Don't you love how technology has a mind of its own, and decides to break at the least convenient moment? Okay, in this instance it hasn't exactly "broken" — not completely, anyway — but it has decided to start playing up just as I spent a bunch of money on new computer parts.
It's my TV. My TV is about 6 years old now — which apparently is the lifespan you can expect from tech these days — and I've always rather liked it, despite never, ever, ever using its "smart features". It's a 55-inch Samsung with an LED display, it does 1080p, it looks nice and it fits nicely in the space it has available.
It's also started displaying a dark, hazy stripe across the middle of the screen. It's not distorting or corrupting the picture or anything, it's just noticeably less bright than the rest of the screen. And once you're aware it's there, you can't help but keep noticing the damn thing.
It's not the end of the world or anything, and Andie is going to try replacing the internal ribbon cable to see if that helps matters, but chances are I'm going to have to pick up a new TV at some point soon. Thankfully, prices have come down considerably since I acquired this one; less thankfully, that still means at the very least £350 or so for an equivalent model to mine. Right after I have, as I say, spent about that much on new computer parts.
Oh well. At least Microsoft Flight Simulator runs nicely now.
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