Sony NSX-32GT1 broken front cover leads to Samsung Google TV

I recently acquired a brand new Sony NSX-32GT1 web TV with Google TV, which is pretty much a 32'' workstation at 1080p. It's way cool!

I got it cheap because its front cover was cracked, but, oddly enough, the display behind it was intact.

I didn't make a picture of the TV while it was assembled, but got a picture of the front cover once I took it off:

After being unable to find a replacement front cover for under $250 (which of course did not make any sense) what else could I do than what I did?

Here's what I did:

This is not a Photoshop at work here.

I took a 32'' Samsung LCD with broken display (you can find those easily on Craigslist) and just moved the Sony into it.

It needed a little rework and , in all fairness, it's not complete.

For one, the Sony had only two buttons on it - the power and the remote sync button (similar to the Sync button on the Wii consoles) while the Samsung had all the standard buttons for menu, channel, volume etc.

So there was a little and simple patchwork mapping two of the original buttons - POWER and MENU - to do what the two buttons on the Sony did.

Sorry I didn't take pictures of the inside, I was just too excited doing it :-)

And second, the Sony has another panel with inputs, below the first one, as well as a side panel. Those feature another two HDMI inputs, USB inputs, LAN socket and earphones plug.

All those are currently still under the cover as frankly, I figured the main and coolest use of this TV is the built-in wireless Internet card ,so you don't really need to run a LAN cable to it.

Anyway, that's how it is.

I'll update here the Samsung model that I used for the job...as not every 32'' LCD TV will do...I tried a few others before finding this.

By the way, now the LCD is looking *directly* the open air where before it was behind the ultra-cool front cover, yet another optical surface anyway.

It's simply looks even better now, although unprotected.

I think it's cool.

From the mailbox - no edits and no refunds!

If that blog was more advanced I'd have that as a thread and allow others to chime in.

I'll just post some of the requests and correspondences we have (if any), without any changes.

Some will be funny, some will be angry, some may even be rude.

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Date: 28 May 2011
Subject: Y-sustain LJ92-01200A / LJ41-02759A REPAIR SERVICE

 hi I have a tv using this board I bought the lower buffer off an ebayer and it was shorted and blew my y sus board. I basically destroyed the board i got from him . I have an upper buffer that is bad and 2 yus boards one is pulling the power supply down the other runs but when the upper buffer is plugged in the screen flashes every second before that lower buffer i tryed and was shorted i got lines on top half with no lower buffer installed, if i sent you the upper buffer and both logic boards how much would it cost me for a new set of y sus and both upper and lower buffer boards. this tv had a bad lower buffer and i took the ysus for another tv. I bought a replacement that worked unill i got the bad lower buffer I have 2 y sus boards and one upper buffer that is bad but not shorted. thanks Erik

CTVR: ... ?

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Date: 28 Mar 2011
Subject: 1032298-HS YSUS BOARD HP PL4260N REPAIR SERVICE

Dear coppelltvrepair,

LGEPDP 051124............. MODEL:42V8&X3................. BOARD:YSUS............ PART NO:6870QYH005B ......... LOC:2XXX........... BOARD SIZE:285X194..... ICAN'T SEE THOSE 'CAUSE THE STICKER? IS FOR A PLASMA TV HP. ONE MORE QUESTION, IT'S WORKING THIS ITEM? THANK YOU

- camiloherevia1983

CTVR: Whatever he or she wants we decided wouldn't be able to provide it.

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Date: 11 May 2011
Dear coppelltvrepair,

is i am buy this item or do send you this item

- jassnyder197979

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