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Offline Meatwad

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LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« on: July 02, 2009, 09:33:30 PM »
Well crap.

Have a 26" Sanyo LCD television that just suddently got a pure white screen. Sound works just fine but just a pure bright white screen. I cant see any good discussions online about it but it makes it look like it just fried.

Is there anything I can do here to "reset" it or did it just become trash?
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009, 10:01:35 PM »
apparently their call center is in india where no one can speak proper english

"tech support will call you monday"  *click*

Called back and actually managed to get out of him that this is a fatal problem for these televisions and nothing else.

So looks like this cheap chinese POS sanyo lcd is nothing but overpriced garbage. Its still got 1 year under the manufacturer warranty so hopefully it can get repaired

Never buying anything sanyo again. Learned my lesson
« Last Edit: July 02, 2009, 10:04:27 PM by Meatwad »
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 10:40:40 PM »
Quote from: Meatwad on July 02, 2009, 10:01:35 PM
Never buying anything sanyo again. Learned my lesson

Sadly same could be said for alot of similar products.....

Hope you get it up and running....

Seriously.....fatal problem in under a year? Piss poor manufacturing!
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009, 10:58:22 PM »
Samsung LCD is the way to go.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2009, 11:07:12 PM »
Just started a new job at a home theatre place.

They are sayin that LED is the way to go.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2009, 11:23:16 PM »
Did some more looking online, and it seems that this problem is very common with sanyo junk. Looks like some start about 5 months in to a year after purchase. Bought this tv last year on July 4th 2008, so that puts it almost exactly a year of use before it shot craps.

Another interesting note is that in the manual, it gives it a 1 year "no questions" guarantee of parts and workmanship. Monday would be July 6th which would be two days after the 1 year guarantee is up. Wonder if they will honor it since the problem was reported on the 2nd. If not, then its no wonder why apu wouldnt let me talk to a tech friday the 3rd.


I have a sinking feeling that I am getting screwed somehow
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2009, 03:03:29 AM »
Sharp and Sanyo are both labels I've always kept VERY clear from.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2009, 06:54:24 AM »
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.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2009, 07:48:49 AM »
Quote from: 1Boner on July 02, 2009, 11:07:12 PM
Just started a new job at a home theatre place.

They are sayin that LED is the way to go.

Yep, I have the 55" Samsung LED(7000 series) in my showroom right next to the 60" Pioneer Elite Signature Series Plasma(PRO-141FD), and there is no comparison...the LED blows it away at half the price. That TV is going to force me to upgrade the plasma's at the house...dam that TV!
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2009, 10:55:17 AM »
I watch tv maybe 30 minutes a day just before I fall asleep on the sofa..
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2009, 04:45:25 PM »
Quote from: Meatwad on July 02, 2009, 11:23:16 PM
Did some more looking online, and it seems that this problem is very common with sanyo junk. Looks like some start about 5 months in to a year after purchase. Bought this tv last year on July 4th 2008, so that puts it almost exactly a year of use before it shot craps.

Another interesting note is that in the manual, it gives it a 1 year "no questions" guarantee of parts and workmanship. Monday would be July 6th which would be two days after the 1 year guarantee is up. Wonder if they will honor it since the problem was reported on the 2nd. If not, then its no wonder why apu wouldnt let me talk to a tech friday the 3rd.


I have a sinking feeling that I am getting screwed somehow

I would also report it online at their website.
That way there can be no denying the dates.

http://us.sanyo.com/Services-Customer-Support
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2009, 04:50:23 PM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on July 03, 2009, 10:55:17 AM
I watch tv maybe 30 minutes a day just before I fall asleep on the sofa..
heres a cookie!

I have a Lg right now, but been looking at the samsungs for awhile. And yes Dell has a problem with non speaking english IT support also.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2009, 05:49:17 PM »
No experience with sanyo lcd but i have a sanyo 24" CRT that is pushing 20 years old. It outlasted my 10 yr old sony 36" trinitron that I paid a grand for less than 10 years ago. I replaced that with a RCA 40" lcd yesterday.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2009, 06:31:24 PM »
Take it back to where you bought it from today, not Monday.
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Re: LCD televisions and the evil white screen
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2009, 06:35:14 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on July 03, 2009, 06:31:24 PM
Take it back to where you bought it from today, not Monday.

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