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   Charlie+ to hubops@ccanoemail.com   
   Re: LG LED TV white spots   
   12 Jul 23 15:34:23   
   
   From: charlie@xxx.net   
      
   On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:51:12 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote as   
   underneath :   
      
   >On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:34:01 +0100, Charlie+  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:35:38 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote as   
   >>underneath :   
   >>   
   >>>Anyone with experience or helpful advice on this  -   
   >>> 2  ~ bright / white spots have appeared on the screen of our   
   >>>42 inch  LG  LED  TV   
   >>>   
   >>> LG  42LF5800   Sept. 2015   
   >>>   
   >>>Various google and  youtube searches  < as per usual >   
   >>>seem to lead into a rabbit hole of no return  ...   
   >>> .. from cold re-starts to software / firmware updates   
   >>>to  energy saving settings   
   >>>to  pulling it apart and re-attaching the lenses on the  LEDs ..   
   >>> I'm hoping to find a  best-guess  or diagnostic trick   
   >>>from someone who has   been-there-done-that  ..   
   >>>   John T.   
   >>   
   >>From experience a dark LED is much less noticible/ annoying than bright.   
   >>Apart from a new TV and assuming the bright LEDs are permanent and   
   >>unmoving - try blocking them out with the finest permanant marker you   
   >>can get.  You can always reverse out with some meths.. C+   
   >   
   >   
   >   Thanks for your reply.   
   >The white spots are ~  2 inches in diameter  and look   
   >like the   TVs in the youtube videos that have had the   
   >lenses / diffusers  fall off.   It would be nice to have a way   
   >to confirm this diagnosis  before  an attempt at  DIY repair.   
   >   
   >This video shows the guy tipping the  TV  side-to-side   
   >and listening for the lenses sliding around  -   
   >  I'll try that.   
   >   
   >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5s0KttNX0   
   >   
   >Any other tips or advice  from someone who has done this   
   > is appreciated.   
   >   John T.   
      
   Ahh Ok J T wrong answer completely! So its a mechanical fix not an LED   
   problem at all!  Sorry .. C+   
      
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