Average lifespan of a TV is about 2 1/2 years...

[EightFingers]

...in Puna? Seems like that’s about all I can get before the picture dies.

Is that pretty much the norm?

Puna: Our roosters crow first

[TomK]

Mine lasted 10 years until just a couple of weeks ago when it finally gave up the ghost. The remotes were the ones that didn't last the distance. Think I've been through three or four of them.

[kander]

I think they have started building televisions to fail after a certain amount of time. This keeps the consumer a repeat customer. Many of us remember the old family tv that ran for 20+ years until it was replaced. They ran hot, they hogged power and still they just worked for years.
it seems 2 or 3 years is the lifespan.

[leilanidude]

I have a Sony 55" plasma that is now 7 years old and it lived through the eruption's gas attack. The remote was toasted though. The 50" Vizio is 5 years old. Same fate with its remote.

[MarkP]

I have a Toshiba flat screen that is about 5 years old.

WRT old energy hogs lasting forever, I bet they kept themselves dry internally. Too much heat bad. Some heat good. No heat bad again.

[birdmove]

The Toshiba 42" was well used when we bought the house it came with . That'll be eight years ago in September now. since we moved in. Bought the place about a year and half before that. Shows no sign of going out yet.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[kalakoa]

I cover all my monitors when not in use. Prevents dust, condensation. Getting way more than 2-3 years.

[MarkD]

The old Sony Trinitons, 2 feet thick and heavy, used to last 15-plus years.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

I cover all my monitors when not in use. Prevents dust, condensation. Getting way more than 2-3 years.

Ditto

[terracore]

I've noticed that when I skip the extended warranty, the product dies within days of the manufacturer warranty expiration. If I buy the extended warranty, the product lasts at least that long. I'm sure there is an applicable conspiracy theory about internal kill switches, etc.

I've posted this before, but products are actually now built not to last:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence