Anyone else get that Plasma TV at Walmart ?

[The Moz 72]

Fock for 1K and 42 in I figured why focking not ! Wanted to get a plasma for the bedroom to hang and was going to spend like 2500 untill i found this sale

 

wonder if anyone else took advantage ?

[Rusty Syringes 479]

While you were waiting in an enormous Walmart line, I was pumping my plasma onto your wife's face.

[Guest Davaco]

i didnt get one, but it broke already

 

stupid tv

[mmmmm...beer 822]

The Sanyo 42 incher?

 

I've had it for hrm... 4 or 5 months now? Yah... I saw it was on sale. I got mine at a discount so it was 1300. I love it and have had absolutely no problems with it.

[Ilov80s 0]

Don't plasma televisions only have a life expectancy of 5 years? I've head DLP and LCD are the way to go.

[mmmmm...beer 822]

Don't plasma televisions only have a life expectancy of 5 years? I've head DLP and LCD are the way to go.

 

At the beginning I think... but now now so much.

 

They're into like the 3rd wave of plasma tech apparently... I remember reading up on it for several weeks before I bought... but now of course my brain hath dumped all that stuff.

[ILoveScratchTickets 0]

Don't plasma televisions only have a life expectancy of 5 years? I've head DLP and LCD are the way to go.

 

So what? Its a good excuse to buy a new TV in 5 years!

 

 

[kpbuckeye 3]

While you were waiting in an enormous Walmart line, I was pumping my plasma onto your wife's face.

 

 

its posts like this that have made this place go downhill. no wonder all the old regulars hang out at the sancuary.

[Big_Pete 0]

Plasma TV's have the longest life expectancy out of all the TV Technolgies. Roughly 60,000 hours (or 8 hours a day for 20 years). I believe tube tv's have like 45,000 hours, and DLP/LCD have roughly 50,000-60,000.

Naturally makers of the tv's do weigh heavily into this. Think about it for a second. Sony/Panasonic/Pioneer didn't wake up one day and say "hey, lets charge 5x more for our stuff than sanyo"... I've worked in high end electronic shops, and was poised to be the sony rep for the midwest (damn, I chose to open my own lingerie store istead ). So I can tell you with 100% confidence that top of the line manufacturers use better parts. Alot of these walmart specials and other store's $1000 plasma tv's are made with rejected.. yes, REJECTED parts from bigger companies such as Sony/Samsung/Pioneer etc... so basically you are buying rejected TV's.

And before wannabe know-it-alls chime in, there are more than 1-2 manufacurers of plasma screens. Almost all big companies make their own screens these days. Yes, 8 years ago they were made by mostly NEC etc... but these days, pretty much all major brands make their own! so yes, brand does matter!

good luck with your $1000 paper weight in about 2 years! (if it makes it that long)

[The Moz 72]

At the beginning I think... but now now so much.

 

They're into like the 3rd wave of plasma tech apparently... I remember reading up on it for several weeks before I bought... but now of course my brain hath dumped all that stuff.

 

they say it " might " go bad after 5 years . Well so " might " any other TV you buy as well.

 

I actually didn't buy the sayno it was somehting else -- it was like 980 dollars.

 

I got a 52 in in my family room this was just for the bedroom so greatest name brand wasn't really essential.

 

and actually there wasn't a line at least at the store in Portage ( NW IN ) I justb walked right up got that and a few mobile DVD players for the kiddies -- spent about 20 minutes on the way to office.

 

Plasma TV's have the longest life expectancy out of all the TV Technolgies. Roughly 60,000 hours (or 8 hours a day for 20 years). I believe tube tv's have like 45,000 hours, and DLP/LCD have roughly 50,000-60,000.

Naturally makers of the tv's do weigh heavily into this. Think about it for a second. Sony/Panasonic/Pioneer didn't wake up one day and say "hey, lets charge 5x more for our stuff than sanyo"... I've worked in high end electronic shops, and was poised to be the sony rep for the midwest (damn, I chose to open my own lingerie store istead ). So I can tell you with 100% confidence that top of the line manufacturers use better parts. Alot of these walmart specials and other store's $1000 plasma tv's are made with rejected.. yes, REJECTED parts from bigger companies such as Sony/Samsung/Pioneer etc... so basically you are buying rejected TV's.

And before wannabe know-it-alls chime in, there are more than 1-2 manufacurers of plasma screens. Almost all big companies make their own screens these days. Yes, 8 years ago they were made by mostly NEC etc... but these days, pretty much all major brands make their own! so yes, brand does matter!

good luck with your $1000 paper weight in about 2 years! (if it makes it that long)

If it works for 2 5 years great - by then the Sony Plasma's will be around 1000 dollars and i can get one of those to replace it

[mmmmm...beer 822]

Plasma TV's have the longest life expectancy out of all the TV Technolgies. Roughly 60,000 hours (or 8 hours a day for 20 years). I believe tube tv's have like 45,000 hours, and DLP/LCD have roughly 50,000-60,000.

