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Leonard,
I would interested in hearing your opinion on Panasonic. We are still
enjoying the reliability of our 11+ year old Panasonic CRT TV and have a
Hitachi 43 inch that just failed and is in process of being repaired. This
recent failure, and other smaller issues with the Hitachi has "empowered" my
wife to comment that maybe a newer TV would be order for the family room,
her only comment being lets find one that works as well as the old Panasonic
in the bedroom (the implication here being buy a Panasonic). 11 years is a
lot years and having no experience with Panasonic service in that time I
would like to hear your thoughts.
"Leonard Caillouet" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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> These are the 4 brands that I usually recommend that people consider.
From
> a service perspective they are similar overall. There sill be performance
> and service differences within brands as well. Hitachi has the advantage
of
> having open and free service support to any legitimate service shop,
making
> it more likely to find shops that can effectively service the sets in many
> markets. Sony has excellent service support for ASCs. Mitsubishi is
easily
> the most consumer friendly company in terms of covering exceptional
> situations beyond the warranty period and has good support for ASCs.
> Toshiba probably has the weakest service support of the group and has had
> more parts backorders than others in recent years, IME. Toshiba also at
one
> time had open service support to all shops but pulled this in favor of
only
> offering it to ASCs and NESDA members. In the Toshiba and Hitachi lines
> there has typically been difference in performance and overall quality
> between the low and high end products.
>
> Personally, my favorites are the Mitsubishi products, considering all of
the
> factors.
>
> Ultimately, I would decide based on the dealers and servicers in your
area.
> Best choice is a self servicing dealer with experienced techs who you can
> negotiate to have calibrate the set as part of the deal and who can
service
> the product as an ASC. Next best is to know the local independent
servicers
> and buy the brand that is serviced by best, most experienced techs who are
> ASC for that brand.
>
> Do not bother with a service contract on one of these sets, but do get a
> good surge suppressor that protects the a.c. and ALL lines into the system
> such as satellite, cable, phone, etc. and verify the integrity of the
> grounds on your a.c. service and all incoming lines. If you are in an
area
> with stable power and little lightning you might skip the surge
suppressor.
>
> Leonard
>
> "Jon Kubis" <kubisj@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:789a2139.0410042017.9cfb090@posting.google.com...
> > Been out looking for a few weeks at hdtv's and this one for the money
> > and class looks to be the best tv I have seen. But being kinda new to
> > the scene looking for suggestions or downfalls before I go out and
> > purchase it. I've looked at the sony's, mitsubishi's and some of the
> > toshiba's and read alot of reviews and like the things I am hearing
> > about the hitachi.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon Kubis
> >
> > kubisj@stny.rr.com
>
>