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Samsung flat screen TV’s

I have purchased 3 large flat screens since 2012 and all of them have died after 3 to 5 years. The last one yesterday, a curved 52inch HD 4K.
The first one began to have serious color aberrations, the second one was strange and turned off and on non-stop. The third (curved) went black, unable to bring up menu, cable fine, sound fine.

Anyone else experience this? Is there a better brand? Bought a Vizio a few years ago which had a beautiful picture but was as fragile as crystal.
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recluse OP
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After the first two Samsung’s that died, we went with a Phillips. So far so good for 2 years now.

As I mentioned, the 3rd Samsung went to black screen. Tried different ports. Unable to bring up source or menu screen. Terrible lifespan :-(

Of note, this may just be an issue with the now popular flat screen. We have an older trusty Samsung spo1 that is 3 to 4 inches thick from a decade ago that is still running strong.
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One of the two HDMI ports on my Sharp 55" failed after a year or so use! This is fixable - and apparently a common problem! At least I still have one port still usable!
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