If you can find my posts about life span you also read where I wrote "5 year designs." The reason is to drive down the cost. You don't want to know these plasma sets first arrived at prices 5 to 6 figures.
As the makers tinkered the life span of course took a hit.
Be sure to check out shopjimmy repair videos on YouTube and consider if you want to try replacing a board or two on your own. If this was mine I'd try the power board.
My 64" (2012)Samsung plasma model#PN64E7000FFXZA started powering on and off intermittently after year one, and then subsequently required 3 more service calls over the life of the 4 year extended warranty, for the same issue. Now on year 5 out of warranty I called the same authorized service company and they told me to expect minimum of $850 repair bill with no warranty on repair. He said "all you can expect from these is 5 years". Now it only stays on for minutes before shutting down on it's own.
I tried the updates, the remote battery removal, etc.
The picture is awesome, when it works. But now it doesn't work.
Pretty sad for a $3400 TV.

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