Extended warranties for electronics

[Dial_tone]

I'm about to buy a 46" tv and I'm thinking about getting a one year extended warranty, just to have the puppy serviced at home. It's $60 for one year; $90 for two.

What's the EF verdict on warranties for tv's? I always turn them down for computer stuff cuz I'm pretty savvy there.

 

[EnderJE]

Extended warranties are always bad. How often does your stuff break down?

 

[Dial_tone]

Not often but this is a big tv that will be shipped across town. If anything goes wrong paying to ship it back will probably cost $40 anyway.

 

[UA_Iron]

LCD or plasma?

I honestly dont think you'll need one man. LCD reliability is pretty good across all brands - a lot of the same sources are responsible for the internal components of all brands.

 

[chris302001]

90 bucks isnt too much for the peace of mind.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I got the extended warranty on my fleshlight.

 

[Six8]

buy the extended warrany and just before its up throw the fucker down some stairs and get a brand new one which will have a new manufacturers warranty good for a few months. simple scamming

 

[ConstantChange]

I bought a 50" Samsung plasma TV for around $1,800 a few years ago. It came with a one year warranty. About 20 months after I got it, the main board went out and it cost me $500 to fix.

I never buy the extended warranty, but if I buy another TV over about $1,500 I might consider it.

 

[Cardinal Slin]

I don't generally take extended warranties... Things always break down either as new and in the first year or after years of use by which time it has outlived its life and so much stuff on the market to buy anyway... If things break down in the first year, it's automatically covered...

Just my view

 

[silent says]

I always pay for the extended,usually 3 to 5 year.I have a Hitachi lcd and the lamp went out,350 to fix without warranty.They say the lamp usually goes at about 14 months.Well worth the 90 cash.
Silent

 

[ortiz34]

I paid 2300 for a 40inch sony bravia with motion flow(pwns every tv on the market)

I bought the warranty

 

[UA_Iron]

I always pay for the extended,usually 3 to 5 year.I have a Hitachi lcd and the lamp went out,350 to fix without warranty.They say the lamp usually goes at about 14 months.Well worth the 90 cash.
Silent

Some new DLPs have an LED light engine instead of the color wheel thing.

They are rated to run for 8 years, continuously.

Mitsubishi is coming out with a Laser DLP too, should be interesting to see.

 

[Dial_tone]

I have heard about DLP. Perhaps I'll buy a bigger tv for the living room when they are common. Right now this is just for the bedroom; a 46" SAMSUNG LN46A550 1080p LCD HDTV or maybe the LN46A650. That one has higher contrast, PiP and 120hz.

 

[UA_Iron]

I have heard about DLP. Perhaps I'll buy a bigger tv for the living room when they are common. Right now this is just for the bedroom; a 46" SAMSUNG LN46A550 1080p LCD HDTV.

Good choice on the samsung. The ex and I bought a 40" Samsung LCD. Picture was awesome.

Just a word of warning - the colors are almost "cartoon-like" with the factory settings.

Check out AVS forum for you model - people will post their settings which seem the most lifelike. I followed someone's advice and settings and the picture just blew me away.

 

[-Ariel-]

I'm about to buy a 46" tv and I'm thinking about getting a one year extended warranty, just to have the puppy serviced at home. It's $60 for one year; $90 for two.

What's the EF verdict on warranties for tv's? I always turn them down for computer stuff cuz I'm pretty savvy there.

Yeah get it... worth it. I mean like I didn't get the apple 259 extended plan, but thinking maybe I should.
For a TV, u definitely should get it.

 

[Arabian]

I never purhase them howver it may suit your needs.... good luck