In Reply to: RE: Extended Warranty...worth it? posted by HiFiSoundGuy on September 10, 2009 at 21:12:05:
my Marantz plasma is going on 6 years now. Color is starting to fade a bit but a line conditioner perked things up nicely. While some plasmas are a bit more notorious than others, many are are very long lived. On the other hand my LCD set (22 inch Sharp) shows a distinct burn mark on he screen after three and half years.
In my estimation TV sets are the most long lived of consumer products, for the most part. A seven year life span is not uncommon in the mature technology, and definitely both LCD and Plasmas fall in the category currently. Both had significant failure rates early on, however.
Stu
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