Re: Re: [OT] Plasma broken :-(

[Ho Yin Ng <yahoogroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to say that I would be extremely peeved if I bought a Plasma and it=
=20
gave up the ghost after 3 years!

That is taking the Pi$$ a bit don't you think?

We still have a Sony CRT which after 10 years is still going strong.

Ho yin

At 10:08 16/03/2005, you wrote:


>Thought i'd share my findings after talking to NEC....
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>Well it's predictably not great. They can evaluate the unit for =A370-
>=A3300 depending on how it's delivered to them, but the killer is that
>if one of the multitude of PCBs needs replacing that could be around
>=A3500 a throw, and there's no guarantee only one is bust.
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>In fact, the tone of the service rep was one of "oh dear, you'd be
>better just buying a new one". Bugger.
>
>Not sure what to do, but it's not looking cheap....:-(
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>k
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>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Keith Finnett" <keith@f...>
wrote:
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> > It's now 3 years old but my NEC 42MP3 appears to be dying... The
> > image on the screen looks 'posterised' with colours all wrong
(for
> > example, white becomes pink and streaky, light colours are a
> > fetching shade of green, and there are fluorescent halos around
> > everything), and occasionaly the screen 'loses' the image and
>starts
> > buzzing. The picture returns, but with the image issues.
> >
> > I'm going to give NEC a call tomorrow (not under warranty) but I
> > suspect the cost of getting a service engineer to the screen plus
> > parts and labour will be expensive and i'm not convinced it's
>worth
> > it.
> >
> > Has anyone else had experience of plasma screens breaking in
terms
> > of costs, etc.. or does the issue I described sound familiar??
> >
> >
> > Looking forward, if it is to be replaced I want to make sure I
get
> > something that can cope with high-def material. I want a screen
of
> > around 42" in size. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > (a rather sad and despondent) Keith
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