Elecronics guys: How difficult would this be to repair (LED TV)

[soop]

My friends kid broke her TV.  She posted on Facebook, and the first response was "yup, no fixing that lol" from some dumbass who's probably never touched a soldering iron in his life.

From what little I know, the vertical and horizontal drivers have been damaged/disconnected in some way.  Before she shells out £100's on a new TV, what are the chances of a fix?

[Necromancer]

There is no fixing impact damage like that.  The glass is physically broken, so the only way to repair the television is to replace the panel, which generally costs more than buying a whole new television.

By the way: there's no such thing as a LED TV; the LEDs are just the backlight.   

[soop]

Ah sorry, not LED, LCD.  So it's screwed to the point where you can't open the back and look at the driver boards? I mean it's not like there's any damage to the liquid crystal... matrix?

[xelement5x]

The Wii claims another victim!

[Tatsujin]

Before she shells out £100's on a new TV, what are the chances of a fix?

That made me max rolf 

[wildfruit]

hdtvs a couple of models old are so cheap now i would just recommend replacement
i mean you can get 42" 1080p tvs sub £300 these days

[ApolloBoy]

Definitely looks like the LCD is damaged, you're better off looking for a new TV.

[SignOfZeta]

Ah sorry, not LED, LCD.  So it's screwed to the point where you can't open the back and look at the driver boards? I mean it's not like there's any damage to the liquid crystal... matrix?

Dude...there's a friggn hole in the screen.

[esteban]

As the Bard himself was oft to say:
"Whyest thou fixe that whiche ist clearly f*ckinge brokene?" — VVilhelm Shakespeare

[Tatsujin]

:FUBAR:

[TheClash603]

Have you tried to plug the hole with gum?

If that doesn't work, get a new TV.

I bought my 50 inch Westinghouse last black Friday for $350 and it looks every bit as good as my 52 inch Samsung I bought a few years earlier for $2,200.  TV prices are great now.

[NightWolve]

I bought my 50 inch Westinghouse last black Friday for $350

You know, I drove around several Targets for a Westinghouse like that which ended in complete failure... I didn't stand a friggin' chance. They were sold out within the first 15 minutes (I was told), so unless you were willing to sleep at the door of the store until it opened, you weren't getting one...

[roflmao]

Deals that crazy are hard to come by, but I have seen 47"-ish screens on slickdeals.com recently in the low $400s.  I agree that flatscreens are dirt cheap right now compared to what they were a couple of years ago. It seems TVs drop to near black Friday prices here in the states just as football season kicks off.  I don't know if that holds true on your side of the pond, though.

[TheClash603]

I bought my 50 inch Westinghouse last black Friday for $350

You know, I drove around several Targets for a Westinghouse like that which ended in complete failure... I didn't stand a friggin' chance. They were sold out within the first 15 minutes (I was told), so unless you were willing to sleep at the door of the store until it opened, you weren't getting one...

I remember getting to Target at 7, which is when I thought the store opened.  Instead the store opened at 8, so I was an hour early.  That extra hour is why I got the TV.  I didn't mind the short wait for the great deal!

[SmaMan]

Yikes! I remember when my cousins' big screen CRT TV got Wii-mote'd. Didn't look as bad as that. Looked more like a stain on the screen more than anything. Luckily they are THE MOST Craigslist savvy people in the world, so they grabbed a free huge flat screen in the next few days flat.

Since you seem to be testing the waters with a replacement, I'd say go with a Samsung. I've had a few in my time and they're great, pure and simple. Whatever you do though, DON'T get a Vizio. They're America's #1 brand for a reason; they're cheap as $#%*.