you one of those blue flat icepacks and lay on that sumbitch for 15-20 minutes twice a day. Put your full body weight on it and do not put a towel between you and your skin. Make your skin go numb. Do this every day until you start noticing that the pain is going away. You might try doing the same with a heated pad sometime after you ice it. Remember: cold to reduce the swelling, heat to increase bloodflow and speed up healing. Your back is inflamed at the point of the injury, and those extra millimeters of distance that the inflammation is causing the disc to push on your spinal cord is what is causing all that pain. You've go to get that inflammation to go away and stay away. Advil (or any type of ibuprofen) will reduce inflammation but it will also rape your stomach lining. Do not become dependent on Advil.

3. You might try a lumbar epidural steroid injection. I did a few of these but they never seemed to work. However, it could have been possible that it helped with healing the injury. I just never thought they worked or were worth it.

4. I happened upon this by accident, but I 100% believe that this is what made all my pain go away: Get you an old pillow and roll it up into a cylinder, tight as you can roll it. The firmer the better. Tie it up somehow where it will stay rolled and firm. Put it behind your lower back when you sit, and push yourself into it with all of your weight. Make sure it is at your lower back and not your mid-back. It will be uncomfortable as hell at first. I did this all day every day for about a month, and I swear that this is what made the pain go away. It's like I mechanically pushed the disc away from my spinal cord. I still sit with that damn pillow. I have one for home, work, and when I drive. I have not had pain since I started doing this.

I am not a doctor and I'm sure the medical experts on this board will chime in and tell me I'm retarded. But this worked for me and I can do most if not all of the **** that I used to could do and I am in no pain, which is the most important part. Stay patient, give it time and do not give up. Do not let some ******* tell you that surgery is the only solution because I'm telling you firsthand that it is not. Go see a chiropractor as an absolute last resort.

One other thing: about the same time that I started feeling better, I got a heated mattress pad for my bed. It made the mattress feel firmer and it kept heat on my back all night long. Could have been a coincidence but the firmness and the heat could have helped contribute to my feeling better.

Good luck.

Edit: Just noticed your second post and that you've already had surgery. Was it a fusion?

 

[HumpDawgy]

Anyone else ever have this problem? I have a 51" LG plasma that is almost 4 years old. Over the last couple of months when I go to turn it on, it turns itself right back off. I have to repeat this process 50-100 times before it'll actually come on. As soon as I hit the power button, it just clicks off. I'm sure it's probably cheaper to buy a new one than to have the old one fixed. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Also, another topic. Anybody out there have a screwed up back? (lower back) I have a degenerative disc and herination at L5S1. I'm looking at getting a new bed (going from queen to king size). I need something that is going to be more comfortable and help with the daily pain. Any suggestions on this?

I think the moral to this story is .......Don't buy an LG plasma TV.....it will screw up your back!

 

[BoomBoom.sixpack]

Sounds like there's an issue that's causing a breaker to trip, to keep something important from blowing out. I had a TV that was doing that, and i kept turning it on bullheadedly, and i blew out the tube on about the 5th try.

 

[SuspectZero]

Center Z, No it wasn't a fusion. My current spine doctor is trying to avoid that at all cost. My first surgery was from a Neurosurgeon in Ft. Walton Beach when I lived in Florida. He cut out the herinated part of the disc, reshaped the bone, and removed a broken bone fragment. When I started seeing my new doctor, I also had the bad leg pain, but the first lumbar epidural has helped that. I was in physical therapy for a while and those are the stretches and exercises that I still do at home. I do have one of the blue ice packs that I was using daily for months, and now just a few times a week. I do use (and it is helpful) a firm foam cylinder that I roll on and use to stretch the bones and disc. Got that thing at wal mart and it has been great.

 

[FlabLoser]

Anyone else ever have this problem? I have a 51" LG plasma that is almost 4 years old. Over the last couple of months when I go to turn it on, it turns itself right back off. I have to repeat this process 50-100 times before it'll actually come on. As soon as I hit the power button, it just clicks off. I'm sure it's probably cheaper to buy a new one than to have the old one fixed. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Also, another topic. Anybody out there have a screwed up back? (lower back) I have a degenerative disc and herination at L5S1. I'm looking at getting a new bed (going from queen to king size). I need something that is going to be more comfortable and help with the daily pain. Any suggestions on this?

Pilates, pilates, pilates.

And..sleep number bed.

 

[archdog]

I've got a 42" Vizio LCD tv that occasionally, when you power it on, the screen doesn't illuminate. Meaning the tv actually comes on, sound and everything, just the screen stays black. I've never had to turn it off and back on more that twice for it to start working, but I know one day it's gonna just stay black. Anyone had an issue like this?

You sure your TV wasn't made by Nintendo in 1987. Sounds like you have worked out all the typical tricks like holding down reset and push power rapidly.

