plasma/flat screen tv's and extended warranties

[rnch]

had a long chat with the mitsubishi technician this am...warranty work needed on my big screen.

he advised me to buy the longest extended warranty available on ANY brand of plasma or flat front tv; saying he had yet to see one last much longer than 2 years without needing work.

thought i would pass it on, for whatever value ya'll put on it.

 

[GUARDIAN]

what about lcd's? any info on those?

 

[puddlemonkey]

tube tv > all

 

[digimon7068]

what about lcd's? any info on those?

bump. . .i'm buying a 37-incher for the familyroom the weekend after tax season ends. . .

 

[puddlemonkey]

bump. . .i'm buying a 37-incher for the familyroom the weekend after tax season ends. . .

If you need help with your taxes let me know.

 

[cindylou]

I learned the hard way. this is good advice

 

[digimon7068]

If you need help with your taxes let me know.

i still have 3 multi-state corporate returns to do. . .wanna give me a hand buddy??

 

[puddlemonkey]

i still have 3 multi-state corporate returns to do. . .wanna give me a hand buddy??

I'd love to, I'm pretty good at licking the stamps.

 

[vixensghost]

We just bought a Sony Bravia. It only cost us 200 clams( if I recall) to get a two year extended warranty.

Sorry, I would NOT want to have to take that TV down IF we ever had problems with it. It's soooo much easier to have someone come to our home and fix it. Hubby hid all the wires in the wall too. I told him if we got one, I better NOT see any damn wires running up the walls- looks tacky.

BUY THE WARRANTY!

 

[Razorguns]

i bought the warranty. what's an extra $2-300? Any problems - my dad can just call and bitch and have them fix it. As opposed to going through the yellow pages, and trying to find whatever Chinese repair shop can come and fix it. Wind up charging just as much as the warranty anyways.

My computer, monitor, hd camera, lcd tv, etc. all have warranties. Nice piece of mind.

Cost too much? Increase your earnings.

r

 

[rnch]

tube tv > all

true! a tube set will last 15, 20 years.

not NOW.

 

[the_alcatraz]

what about lcd's? any info on those?

That's the business I'm in. What do you need to know?

 

[GUARDIAN]

That's the business I'm in. What do you need to know?

should we get the extended warranties on them?

 

[the_alcatraz]

should we get the extended warranties on them?

Yes. Especially if you're buying plasmas. If you keep a plasma on for an entire day or two, a "burn-in" will take place. The last image frozen on the tv will be always imprinted on the plasma, i.e. if you have the playstation hooked on it, and pause the game, you leave the house and come back, the image will always be imprinted on your plasma.

All phosphor based display systems, i.e. plasmas are susceptible to image retention also known as "ghosting, image shadowing, image burn in." This is due to physical properties of phosphor and how it reacts to light and electric impulse.

 

[puddlemonkey]

tube tv > all

Smart fuckin' monkey

 

[GUARDIAN]

too late now. we got 2 35"+ LCD's one year ago and the other 2.5 years ago. no problems with either (knock on wood). i dont care for the plasmas much. i prefer the lcd.

Yes. Especially if you're buying plasmas. If you keep a plasma on for an entire day or two, a "burn-in" will take place. The last image frozen on the tv will be always imprinted on the plasma, i.e. if you have the playstation hooked on it, and pause the game, you leave the house and come back, the image will always be imprinted on your plasma.

All phosphor based display systems, i.e. plasmas are susceptible to image retention also known as "ghosting, image shadowing, image burn in." This is due to physical properties of phosphor and how it reacts to light and electric impulse.

 

[the_alcatraz]

too late now. we got 2 35"+ LCD's one year ago and the other 2.5 years ago. no problems with either (knock on wood). i dont care for the plasmas much. i prefer the lcd.

you won't have burn-in prbs with LCDs.

Do you get HDMI signal? Is it 1080p enabled?
What kind of LCDs do you have?

 

[GUARDIAN]

you won't have burn-in prbs with LCDs.

Do you get HDMI signal? yes Is it 1080p enabled? NO
What kind of LCDs do you have? dell and the other is insignia??? it was best buy's brand that they carry but it was made for them by phillips or sony.

^^^^^^^

 

[the_alcatraz]

^^^^^^^

For next time, here are the best LCD brands out there:

NEC
Mitsubishi
Toshiba
LG <----it's not excellent, but it does the job.
Proton

The ones in bold are excellent.

