Can the sun damage my tv?

by Aggressive_TK

Hello friends

In my flat, the sun shines directly on the screen of my TV through a window for about 1-2 hours in the evening. The window is always closed, but I am wondering if this could have consequences for the screen.

Does anyone know that?

EndKarensNOW

It can damage literally everything.

miratoe

Get a uv film for the window to help curve the damage it's gonna do to your TV.

rooser1111

Yes

bkk-bos

A friend had a Sony Bravia 50" bought about 12 years ago. He had floor to ceiling windows and the TV would get full-on sun for about 2 hours in the afternoon for a significant part of the year. About 6 years in, the plastic coating on the display started shrinking, thus forming long longitudinal ridges and cracks. Took about a year to become unwatchable.

41Perfect_Purr_Scent

yeah uv can damage the screen over time

FlavoredButtHair

Put up a blackout curtain or construction paper over the window.

jerrame1

Great question I often wandered this my self because I just got a tv given to me and it sits on my dresser in my bedroom where the light from the sun comes out but it’s not direct sunlight and I was thinking the same thing so I think I’m going to get black out curtains

AfroHandsomeBoy

yeah she can damage the screen over time

cheddarbob-snob

I had a Hisense TV back towards a window. A friend told me to move it as his had stopped working due to the sun hitting the back of the tv. That did not make sense to me , I did not see the logic. It was not long after that my tv stopped working. Luckily i had paid for extended warranty and they replaces.it.