2 lists?

I only put up 1 link, supposedly to 1 list, with 47 items, weird.

That's a good point, I don't know why on My end it shows as one.

That's the issue - you have your "wish list" items and your "life essentials" mixed into one list, splitting them would show folks into the two lists would help people understand.

I was thinking more along the lines of imperfections, the rims have some mileage, like just over 100,000 miles.

Only 100,000 miles???? As I said, when putting a tyre on a rim it is almost impossible not to check that the rim is "good enough" to seat a tyre properly - because of the sort of use (abuse) my tyres get I always ask for "bead sealer" to be applied to give that little bit extra when I "air down" to below 10psi to get out of deep mud.....

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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 ;-)

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i always thought that was some type of lubricant

Two gungy stuffs are available - a sealant and a lubricant, neither is pleasant, but the sealant is the worst. by a long way.

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...that all depends on where you get your tyres fitted

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we don't use tyres here

I found an absolutely NEW main board for the Samsung TV, actually for the UN55D6050TF I found 3, all directly from Samsung, the cost?

$240.52...

You'ld spend that much to maybe get the dead TV up so you can sell it to buy a ~ $200 GTX1060?

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Vic give it up, Walmart sells refurbished, with 1 year guarantee, 2017 models for $400 to $500.

Vic - if you are worried about having, or not having, a VGA input to your TV then there are far less expensive solutions than throwing money at a broken TV. There are some very good adaptors that will convert VGA to HDMI, or HDMI to VGA, or VGA to a-DMI, or a-DMI to to VGA - the most recent one I bout (HDMI out to VGA monitor) cost less than £20, say $25, and it worked straight out of the box (I also have on that goes the other way which likewise worked straight out of the box and cost about the same).

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Another thing to think about is that many of the the 10xx family of cards don't have a VGA or a-DMI output, only d-DMI and HDMI, so that negates the need for a VGA input on the TV, which saves you yet more money on that broken one that may have far more wrong with it than just (yet another) replacement main board.

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What inputs does your WORKING TV have?

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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