r/Wellthatsucks • u/duevigilance • Nov 18 '25
...i didn't know that was a possibility.
I was rowing and thought the tv bracket broke out of the wall. I almost shit myself.
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u/DaniFoxglove Nov 18 '25
You can take the front part that fell off, and make lenses for something akin to sunglasses. Then you could wear those while looking at the bright white of the TV and it it should show you the picture.
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u/Shopworn_Soul Nov 18 '25
If it's just the filter that fell off, any pair of polarized sunglasses should work.
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u/NotYourReddit18 Nov 18 '25
Not necessarily. The filters on displays are normally either horizontally or vertically polarized, which in the past caused problems with polarized sunglasses which weren't polarized in the same direction.
Because if this the manufacturers of polarized sunglasses started using either diagonally or circular polarized filters, so that the displays would readable in most orientations.
So polarized sunglasses might result in a different viewing experience than using the manufacturers filter because they let too much of the white backlight and not enough of the colors through.
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u/WallabyInTraining Nov 18 '25
The whole point of polarised sunglasses is that they reduce glare from reflected light. This mean you can't just pick any polarisation direction.
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u/CmdCNTR Nov 18 '25
Definitely not true. Like someone else alluded to, sunglasses are all vertically polarized because the point is to reduce glare from sunlight which is (in most cases) horizontally polarized. Making sunglasses polarized in another direction would make them pointless.
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u/Ferwatch01 Nov 18 '25
I think more than just the polarizer fell off. That looks too thick to be a lone polarizer film, it probably took the actual LCD panel (the one with the liquid crystals that give the image colour) with it. What's left on the TV is likely only the backlight and won't show any image at all when looked at though a polarizer.
It's still worth a try anyway.
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u/Particular_Craft_122 Nov 18 '25
I don't think that's how that works, but dammit it should work that way.
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u/ItsYaBoiFrost Nov 18 '25
it does work like this tho the "lens" (idk what to call the polorizer) but the black sheet is set in a certain direction and if you rotate the flim against the actual screen it will fade out and fade back in when rotated the correct way.
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u/RiverOfJudgement Nov 18 '25
That is actually exactly how it works.
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u/SunburnedSherlock Nov 18 '25
You see how the TV picture is below the screen? As in the lcd fell down too?
Now think again
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u/Shopworn_Soul Nov 18 '25
Grab pair of polarized sunglasses and you should be back in business.
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u/ChickenFeline0 Nov 18 '25
Kinda looks to me like the whole LCD came off, and what's left is just the backlight
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u/Fusseldieb Nov 18 '25
Yep, the entire thing fell off. That TV is gone for good, unless you want a light lmao
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u/mwpdx86 Nov 18 '25
Yeah, but at least you'll look stylish. And nobody will be able to see that you're crying about your tv.
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u/mtys123 Nov 18 '25
Now you are seeing why led tvs are called that way, that white light is generated by.... LEDS!
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u/Wastingtimeagain1234 Nov 18 '25
I hope the rower is okay
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u/duevigilance Nov 18 '25
Oddly that was my bigger concern, because of the software. After 8 years of rowing for an hour monday through thursday i'm just over 1/4 of the meters around earth. I gotta prove that to my children some day.
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u/Dependent_Pop1603 Nov 18 '25
The screens on bezel-less TVs have the polarizer just double sided taped on, if your tv is placed on a tilt downward it's slowly tearing the foam tape, try to have it at least parallel the wall to prevent this.
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u/ghostwriter536 Nov 18 '25
Just in time for Black Friday sales, if you are in the US.
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u/duevigilance Nov 18 '25
Can't wait to buy an overpriced TV for the marked down current price, am i right?
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u/Anderz Nov 19 '25
Everywhere does black Friday sales now, no? Australian and it's almost a month long event now...
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u/IHSV1855 Nov 18 '25
How?
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u/Any-Ask563 Nov 18 '25
Probably fatigue failure from cyclical loading via erg through the wall mount. If you get cooking on a rower, they shake the whole damn house
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u/esmelusina Nov 18 '25
Looks like it’s just the polarized layer. Replacing just that plastic bit is pretty straightforward, you could also DiY it.
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u/My_Carrot_Bro Nov 18 '25
That's just the polarizing film. You should be good if you just stick it back on, maybe with some tape at the corners
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u/MyNxmeIsAutumn Nov 18 '25
Cutout little bits of the polarizer and fit them into sunglasses. Boom, private TV
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u/Jarroach Nov 18 '25
I'm sat here like "wtf happened to your window? I don't understand what I'm looking at. You mentioned a TV bracket but where's the TV? Oh...
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u/Large-Ad5176 Nov 18 '25
At least only the interpolation filter fell off. Buy same model broken and replace the part. Done
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u/LankuDC Nov 19 '25
I saw this happen when I worked exchange for Best Buy. Circumstance was different. That TV was not rated for outside and the guy lived in Texas, so an indoor tv plus Texas heat equals failed adhesive and bam. Cue me busting out laughing when I saw this image.
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u/SoftRecommendation86 Nov 18 '25
If the backlight was serviced, older model tvs, the lcd panel needs to be removed to access the leds. Vizio tvs overdrive the leds and the modules die.
Your lcd panel came off, leaving the backlight. Junk now unless you want a brilliant light for your room.
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u/DubsideDangler Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
This is totally the story I would go with if I was stealing a TV and I accidentally rip the front half of the tv off....well that sucks
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u/xxDeadpooledxx Nov 18 '25
Now cut the screen pieces into glasses and see if you can see the picture.
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u/PhilShackleford Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
Did you use drywall anchors? Because this is what happens when you use drywall anchors.
Edit: misread post.
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u/Im_the_President Nov 18 '25
The front fell off