gianmarco
Footballguy
Maybe I've been super lucky and also used surge protectors regularly, but so far I've never had anything really happen of importance.
This past Saturday we had an awful lightning storm and have had a few casualties.
1). Cable modem had an issue and was no longer working. Cable company has already replaced the modem, no big deal.
2) DirecTV bridge for genies got hit and no longer turns on. Replacement coming today. Again, no big deal.
3) Sound bar over main television got hit and also no longer turns on. Nothing I can do here.
4) Main TV where Sound Bar is and which connects via HDMI to DirecTV now has 3 of 5 HDMI ports that no longer work. Strange thing is that it was working the next morning and then went out. I've read that HDMIs are often the first ones to go. And unfortunately I picked up a new sound bar and it's not working with the ARC HDMI anymore.
Of course, the TV is now almost 3 years old and out of 2 year warranty. My question is this:
1) Anyone gone through this with a TV? Ever tried to get it repaired?
2) Both the TV and the sound bar were plugged into a surge protector. Has anyone ever tried to get the cost covered by the surge protector company? How did it go?
3) Any other things to do to prevent in the future since the surge protector didn't cut it (and it's newer, so should have been good).
This past Saturday we had an awful lightning storm and have had a few casualties.
1). Cable modem had an issue and was no longer working. Cable company has already replaced the modem, no big deal.
2) DirecTV bridge for genies got hit and no longer turns on. Replacement coming today. Again, no big deal.
3) Sound bar over main television got hit and also no longer turns on. Nothing I can do here.
4) Main TV where Sound Bar is and which connects via HDMI to DirecTV now has 3 of 5 HDMI ports that no longer work. Strange thing is that it was working the next morning and then went out. I've read that HDMIs are often the first ones to go. And unfortunately I picked up a new sound bar and it's not working with the ARC HDMI anymore.
Of course, the TV is now almost 3 years old and out of 2 year warranty. My question is this:
1) Anyone gone through this with a TV? Ever tried to get it repaired?
2) Both the TV and the sound bar were plugged into a surge protector. Has anyone ever tried to get the cost covered by the surge protector company? How did it go?
3) Any other things to do to prevent in the future since the surge protector didn't cut it (and it's newer, so should have been good).
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