And yes bead sealer is used all the time in the UK by tyre dealers. It is a can of gunge that they brush around the rim before fitting the tyre.

-that's one of the politest descriptions I've heard for it ;-)

They use it here in the States also. At least in all the places Ive had my tires changed.

Edit- And I always spend the few bucks extra to get new valves and stems too.

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And yes bead sealer is used all the time in the UK by tyre dealers. It is a can of gunge that they brush around the rim before fitting the tyre.

-that's one of the politest descriptions I've heard for it ;-)

They use it here in the States also. At least in all the places Ive had my tires changed.

Edit- And I always spend the few bucks extra to get new valves and stems too.

I called, I was told depending on the material in the valve stem, this would be $10-$12, so this will be fixed in January 2018.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Three HDM inputs - OK, so what are you intending to plug in... PC, X-Box, ?????? (not forgetting that there are HDMI splitters and combiners (switches) available at sensible prices)

Well it took just a few seconds to find that the working TCL has a maximum energy consumption of 130W, whereas Samsung don't publish anything other than the standby power for the broken one.
Given the apparent design of the two are so similar (based on the pictures you have already posted) I would be very surprised if the broken Samsung is significantly different to the working TCL.

TCL
Direct LED
3 HDMI
1 USB

Samsung
Edge Lit LED
4 HDMI
3 USB

I found or rather I had ebay do a search for a main board for a BN94-04358P and one for a BN94-04358G, the P search came back with a hit, there is one for $99.99 w/FREE shipping, and that includes a Best Offer too, I've got $3.64 in ebay bucks, plus a Best Offer of $90.00 and I'd have the TV fixed.

I do know of another main board that is available, it's a BN94-05038G, 2 are available for $114.00 w/FREE shipping, and yes Best Offer too, also the BN94-05038G is available on Amazon for $129.95+4.99 shipping, total cost $134.44.

I did find a BN94-04358P on Amazon, but at just over $300.00, I'm not interested.

The reason the last two boards didn't make the Samsung work, is cause they(BN94-04358C) is for a UN46D TV, Samsung only lists 3 main boards for the UN55D6050TFXZA, BN94-04358G, BN94-04358P, and the BN94-05038G, the seller listed the last two boards(BN94-04358C) as being compatible with the UN55D6050, which clearly is not the case.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

And I always spend the few bucks extra to get new valves and stems too.

Makes sense.

Agreed.

Though with one caveat, I can do the left front for sure in January, the other 3 in February most likely, and the Spare already has a new Valve Stem installed.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

One BN94-05038G main board on ebay, has been sold, hopefully the BN94-04358P will be there in January, or at least later this month.

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I found a nice place, it has a low HOA fee of $55 a month, it's 1200sqft, it's move in ready, though I'd have to get 2 or 3 throw rugs, I know this probably won't be around for long, but there will be a place in the area, so I'm not worried. And except for the fences on 2 sides that need replacing or paint if the other owners don't want a white plastic fence, and the car port needing to be a garage, it's nearly perfect, and yes the land goes with the home. This is in Pomona CA, not far from My relatives, and the home is on a permanent foundation too.
$214,900.00, My relatives house went for $380,000.00 by comparison, and was not quite so nice.

I'm amazed at the price for valve stems in the US - here in the UK the "plain" ones are so cheap they don't bother billing them when fitting tyres, which probably means less than a quid in the sort of quid a throw. Obviously if you want any of the fancy ones (metal stems, or pretty colours etc.) then they are a few quid more.

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Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

And when you bought the last (incorrect) main board you were assured that it would work with your TV, and several folks told you to check with the manufacturer first....
Since you've found a USB hub for about $5, and only appear to need two or three HDMI inputs why not give up on that Samsung and just be content with the TCL you've got that works and save yourself money, sweat, time and the hassle of swapping the board yet again?

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I'm amazed at the price for valve stems in the US - here in the UK the "plain" ones are so cheap they don't bother billing them when fitting tyres, which probably means less than a quid in the sort of quid a throw. Obviously if you want any of the fancy ones (metal stems, or pretty colours etc.) then they are a few quid more.

The Valve Stem includes labor for the install, I could buy 4 for $1.00, but who would install them?

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

And when you bought the last (incorrect) main board you were assured that it would work with your TV, and several folks told you to check with the manufacturer first....
Since you've found a USB hub for about $5, and only appear to need two or three HDMI inputs why not give up on that Samsung and just be content with the TCL you've got that works and save yourself money, sweat, time and the hassle of swapping the board yet again?

