When or if your TV brakes do you throw it away and just buy another or fix it?

Knowing how much it costs to fix a TV, and how TV repairmen charge an arm and a leg for something that really isn't a big problem, I'd probably buy a new one. A person can get a non fancy, non HD television for a reasonable price. Of course nicer ones aren't as expensive as they used to be either. Of course I doubt you're looking for a 42 inch HD TV that hangs on the wall. lol

I have found that most things tend to be more expensive to fix then buying a new one, granted it may not be as good quality or as well made but prices of new televisions and other electrical appliances have dropped. I do fix my appliances myself when I can, sometimes it is something simple that can easily be done, if not I go look up both in the manual and more and more online to see if there is someone with a similar problem and hopefully find someone explaining if it can or not be fixed and how to do it. It is amazing what is available with a little research, I have fixed quite a few things this way. The other thing is if you realize that there is no way of fixing it seems less of a waste. Where I live there are various charities and institutions that recoil broken appliances to recycle. It really bothers me throwing things out but like this, with recycling not so much, and a charity gets something out of it.

I guess it depends what breaks on the t.v and how expensive it would be to repair. If buying a new t.v would be cheaper that getting it fixed i would probably buy a new one. Although it would be nice to be able to repair a t.v the labor does not usually cost anything compared to what some of the parts would cost but it would probably save you a couple bucks and you would also have bragging rights to say you fixed your own t.v.