Naturally makers of the tv's do weigh heavily into this. Think about it for a second. Sony/Panasonic/Pioneer didn't wake up one day and say "hey, lets charge 5x more for our stuff than sanyo"... I've worked in high end electronic shops, and was poised to be the sony rep for the midwest (damn, I chose to open my own lingerie store istead ). So I can tell you with 100% confidence that top of the line manufacturers use better parts. Alot of these walmart specials and other store's $1000 plasma tv's are made with rejected.. yes, REJECTED parts from bigger companies such as Sony/Samsung/Pioneer etc... so basically you are buying rejected TV's.

And before wannabe know-it-alls chime in, there are more than 1-2 manufacurers of plasma screens. Almost all big companies make their own screens these days. Yes, 8 years ago they were made by mostly NEC etc... but these days, pretty much all major brands make their own! so yes, brand does matter!

good luck with your $1000 paper weight in about 2 years! (if it makes it that long)

 

Blah blah blah.. namebrand whooa... blah blah...

[Big_Pete 0]

they say it " might " go bad after 5 years . Well so " might " any other TV you buy as well.

 

I actually didn't buy the sayno it was somehting else -- it was like 980 dollars.

 

I got a 52 in in my family room this was just for the bedroom so greatest name brand wasn't really essential.

 

and actually there wasn't a line at least at the store in Portage ( NW IN ) I justb walked right up got that and a few mobile DVD players for the kiddies -- spent about 20 minutes on the way to office.

 

If it works for 2 5 years great - by then the Sony Plasma's will be around 1000 dollars and i can get one of those to replace it

It's people like you that I have no problem with.

It's the people who buy the cheapest piece of crap they can find who biatch that 6 months later it is broken, who I have a problem with!

when you care enough to spend the very least, buy this tv (insert no-name brand here)

[The Moz 72]

It's people like you that I have no problem with.

It's the people who buy the cheapest piece of crap they can find who biatch that 6 months later it is broken, who I have a problem with!

when you care enough to spend the very least, buy this tv (insert no-name brand here)

 

I do kinda think though the truth lies somewhere in da middle.

 

I think if you buy a Sony , Pioneer etc you can expect a 15 - 20 year TV

 

If you buy a POS shiat Like i did I think maybe a 3 - 5 year span of solid qaulity then maybe a year or two after that if lucky.

 

I will focking ###### and scream if the damnn thing breaks in 6 months - 8 months maybe alright but 6

[Big_Pete 0]

I do kinda think though the truth lies somewhere in da middle.

 

I think if you buy a Sony , Pioneer etc you can expect a 15 - 20 year TV

 

If you buy a POS shiat Like i did I think maybe a 3 - 5 year span of solid qaulity then maybe a year or two after that if lucky.

 

I will focking ###### and scream if the damnn thing breaks in 6 months - 8 months maybe alright but 6

all I know is that companies like APEX and the other dirt cheap ones have about a 60% failure rate on their screens within a year! So dont expect much. Unless you are one of the lucky 40%

[BMoney 0]

Plasma TV's have the longest life expectancy out of all the TV Technolgies. Roughly 60,000 hours (or 8 hours a day for 20 years). I believe tube tv's have like 45,000 hours, and DLP/LCD have roughly 50,000-60,000.

Naturally makers of the tv's do weigh heavily into this. Think about it for a second. Sony/Panasonic/Pioneer didn't wake up one day and say "hey, lets charge 5x more for our stuff than sanyo"... I've worked in high end electronic shops, and was poised to be the sony rep for the midwest (damn, I chose to open my own lingerie store istead ).

 

 

fool!!

 

so..pics??

[spottedowl 1]

I just scrolled through all these words. So, did anyone else get that plasma TV at Walmart?

 

I didn't

[Wildman 0]

Plasma TV's have the longest life expectancy out of all the TV Technolgies. Roughly 60,000 hours (or 8 hours a day for 20 years). I believe tube tv's have like 45,000 hours, and DLP/LCD have roughly 50,000-60,000.

Naturally makers of the tv's do weigh heavily into this. Think about it for a second. Sony/Panasonic/Pioneer didn't wake up one day and say "hey, lets charge 5x more for our stuff than sanyo"... I've worked in high end electronic shops, and was poised to be the sony rep for the midwest (damn, I chose to open my own lingerie store istead ). So I can tell you with 100% confidence that top of the line manufacturers use better parts. Alot of these walmart specials and other store's $1000 plasma tv's are made with rejected.. yes, REJECTED parts from bigger companies such as Sony/Samsung/Pioneer etc... so basically you are buying rejected TV's.

