LCD televisions and the evil white screen

[crazyivan]

Cant.


After 90 days, they no longer accept returns on their junk. It has to be taken up with the manufacturer

Best Buy usually has a 1 year policy.

[rogwar]

I have a sinking feeling that I am getting screwed somehow

I hate that feeling. Almost like you want to draw a bubble bath, light some candles and put on some Kenny G.

[Soulyss]

I'm a Plasma man, but I have a small 19" Samsung LCD which is very good.  I'd highly recommend Samsung, though my 42" Plasma is a Panasonic (X series).  I would have done Samsung but they didn't have anything in the 40-42" range in Plasma, 1080p.  All their Plasmas are over 50" now basically.

Without a doubt plasma still blows LCD away for a quality picture for the money.  LCD is brighter but I find plasma to have more natural color reproduction, and waaaaay better black level detail.  If you really want a great looking set see if you can find a Panasonic Premiere series monitor on display somewhere.  We had the 65" in our showroom and it was simply amazing, it also cost $10,000 (at the time).  But it was still amazing.

[LePaul]

I couldn't find the LED TV model you mentioned but I did see this on cNet about the Sony OLED TV...

One of the most-common questions we get as CNET HDTV reviewers, after the overwhelming favorite "What HDTV should I buy?," is "What's the next big thing in HDTV?" Granted, we don't hear that question as often as we used to, perhaps because LCD, plasma, and microdisplay sets have become more commonplace--but we still hear it. A couple years back it seemed that the next big HDTV thing might be SED, a flat-panel technology backed by Toshiba and Canon that promised to surpass the picture quality of current panels, with better blacks, faster response times, and punchier colors. SED is basically D.E.A.D., but those same promises are now being made by OLED.

Sony's XEL-1 represents the first widely available OLED-based TV. OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode, and its benefits, according to the company, include improved contrast ratio, wider viewing angles, and better color reproduction. According to our tests on the Sony XEL-1, most of those claims have merit. Of course, this is an 11-inch TV for $2,500, and its 960x540 native resolution doesn't even qualify it as an HDTV, so its appeal as a product is limited to only the most profligate wastrels. Sony hasn't announced any plans to produce larger sizes in 2008, and we expect that bigger OLED sets, whether from Sony or another manufacturer--Panasonic, Hitachi, Samsung Electronics, at least, have made large investments in OLED--will cost a mint thanks to manufacturing difficulties and the usual high price of early-generation technology. Nevertheless, if the XEL-1 is any indication, OLED looks like the real (next big) thing.

[Soulyss]

Depending on what you want to use it for the 6000 series Samsung LED sets have the same engine as the 7000 series.  The 7000 series does add some network features that you don't see on the 6000 series.  So if that's something that you won't use you can get the 6000 series, have the same picture and save some dough.

[Die Hard]

Sounds like a test screen has inadvertently been activated. Call the manufacturer, it may be as simple as resetting the system.

[Meatwad]

Looks like it will go into the shop monday. Got a call saturday from one of their techs, given the symptoms he says that there is a ribbon cable around the video board that either has come unhooked or one of the leads has burned in two. Either way it still had 2 days left on the one year guarantee so it should be fixed free of charge. Said that is an easy fix and shouldnt take that long to get it back

[Die Hard]

Good for you

[OOZ662]

Sounds like a test screen has inadvertently been activated. Call the manufacturer, it may be as simple as resetting the system.

To me it sounds like the LCD died and the backlight is shining through full-force. That is so long as I'm correct in remembering LCD being color-subtractive.

EDIT: Reading the post after the one quoted, it seems I didn't need to post. Wooo...

[WilldCrd]

It's threads like this that remind me that it really is a GOOD idear to get the extended warranties on electronics...or anything else for that matter. I just hate dishing out extra $......im a cheap SOB lol.

As a side note ANYTIME you talk to a customer service rep for any company always write down the time/date and NAME of the rep and if possible get their location.
The locaton part is especially important if you have a verizon FIOS issue. we have alot of call centers and some are contractors, if you get the location and name of the person then later if you have a problem you can give the next "genius"  the info and it will save you ALOT of trouble and will usually get you some free stuff, just to make up for any added problems or aggrevation you were caused

[OOZ662]

It depends on the warranty, though. The extended one I got for my X52 from NewEgg had literally all coverage fine-printed out. It was worthless.

[68Wooley]

It's threads like this that remind me that it really is a GOOD idear to get the extended warranties on electronics...or anything else for that matter. I just hate dishing out extra $......im a cheap SOB lol.

Totally disagree. Extended warranties tend to enormously overpriced considering the risk being covered, particularly given that if its going to break, its most likely going to be in the first year when its still under manufacturers warranty.

If it doesn't break in the first year, the chances are it'll last its expected lifespan.