The Ponzzz
12-26-2007, 06:31 AM
So, as I posted before, my Plasma TV shit the bed after only being 6 weeks old. Ran into a ton of trouble with Bestbuy and repairs so I went directly to Panasonic and they replaced the display board with was $450 and labor of $150/h free of charge.
So after the TV was fixed, I couldn't help but notice this green spot that flashed constantly. It was a small spot, but was annoying enough. I had thought it was the digital box because I didn't notice it while watching DvDs or playing games. But after carefully staring, it was indeed the TV.
So I gave Panasonic a call and a guy came out the next day and he said what I feared, "It's a dead pixel and the entire panel would need to be replaced." Now that is the ONE part in both my 1 year warranty and my extended that was not covered in both Panasonic and Bestbuy. And I knew that Sony wouldn't replace a panel unless it had more than 7 dead pixels. Panasonic said they would put in for the replacement but the shot was slim to none in most cases.
Anyways, Panasonic pulled through and are replacing it for free! The guys at the repair place were telling me it cost about $1000 just for the part and would take quite a few hours to replace. At this point my TV has had more repairs than the TV worth. But they will be fixing it after the Holidays.
While I love the HDTV and I think the colors are so much more richer than the LCD, spending $3000 on a TV is a scaring thing when so much COULD go wrong that companies like bestbuy are even going to help (even after you spend $700 on their extended warranty). If I would have known all these problems, I would stuck with the ol'4:3 for awhile!
I had to rant!
So after the TV was fixed, I couldn't help but notice this green spot that flashed constantly. It was a small spot, but was annoying enough. I had thought it was the digital box because I didn't notice it while watching DvDs or playing games. But after carefully staring, it was indeed the TV.
So I gave Panasonic a call and a guy came out the next day and he said what I feared, "It's a dead pixel and the entire panel would need to be replaced." Now that is the ONE part in both my 1 year warranty and my extended that was not covered in both Panasonic and Bestbuy. And I knew that Sony wouldn't replace a panel unless it had more than 7 dead pixels. Panasonic said they would put in for the replacement but the shot was slim to none in most cases.
Anyways, Panasonic pulled through and are replacing it for free! The guys at the repair place were telling me it cost about $1000 just for the part and would take quite a few hours to replace. At this point my TV has had more repairs than the TV worth. But they will be fixing it after the Holidays.
While I love the HDTV and I think the colors are so much more richer than the LCD, spending $3000 on a TV is a scaring thing when so much COULD go wrong that companies like bestbuy are even going to help (even after you spend $700 on their extended warranty). If I would have known all these problems, I would stuck with the ol'4:3 for awhile!
I had to rant!