Who says they only last 2 yrs?
<pointing across room to various fully functioning HDTVs between 3 mos and 9 yrs>
which tv can you buy that has the best longivity most of these new tvs last about 2yrs
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which tv can you buy that has the best longivity most of these new tvs last about 2yrs
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Who says they only last 2 yrs?
<pointing across room to various fully functioning HDTVs between 3 mos and 9 yrs>
I bought 2tvs in 4yrs a panasonic 50gt30 plasma which lasted 1yr and a samsung plasma pn51f 8500 lasted 18mths
The only short lived ones tended to be the cheaps. What about buying a longer warranty?
Electronics and almost anything made has a basic failure curve. That's why there are warranty systems. Let's read about The Bathtub Curve at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve
Basically that shows us that the first part of the lifetime curve is the most dangerous. So that's where warranties pay of the most. After that it settles down until later when age really affects it.
One area that wrecks the curve is high humidity areas. A set may do fine in the initial part and second part of the curve but corrosion and aging will shorten life span.
If you feel 2000 is not cheap, why buy 2000 dollar TVs? There are fine sets of good size at a quarter that price.
Post was last edited on February 23, 2016 3:31 PM PST