And before wannabe know-it-alls chime in, there are more than 1-2 manufacurers of plasma screens. Almost all big companies make their own screens these days. Yes, 8 years ago they were made by mostly NEC etc... but these days, pretty much all major brands make their own! so yes, brand does matter!

good luck with your $1000 paper weight in about 2 years! (if it makes it that long)

 

Good stuff...I almost bought one there, but decided to wait until I learned more about them. Glad to see this info.

 

Lingerie store? That's an interesting transition. Knew someone that managed a lingerie modeling store, but that's a completely different animal--and someday worth writing about

[kutulu 1,724]

its posts like this that have made this place go downhill. no wonder all the old regulars hang out at the sancuary.

 

Fock them if they can't take a joke.

[Big_Pete 0]

fool!!

 

so..pics??

what's foolish about that?

[BMoney 0]

what's foolish about that?

 

 

sarcasm doesnt work well on here....

 

 

obviously..NOTHING foolish about that business...

 

 

i was trying to rip on it..but then ask for pics....

 

 

 

 

 

so? no employee of the month pics or anything? those must be tame....si?

[Big_Pete 0]

sarcasm doesnt work well on here....

obviously..NOTHING foolish about that business...

i was trying to rip on it..but then ask for pics....

so? no employee of the month pics or anything? those must be tame....si?

dont think there ever was an EOM program...

[kpbuckeye 3]

Fock them if they can't take a joke.

 

 

i agree, i was being sarcastic bc Rusty was on a stump earlier this week giving a lecture to everyone on the subject.

 

Fock them all

[mmmmm...beer 822]

all I know is that companies like APEX and the other dirt cheap ones have about a 60% failure rate on their screens within a year! So dont expect much. Unless you are one of the lucky 40%

 

 

Wow... that's a pretty bold statement. You would think with a 60% failure rate there would be some sort of report?? That sounds like utter bullsh!t.

 

Link? If 60% of these 1k screens failed with-in 1 year it would be focking ALL over the internet. Lets see some documentation to back up that silly focking statement.

[Big_Pete 0]

Wow... that's a pretty bold statement. You would think with a 60% failure rate there would be some sort of report?? That sounds like utter bullsh!t.

 

Link? If 60% of these 1k screens failed with-in 1 year it would be focking ALL over the internet. Lets see some documentation to back up that silly focking statement.

there was documentation about it in the news sometime earlier this year! I really dont feel like looking it up.

[NewbieJr 541]

there was documentation about it in the news sometime earlier this year! I really dont feel like looking it up.

Do it!

[mmmmm...beer 822]

there was documentation about it in the news sometime earlier this year! I really dont feel like looking it up.

 

You must have saw it when you were in the hotelroom with your hot girlfriend who we don't know in Niagra falls?

 

I call BS.

[Big_Pete 0]

I kept up on all things electronics when I worked for that company!

Do I care to look it up to prove anything to anyone? nope, not at all.

If you want a $1000 42" plasma, go for it. Just don't post in here when 6 months from purchase it starts giving you trouble!

[mmmmm...beer 822]

I kept up on all things electronics when I worked for that company!

Do I care to look it up to prove anything to anyone? nope, not at all.

If you want a $1000 42" plasma, go for it. Just don't post in here when 6 months from purchase it starts giving you trouble!

 

Then don't say silly sh!t like 60% of a companies products fail in less than a year. It's a focking silly statement with no backing and it sounds like you made the whole sh!ttin thing up to make you sound like you know what your talking about.

 

No company could do business like that unless they were a government agency. 60 focking percent....

[Big_Pete 0]

Then don't say silly sh!t like 60% of a companies products fail in less than a year. It's a focking silly statement with no backing and it sounds like you made the whole sh!ttin thing up to make you sound like you know what your talking about.

 

No company could do business like that unless they were a government agency. 60 focking percent....

again, could care less... I didn't make it up, but then again, why do I care if anyone thinks I did?

[mmmmm...beer 822]

again, could care less... I didn't make it up, but then again, why do I care if anyone thinks I did?

 

then don't post as if your some sort of expert in the field of plasma tv's... your the one whose claiming he was offered a sony internship before he started working as the overnight weekend manager at Bootythongs.

[Big_Pete 0]

I'd copy/paste the email(s), but you guys would probably spam the fock out of him... so out of respect, I wont! He doesn't work there anymore (again, was moving on and recommended me to replace him) but not sure if he's still required to check emails for a bit or not!

And I own my store, not a manager somewhere.

 

Oh, and not internship, I was gonna be the sony rep for stores such as BB/CC/Ultimate