My TV went dead today....loved it...am pissed

[nmehta]

I bought my Sony FD Trinitron WEGA KV-32XBR400 32" TV in 2000 for about $1600 from CC with a 3 year extended warranty.

Today, I tried to turn the sucker on and it seems like the relays shuts power off. I hear clicks and about 5-8 blinks on the stand by light.

In summary the damm TV will not come on.

It needs service/repair. Sucker is heavy ...about 200 lbs. No warranty

Why can't we have warranty on items live we have on cars.....based on usuage.

What do u guys think I should do??????

 

[dbk]

First, I think you should figure out how much it's going to cost to fix the TV.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Go without one. I've done it for forever; it pains me to see people stare at those things for hours on end when they should be doing something useful.

 

[MX2]

Much talk of the behemoths as of late

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Go without one. I've done it for forever; it pains me to see people stare at those things for hours on end when they should be doing something useful.

Yeah, like the computer monitor

 

[bobsmith1492]

Originally posted by: MX2times
Much talk of the behemoths as of late

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Go without one. I've done it for forever; it pains me to see people stare at those things for hours on end when they should be doing something useful.

Yeah, like the computer monitor

Yup, exactly... d'oh! Ok, no more posting for me. Hey, at least you have to use your brain interactively on the computer (typing, browsing, etc.)

 

[redgtxdi]

Originally posted by: MX2times


Yeah, like the computer monitor

Pure pwnage!



To be honest, you have to think a lot watching game shows, mythbusters, whodunnit crime dramas, etc. etc.

TV rules!

 

[RagingBITCH]

You bought a Sony. Go figure.

 

[neutralizer]

BT ftw?

 

[nmehta]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
You bought a Sony. Go figure.

I loved my sony.........is there a better brand out there....anyone??

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: nmehta

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
You bought a Sony. Go figure.

I loved my sony.........is there a better brand out there....anyone??

I'm pretty happy with my Samsung TV.

 

[DukeN]

buy a new one, just not Sony.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: nmehta

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
You bought a Sony. Go figure.

I loved my sony.........is there a better brand out there....anyone??

for tube TVs, nope.

 

[Kadarin]

Heh.. Yesterday I gave away my old 36" XBR400 WEGA.

 

[whistleclient]

why would you give a broken tv to goodwill?

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: nmehta
I bought my Sony FD Trinitron WEGA KV-32XBR400 32" TV in 2000 for about $1600 from CC with a 3 year extended warranty.

Today, I tried to turn the sucker on and it seems like the relays shuts power off. I hear clicks and about 5-8 blinks on the stand by light.

In summary the damm TV will not come on.

It needs service/repair. Sucker is heavy ...about 200 lbs. No warranty

Why can't we have warranty on items live we have on cars.....based on usuage.

What do u guys think I should do??????

Alas the death of yet another excellent CRT. Our beasts that actually display black properly will soon be a thing of the past... *sniff sniff*

 

[BUTCH1]

Have an estimate done for the repair, if it's something simple (power supply cap.) it's
worth getting fixed/ If it's the flyback transformer your looking at 150-200 range.

 

[jdini76]

Originally posted by: nmehta


Why can't we have warranty on items live we have on cars.....based on usuage.

I have a feeling that if the warranty was based on usage that would have expired a long time ago.

 

[ForumMaster]

fix it. it doesn't sound really serious. my grandparents have this old B&O TV from 1990. they did recently fix the transformer but for a 16-17 year old TV, ths picture is great! plus it still looks really good.

 

[nmehta]

Originally posted by: tangent1138


why would you give a broken tv to goodwill?

I called goodwill and they said they will accept it.......people buy old TV's, repair them and sell it off at a used appliance store

 

[nmehta]

Originally posted by: jdini76

Originally posted by: nmehta


Why can't we have warranty on items live we have on cars.....based on usuage.

I have a feeling that if the warranty was based on usage that would have expired a long time ago.

Manufactures should warranty their quality for a while...look at Kia..100K mile warranty. Would be nice to have a 100K hrs warranty on TV's. so any math wizes out there.....how many hrs/minutes a day would that be

 

[dman]

I've had a Quasar 27" Set break on me a couple times now, about every 2-3yrs it seems. Cost me $100ish to get it fixed both times. Still has a nice picture and a replacement would have cost far more each time (it has PIP and some other features that entry level sets do not). Of course, I'd like to upgrade but sometimes it's worth it to just repair it. Odds are you'll get at least 2-3yrs more out of your set if you get it fixed.

 

[montypythizzle]

just got a new phillips this digital programming is nice... although since we dont have hd programming why would i want HD SD is fine for now as long as there is no fuzz i dont really give a ******...

 

[nmehta]

What do you guys recommend on a new TV..........LCD, Projection, Plasma........I am tilting more toward a plasma......let me know ur thoughts??? Also any ideas on Brand...is one better than the other. VIZIO got some good reviews in Consumer reports a while ago.

 

[0]

I repaired a TV with a similar problem. It was a simple diode on the power up circuit. Total cost == $0.15 + my time.

 

[nmehta]

Originally posted by: 0
I repaired a TV with a similar problem. It was a simple diode on the power up circuit. Total cost == $0.15 + my time.

wow this is great...I have a tech coming tommorow...will keep you posted