The usb hub is for a laptop here, it has 2 ports, 1 of which is full, which is why I've done nothing besides leave it plugged in to power.

Why bother with the Samsung TV?

Well this time I do know what I'm after, if the seller sells Me a board that is not as described, I can get a refund, I'm covered, or I can get one from Amazon, where the seller is paid only after the buyer leaves feedback, Amazon also has a similar policy to ebay on not as described, though $130.44 is more than maybe $90.00 or so. Plus I don't want to junk a TV where I put in a new internal cable and a psu board, plus time and painful effort.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I managed to get a box for the aquarium filter out, it's a rather large box, for a large Reaction 4 aquarium canister filter, only to reveal more aquarium items on the top shelf, now that the box that has the gravel is out of the bedroom, I can now move enough boxes to get at that top shelf location, I could barely reach the filter box, as it was in front, I just don't have enough storage here, ugh. But I'm making progress.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

The place I use doesn't charge for balancing tires if you get a new one there.

In over 50 years of car ownership I cannot think of one place in the UK, Germany, Italy or Cyprus where new valves etc. and wheel balancing hasn't been done free.In free I mean no extra charge above the price of the tyre(s).
I don't know about the US as the cars I used there were all hired by my employer.

I'm amazed at the price for valve stems in the US - here in the UK the "plain" ones are so cheap they don't bother billing them when fitting tyres,

At the price they charge for tyres they can afford to chuck in a free valve, and they buy them in boxes of 100 or so I expect. I still think they should chuck in free balancing with a new tyre.

I bought the tires online for about $44-48 each, the 4 Sentury 185/60x15 tires on the car are all made for Discount Tire Warehouse, I've been told the ride is smooth, so the place that did the mounting and balancing is not obligated to replace something like that, just mounting and balancing. The full size spare has a New rim that had no valve stem installed, so of course they installed one, along with the tire itself.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I buy all season tires, why?

Where I drive at, there is rarely any snow.

People I learned were having problems with Nankang tires, I then had one blow out, so I got rid of the last 3 and I had to replace the spare, which was not fixable.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

In the area Vic lives "all season" tyres is probably a good choice, although he would probably be OK on "summer" tyres.
Many "all season" tyre are just a tread pattern change on the "summer", with a bit better water clearance, some manufacturers however do change the compound. Winter tyres use a different rubber compound which still remains flexible at low temperatures (less than about 4C road surface) as well as a tread pattern designed to shift water and slush out of the way. The winter compounds are more expensive than the others, and don't like higher road surface temperatures (say above about 25C) - hence in parts of mainland Europe people have two sets of tyres, one for "summer" and a winter set that goes onto the car in about October and comes off in March. The difference between "summer" and "winter" tyres is quite spectacular - a friend has a TVR and in the summer runs Dunlop Blue Spots which give truly spectacular grip even in the wet until the road surface temperatures get into single figures or less whereupon "seeing where you've come from" happens; swap to the winter tyres (Vredestein Snowtrac 5s) and the grip comes back, and the TVR is very drivable on icy roads (even when walking on the stuff is difficult!). BUT, and this is a BIG BUT - neither set of tyres is exact a cheap option, so I wouldn't suggest Vic went down that route!

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

We get intense down pours from Thunderstorms, so I'd rather stay with all season, which works, so why fix what is not broken?

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

In over 50 years of car ownership I cannot think of one place in the UK, Germany, Italy or Cyprus where new valves etc. and wheel balancing hasn't been done free.In free I mean no extra charge above the price of the tyre(s).
I don't know about the US as the cars I used there were all hired by my employer.

Not sure where you got this idea from.
In germany you get charged.
In most places the price is just included thats all.
I just bought 4 tyres for my V6 Mondeo last week.
I paid €65 per tyre plus €12,50 for balancing.
Not a bad price i would say.

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Pretty fair deal there I would agree Mike.

I always check the price on the internet and tell my local dealer what i pay for the tyres.
Then he just add the fees and gives me the total amount.
And i got premium tyres, Continental Premium Contact 205/55/16W.
Last 6 years i`m very happy this way.
Other stores just tell you the total price when you ask for tyres.

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During last year's frantic hunt for tyres I used the internet and phone to see who had stock of the size I was looking for (with three punctures I needed them NOW). I was amased at the way different places quote prices, some would include balancing, others it would added on, some included tax, others CBA to work it out on the phone (or even on their website), all but one place said "middle of next week at the earliest". In the end a small independent had the right tyres in and quoted a sensible all-in price. A price which was less than some quoted for the tyres without fitting, valves, balancing or tax... It certainly pays to shop around!

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?