Life span of flat screen LCD Samsung purchased in 2007?

Ted W

Much to my surprise my 42 inch that has not been used a great deal because we have 3 others had its video card fail. I was told by sales persons in Best Buy, Future Shop, and the Source that the life span for these flat screens is between 3 to 4 years. It would cost approx. $360 to have it fixed so therefore is not worth it. Would it be attractive for anybody to buy this? I paid $2,000 in 2007. I do not want to put this kind of money into it because the new 40 inch Samsungs can be had for $500. Also, what about warranties for $120 for 4 years. They seem unnecessary. Yes or no? Thanks for any feedbasck.

Answer
You might want to try and sell the TV on your local Craigslist as the guys from the UK/India/Asia probably wont give you good feedback.

Warranties - tend not to be worth much for name-brand products.

And perhaps you do NOT want to buy the high-end model as I have seen over the last few years:

* Increase in the number of HDMI slots
* High end LCD screens used to have LED back lights and 120 hz - this is now normal on most
* Smart televisions with Netflix and other software built in
* 3D televisions
* Televisions with ARC Audio Return Channel to feed TV sound to an AV Receiver
etc.

So the bells and whistles keep coming so you may NOT want to keep your next TV for more than 3 years. The newer models have more features and better pictures and sometimes lower prices.

For this same reason - you may not want to buy a 4-year warranty.

Just my opinion.

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