 

[Center Z]

Center Z, No it wasn't a fusion. My current spine doctor is trying to avoid that at all cost. My first surgery was from a Neurosurgeon in Ft. Walton Beach when I lived in Florida. He cut out the herinated part of the disc, reshaped the bone, and removed a broken bone fragment. When I started seeing my new doctor, I also had the bad leg pain, but the first lumbar epidural has helped that. I was in physical therapy for a while and those are the stretches and exercises that I still do at home. I do have one of the blue ice packs that I was using daily for months, and now just a few times a week. I do use (and it is helpful) a firm foam cylinder that I roll on and use to stretch the bones and disc. Got that thing at wal mart and it has been great.

One thing that I have heard of recently that is encouraging is called fibrin disc treatment. Basically they inject some bio-glue into your disc and it supposedly heals. I have no idea if it works or not, or if anybody around the southeast practices it. I would probably look into trying it if/when my back starts giving me trouble again.

 

[SuspectZero]

Flab, I was doing a pilates routine everynight for a long time, and I occasionally still do. I have a pilates DVD that tailored to people with low back problems. I have found however, that the stretching I do that I learned from physical therapy seem to help a little better. Will have to check out the sleep number bed. Thanks for the info everyone.

Back to the TV issue, from what I can find out, hopefully it may just needing some compacitors replaced. LG's seem to have a problem with that. I was just wondering if anyone else ever had that problem.

 

[35758MSUDOG]

Google your tv model number and bad capacitor. Very common problem in electronics last few years.

Example here (I haven't watched this video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bXTxStw5Y

We fixed our LCD TV. Couple bucks in parts if you can solder. Good luck.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Tempurpedic and yoga. Your back will love you after some good back stretches. Mine does I know. To make it manly, P90X2 version.

 

[SuspectZero]

In ya'll opinion, are the tempurpedic matresses as hot as some of the reviews I've read or are they breathable and able to cool down. Seems there are varing opinions on this. Would like some first hand knowledge though.

I believe I'm doing just about everything I can to help my back problem. New bed is the next step.

 

[samurai34]

t.v. no work? reprace capacitor. Swollen caps big probrem.

Anyone else ever have this problem? I have a 51" LG plasma that is almost 4 years old. Over the last couple of months when I go to turn it on, it turns itself right back off. I have to repeat this process 50-100 times before it'll actually come on. As soon as I hit the power button, it just clicks off. I'm sure it's probably cheaper to buy a new one than to have the old one fixed. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Also, another topic. Anybody out there have a screwed up back? (lower back) I have a degenerative disc and herination at L5S1. I'm looking at getting a new bed (going from queen to king size). I need something that is going to be more comfortable and help with the daily pain. Any suggestions on this?

For reals. Unplug your t.v. remove the back and look at the power supply. 99% of the time it's a 50 cent capacitor that is swollen and bad. Desolder and replace with a same capacitor with like or slightly higher voltage with same microfarads.

If not comfortable doing this, take it to be repaired and negotiate. It's a cheap part. The money is in the timed labor. You're welcome.

 

[FlabLoser]

I bought a sleep number bed with a memory foam top. Super comfortable, but I couldn't stand the heat. They exchanged it for another model with more of a ordinary top.

Tempurpedic and sleep number are both fantastic for the back. Picking one is just a matter of preferences, heat tolerance, and price.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

For reals. Unplug your t.v. remove the back and look at the power supply. 99% of the time it's a 50 cent capacitor that is swollen and bad. Desolder and replace with a same capacitor with like or slightly higher voltage with same microfarads.

If not comfortable doing this, take it to be repaired and negotiate. It's a cheap part. The money is in the timed labor. You're welcome.

I was about to correct you, but noticed your edit fixed your error.

If you can, get Japanese capacitors as opposed to Chinese or Taiwanese caps. You'll pay a little more, but it's worth it. I recommend Digikey (http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/capacitors/aluminum/131081 will let you pick the component out. Make sure to choose a Japanese manufacturer such as Panasonic or Rubycon). There might be more specialized sites for TV equipment, but in general Digikey is solid when it comes to getting electronic parts.

 

[grinnindawg]

Love our Tempurpedic. Sleep like a rock.

Similar back problems years ago. Bottom 5 vertebra make a lazy s.
Inversion fixed/fixes mine.
Don't know if I'd recommend it for everyone, especially if they've had surgery.
Started with a rope, chin up bar, and work boots, stepped up to an inversion frame years ago.

 

[weblow]

In ya'll opinion, are the tempurpedic matresses as hot as some of the reviews I've read or are they breathable and able to cool down. Seems there are varing opinions on this. Would like some first hand knowledge though.

I believe I'm doing just about everything I can to help my back problem. New bed is the next step.

We had a tempurpedic bed for about 6 months. My wife and I both hated it. Instead of waking up feeling rested and comfortable, we were waking up multiple times a night sweating and sore. It was just not a comfortable mattress. It feels great in the store and they say that it takes a couple of weeks for your body to get used to the firmness of the mattress. Ours never did.

I sold it to a buddy of mine for about half of what I paid for it. He and his wife tried it for about 2 months and ended up selling it on craiglist.

