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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:27 PM Original message |
Vizio tells owners their sets are unrepairable |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not surprising at all. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Which is why I happily bought the 3 yr extended "replacement" warranty |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Very smart. On high bucks electronics, it's a wise decision. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Costco adds a year to mfr. warrantees. It worked nicely for me. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. An inevitable result of "planned obsolescence" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. and from a landfill point of view, given their toxic components... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. What "toxic components" are these? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. while better than previous they are certainly not 'non-toxic' |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. You're speaking "in general". I asked you: What toxics are in post-ROHS TVs? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. where is your link... your published studies? your documentation? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. I don't need a "published study". |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You are posting on a US forum... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Look, if you're so certain, go try and *BUY* non-RoHS material in the US. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. If you won't support your statements... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I *DID* support my statements. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought those things seemed a little *too* cheap. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I remember that they had a terrible picture |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. In 2010, Visio had 120 employees |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's pretty much the standard operating model now |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's true for the US so-called "manufacturers", but not necessarily the Korean or Japanese |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Non branded/off brand items tend to be very low in quality. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. old news but still very relevant, most of the panels from Vizio are LG |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thank you for posting this. I saw this the other day. Planned obsolescence? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. More like the unplanned consequences of cutting a lot of corners |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. +1 |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks for telling us about the latest corporate rip-off artists. nt |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. A two thousand dollar TV that barely lasts a year? |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I got you beat |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. good for you! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Survivor is awesome! |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I hope you are not serious |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
67. very serious. The first few seasons were awesome, watching them try to survive |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. I agree. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. You can get the first season thru netflix. It's the classic Richard Hatch season |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. It is all mindless! |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. So what do you call the discussion on this thread? |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Reading, thinking and posting is different than watching a scripted, edited show! |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So you watch no television at all? nt |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Reality TV s dumber than most. People think it s real when it is not! |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Which shows do you like? |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Nova, myth busters, modern family! I have no problem with fictional TV. But.... |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
76. Just got rid of my 24 yr old 19 inch a year ago |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. my 37" vizio i use for my computer monitor now, i got it in 2007 or 2008, so good so far. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Of course it works fine. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Of course |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Yup. My $189 32" CRT TV is still looking the same as it did when |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I had to take my Vizio to a regular TV repairman... |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. They should have to prove God's existence to get away with that. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. My Visio, less than 3 years. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. We had a console RCA..BIG ole thing..still going strong |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. basically old CRT's never break |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have a 15 year CRT Magnovox Phillips that refuses to die. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. My primary TV is about 25 years old. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's because they were DESIGNED to be unrepairable |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Bingo! That's why I waited several years |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. sad. n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. When you can buy Sylvania, Westinghouse and off-brand 32" LCD's for $259, they aren't worth fining. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. So you just couldn't find an American made TV in the 1970's? |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. RCA and Ge produced TV's in the Indianapolis until the late 90's |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Either that, or he just didn't buy one. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. SONY? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Dell monitors, same story. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. The technology gets better so quickly that indeed this is a good idea. |
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nolaboy (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Same thing happened to me. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bought a 55 Vizio at Costco (FREE extra yr warranty) 26mo ago. It went bad at 23mo. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is a good example of the disgustingness of Planned Obsolescence. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. no, its expecting a caddy when you've bought a Yugo |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. They are repairable. I fixed one this year. Here is the deal |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Agreed |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
45. My 15-year-old Sony CRT is still chugging along with a great picture. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. in analog....lol |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. Man. I'm glad the boyfriend insisted on Sony bravia. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-28-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Sony's are not immune, I bought mine with a 5 year warranty |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. Buy a Vizio, get the Wang. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
62. We got a 42in Toshiba Regza |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. You get what you pay for....That's why I crack up when people brag how great their Kia is |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Actually hyundais are very good cars |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
72. I own that same Vizio tv. |
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