I have a 75'' Samsung I got last year and had twins shortly thereafter. That thing had maybe 30 hours of use on it before the whole thing just melted down. Had to send it to a tech who had to wipe and replace the guts on the whole thing.
It was within warranty by a couple of weeks still because Samsung didn't even count my warranty from the date of purchase; they did it by date of manufacture (I even told them I had my receipt). So when it ate shit in August, the warranty was set to expire in September.
Now I'd imagine if I'd have actually been past my warranty date and raised hell, they'd have honored the purchase date, but FFS, this wasn't a cheap television and it was getting little to no use; there's no reason at all for it to have just stopped working so soon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I have a 75'' Samsung I got last year and had twins shortly thereafter. That thing had maybe 30 hours of use on it before the whole thing just melted down. Had to send it to a tech who had to wipe and replace the guts on the whole thing...
I just think it's the luck of the draw, I've got a 75" 4K Samsung I bought at Best Buy two years ago. It was selling for $2300 and they sold me the floor model for $1500, knock on wood, it's still going good.
In 2012 I bought a Vizio 60" HD smart TV on Sam's website because I wanted it delivered, didn't have a way to pick it up. My neighbor liked mine so he got the same one, but he bought it from the store. Within a month his picture went black. He called and Sam's sent him a brand new one in the box, they said Vizio had a recall on certain serial numbers, mine was not one I guess because it came from the warehouse in Texas. It's still going great in the M/BR now. [Reply]
As far as deals. I was in Target on Tuesday and they had a Vizio 70" Ultra 4K for $598, I couldn't believe it. It wasn't even in the Black Friday flyer today, it was just a regular sale two days ago. Might still be going on.
As far as plasma TV's go, they're a problem. I bought a Panasonic 50" at Circuit City in 2007 for $1500. In 2011 when I moved a 1000 miles, I had to make sure the movers didn't lay it flat, it has to remain upright or the color gets ruined. In 2012 I got a red line down the middle of the screen. Called the service company, they said it was a circuit board and would cost $500 to fix. I gave it to my neighbor for his daughter to use at college. Then I got a 60" LED TV and my electric bills went down $25 a month. That TV was costing almost a $1 a day more to operate, and it was only a 50". [Reply]
Originally Posted by 007:
Cricket GSM network off of ATT
Actually from what I'm reading, the Galaxy S5 should be unlocked and able to use either GSM or CDMA. I'm not 100% positive if that's true, as I haven't tried it. But if true, I have a Galaxy S5 bought from Verizon that you can test out and see if it works. I tried to sell it but didn't have any luck. I'll offer it for a case of beer if it would work for you. In perfect shape. Included case, 16GB microSD card extra storage, and factory charger. Just did an update and factory restore a few weeks ago thinking a friend might need it but that fell through...
Originally Posted by Fish:
Actually from what I'm reading, the Galaxy S5 should be unlocked and able to use either GSM or CDMA. I'm not 100% positive if that's true, as I haven't tried it. But if true, I have a Galaxy S5 bought from Verizon that you can test out and see if it works. I tried to sell it but didn't have any luck. I'll offer it for a case of beer if it would work for you. In perfect shape. Included case, 16GB microSD card extra storage, and factory charger. Just did an update and factory restore a few weeks ago thinking a friend might need it but that fell through...