The entire industry is moving towards 1080p. Everything else will become obsolete. Do you have 780p then? or 1080i?

 

[GUARDIAN]

1080i

For next time, here are the best LCD brands out there:

NEC
Mitsubishi
Toshiba
LG <----it's not excellent, but it does the job.
Proton

The ones in bold are excellent.

The entire industry is moving towards 1080p. Everything else will become obsolete. Do you have 780p then? or 1080i?

 

[puddlemonkey]

For next time, here are the best LCD brands out there:

NEC
Mitsubishi
Toshiba
LG <----it's not excellent, but it does the job.
Proton

The ones in bold are excellent.

The entire industry is moving towards 1080p. Everything else will become obsolete. Do you have 780p then? or 1080i?

Where you work knee grow?

 

[the_alcatraz]

1080i

the i in 1080i stands for interlaced. That means you only see part of the image. The p in 1080p stands for progressive; i.e the ability to see the entire image at the same time.

 

[Razorguns]

the i in 1080i stands for interlaced. That means you only see part of the image. The p in 1080p stands for progressive; i.e the ability to see the entire image at the same time.

?

i = interlaced. TWO FIELDS which gets merged into ONE FRAME.

It's stil 1,080 pixels.

You see the same image. Interlacing allows TV to have more 'LIVE, FLUID' action such as in sports, news, etc. Which is why TV looks 'different' than watching say a DVD film, which is shot in 24p. I think you get like 2.5x more detail, especially during action scenes. That's 60 samples per second.

Trust me, you do NOT want to watch Monday Night Football in true progressive format. It would be like watching football scenes in a movie or even Friday Night Lights!

hdhead.com for more info.

r

 

[puddlemonkey]

Mr. Hollywood is right.

 

[GUARDIAN]

nerd battle

 

[the_alcatraz]

?

i = interlaced. TWO FIELDS which gets merged into ONE FRAME.

It's stil 1,080 pixels.

You see the same image. Interlacing allows TV to have more 'LIVE, FLUID' action such as in sports, news, etc. Which is why TV looks 'different' than watching say a DVD film, which is shot in 24p. I think you get like 2.5x more detail, especially during action scenes. That's 60 samples per second.

Trust me, you do NOT want to watch Monday Night Football in true progressive format. It would be like watching football scenes in a movie or even Friday Night Lights!

hdhead.com for more info.

r

lol....interlaced technology is shit....it is becoming obsolete...it is whyi make my money every month. Everthing is moving towards progressive. You know u are a real piece of work. Do you argue just for the sake of arguing. So you just copy some thing off of google and expect us to be impressed. While you may have read this somewhere, it is what i do for a living.

 

[Razorguns]

lol....interlaced technology is shit....it is becoming obsolete...it is whyi make my money every month. Everthing is moving towards progressive. You know u are a real piece of work. Do you argue just for the sake of arguing. So you just copy some thing off of google and expect us to be impressed. While you may have read this somewhere, it is what i do for a living.

"interlaced is becoming obsolete"

0% intelligent comeback

100% just shittalking.

You clearly know shit about this world.

Yawn, hit reply and fight away, i'm going to eat an apple. It's not my job to educate you.

r

 

[the_alcatraz]

"interlaced is becoming obsolete"

0% intelligent comeback

100% just shittalking.

You clearly know shit about this world.

Yawn, hit reply and fight away, i'm going to eat an apple. It's not my job to educate you.

r

lol.....we'll see about that. Interlaced is becoming obsolete. Go eat ur apple. You should try to listen when someone tries to teach you something, you might learn.

 

[puddlemonkey]

I love Fuji apples.

 

[ceo]

I love Fuji apples.

red delicious are sweeter and better for you.

 

[King Jamez]

plasma's always burn out after two-four years of use, that's what they're known for

 

[ceo]

razorguns and alcatraz again:

 

[puddlemonkey]

red delicious are sweeter and better for you.

Better for you? Apples aren't the same? Those get too squishy and turn brown too fast (no racist).

 

[the_alcatraz]

plasma's always burn out after two-four years of use, that's what they're known for

plasmas have generally 11 yrs life on them.

they can burn out in a single weekend if u dnt knw how to preserve them.

 

[ceo]

they can burn out in a single weekend if u dnt knw how to preserve them.

So can I bro...so can I.