Plasma Tv

[mickyw1]

Does anyone know anything about plasma tvs ?? Ive got a 42inch LG plasma its just developed red pin stripes down the screen .Its only 14 months old (2 months out of warrenty) Does it need re gassing or is it u/s Or does it need droping on the floor !! Please help cause xmas is comeing and at the moment the yellow brick road from the wizard of oz looks like its on a red route

[granby]

If i remember right don't consumer goods have a 5 year warranty but the manufacturers & retailers don't like you to know this, something to do with it being "fit for purpose" or something like that

I would try looking on the watchdog website to try and find more info

[yogi-]

Does anyone know anything about plasma tvs ?? Ive got a 42inch LG plasma its just developed red pin stripes down the screen .Its only 14 months old (2 months out of warrenty) Does it need re gassing or is it u/s Or does it need droping on the floor !! Please help cause xmas is comeing and at the moment the yellow brick road from the wizard of oz looks like its on a red route

Get a job that pays more and buy a new one

[mickyw1]

Get a job that pays more and buy a new one

If i had your money i would

[mickyw1]

If i remember right don't consumer goods have a 5 year warranty but the manufacturers & retailers don't like you to know this, something to do with it being "fit for purpose" or something like that

I would try looking on the watchdog website to try and find more info

Thanks Ian ive just had a quick look at that .

[baser999]

noticed that theres a member on the Scottish site, ed-209, who's a plasma screen engineer....might be useful letting him have a pm

[mickyw1]

noticed that theres a member on the Scottish site, ed-209, who's a plasma screen engineer....might be useful letting him have a pm

Thanks Baser

[ed-209]

Got your PM and PM back.

If i remember right don't consumer goods have a 5 year warranty but the manufacturers & retailers don't like you to know this, something to do with it being "fit for purpose" or something like that

I would try looking on the watchdog website to try and find more info

Yes you have a right to fit for the purpose but it's not a warranty only covers defects caused by manufacture. does not cover defects caused by wear an tear. You must remember it took 50years of development for normal glass TV to last for 10/15 years and in some cases more. Plasma and LCD are only at about year 10 of development so still have a long way to go to become really robust. most common ploblems are contast levels set above 75 results in screen burn and aging of screens. recommended setting for normal use is Contast: Max 75% Brightness: Max 66% Colour: 50% (personal pref as everyone sees colours slightly diffrent) Sharpness - for tv us recommend max 33% other wise picture looks blocky I set mine to 0 for normal tv use 20 for Sky HD stations and 30 for PC use.

Also remember plasmas and lcd's are static sensitive so take the same care as PC's. anti surge ect. and watch what you clean the screens with.

I have repaired Plasma out of warranty on behalf of the makers but most can be traced to non manucturing faults again not covered by fit for the purpose rules.

Hope that helps a little

Ed.

[granby]

Cheers for that, i'll have to check the settings on my plasma