They are very warm and we woke up sore many mornings and we should not have been. We were in our upper twenties and had no reason to be waking up sore in the morning other than the mattress. My parents bought one at the same time and had the same issues.

Ended up buying a nice pillow top that has been fantastic.

 

[samurai34]

I was about to correct you, but noticed your edit fixed your error.

If you can, get Japanese capacitors as opposed to Chinese or Taiwanese caps. You'll pay a little more, but it's worth it. I recommend Digikey (http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/capacitors/aluminum/131081 will let you pick the component out. Make sure to choose a Japanese manufacturer such as Panasonic or Rubycon). There might be more specialized sites for TV equipment, but in general Digikey is solid when it comes to getting electronic parts.

yes, the wife likes to "talk" as soon as I start typing or something important comes on the news or either I'm trying to concentrate.

 

[FlabLoser]

Aight, I'm just gonna vent a little here.

Mattress companies like Serta and Simmons SUCK. I bought my first simmons beauty rest in about 1994. It was great for about 12 years, then lots its back support (my sensitive back knows fully well when the support is worn out). OK, I figure that's a reasonable lifetime. We did take good care of it. We flipped & rotated the mattress regularly.

OK, so I bought a similar model and it only lasted 6 years before losing support. This mattress wasn't flipabble like the first one I bought. Its a pillow top like all mattresses are now and you can't flip them. Only one side of the mattress can be laid on.

As a result mattresses now only last half as long as they use to. What a scam. Seems all brands are doing this. "No flip" is sold as a feature, but it means your mattress just won't last.

So now I have a sleep number and there are not springs that can be worn out. The pilow top part of it can be replaced independently while the rest of the system stays in tact. Maybe this is the last mattress I'll buy.

 

[WilCoDawg]

you'll sweat like a ***** in church...IF you don't get the right sheets et al

 

[SanfordRJones]

I second the sleep number. You have to pay a premium for their location (malls), but it's still worth it. You can save a few dollars by looking for other companies that make good quality air mattresses but don't sell them from malls.

Also, before you have surgery, I recommend trying a chiropractor. I had back problems (low back and upper back/ shoulders) a few years ago, and the chiropractor solved my problems.

 

[Dawgbyte]

I've always had lower back issues and the old mattress we had did not help. About 3 years ago we purchased a Sleep Number and love it. I immediately noticed a difference when I woke up every morning. I'm sure other mattresses sleep very well too, but we have enjoyed our sleep number. I really enjoy being able to adjust the firmness when needed.

 

[sidexside]

Go see in Midtown Memphis, Jessica Pucket. She does acupunture and has helped many I know with severe pain and Panasonic is the technology leader on Plasma TV.

 

[Dawgbite]

Ditto from another Dawgbite

I've always had lower back issues and the old mattress we had did not help. About 3 years ago we purchased a Sleep Number and love it. I immediately noticed a difference when I woke up every morning. I'm sure other mattresses sleep very well too, but we have enjoyed our sleep number. I really enjoy being able to adjust the firmness when needed.

The sleep number is the best thing I ever found for my back. I used to get up in the morning stooped over for the first 5 minutes trying to work the kinks out,now I'm good to go with no pain first step. The reason we bought the Sleep number was because the wife and I couldn't agree on a mattress, she wanted firm and I wanted a softer mattress. After about a month of trying different pressures, she ended up a 35 which is relatively soft and I ended up a 60 which is on the firmer side. I can tell when I lay down if the pressure has changed as it often does due to tempature variances . I bought a second mattress for the motor home.

 

[SuspectZero]

Sanford, I used to go to a chiropractor prior to my first back surgery. Got some relief but not much. Not only was the disc herinated, but there were broken bone fragments that was slicing up the disc and nerves which made surgery a must to remove them. At the time it was causing spazams that felt like I was struck by lightning and my legs would give out and I would fall to the ground. It actually happened leaving a restarunt on Navarre beach and I basically rolled down the wheelchair ramp. That is when I decided to have the surgery. That was in Nov 09. Since then, no spazams. However the scar tissue didn't completely heal like it was supposed to and since then, the disc has herinated again. Since the surgery I have been very careful about taking care of my back when it comes to lifting and twisting and things like that. The re-herination was just bad luck. Now that I live back in MS, I'm seeing a new Dr that comes highly recommended and meny consider to be one of the best on the coast. He's been great and quite frankly the most knowledgeable and patient friendly Dr that I've been to. I would recommend him to anyone living in south MS. (His name is Dr. Grahm if anyone is interested and he practices in Gulfport)

I really do appreciate everyone's opinion and advice, it's just something I've been dealing with for a while now and was wondering if anyone here has had the same or similar expierence. There are other procedures we're looking into in the event things get worse which are not as invasive as a fusion.

Anyone had experience with an inversion table? I've only entertained the idea, but if it helps...

 

[FlabLoser]

BTW, the Neurosouth/spine whatever place in Flowood has stud doctors from Johns Hopkins. They moved here and started that place up to be near family.