So My TV Crapped Out......

Bill Ayotte
Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
edited April 2007 in The Clubhouse
So I wake up this morning to find that after owning this TV for about SIX MONTHS the bulb went out. After spending about 2 hours on the phone with Circuit Shi$$y I finally am able to get the number of the guy they contact repairs to in the area.....Only to make an appointment about 4 days from now.....I am really hoping it is something that totals out the TV, because the replacement value on it through the "protection plan" is $2400, and I paid $1100.....That would be nice. Damn DLP.:mad: :(
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2007
    Sorry to hear about your troubles. Just a few questions if I could, I know little more then Jack about DLP.

    My believe is that the bulb needs to cool off when the set is turn off, (there's a small fan that runs when first off) so my questions is do you have power issues at your house? Brown outs or Black outs?

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    If its just the bulb that went out, they should be able to replace that for a couple hundred bucks.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2007
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    If its just the bulb that went out, they should be able to replace that for a couple hundred bucks.

    Yeah.:confused:
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited April 2007
    Dlp Ftl! Crt Ftw! :d
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited April 2007
    Was it a Samsung? My friends bulb went out after 4 weeks.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited April 2007
    My buddy has a Toshiba that is less than a year old and the same thing happened. He called Toshiba; they said it was a common problem for DLP's (lasts 200 hours or so). They sent a replacement and he fixed it in 10 minutes. Good thing he bought the extended warranty!!!!

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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    Was it a Samsung? My friends bulb went out after 4 weeks.

    In fact it was....Thank god for the CC warranty...It is all free!
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Sorry to hear about your troubles. Just a few questions if I could, I know little more then Jack about DLP.

    My believe is that the bulb needs to cool off when the set is turn off, (there's a small fan that runs when first off) so my questions is do you have power issues at your house? Brown outs or Black outs?

    I don't have any of those problems, but I rarely hear the fan come on because the room it is in is pretty cool temperature wise.....It never really gets that hot....It just stopped the other night while I was trying to demo my shiznit to my date.....NOT COOL at all:mad:

    The CC warranty is pretty cool, I spent about an hour on the phone with them...She basically told me that the repair guy could come out and tell them it is broken, then they cut me a store credit for the price of a replacement, not what i paid....So that would be nice. I only paid $1100 for my 50" DLP, and she told me I would receive a credit of about $2400, because they base it on the original price of the TV ($2700) not the clearance price I paid....I would love for this thing to be dead so I could upgrade to 1080P...We will see what pans out...Life is boring around here with no TV or video games though..:(
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2007
    MY Sony LCD did the same thing, after about 4 months though. I presented the Sony Rep with the receipt and they replaced it for free.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    Nice...I am hoping this will happen in a timely fashion....Really sucks not having a TV in the house.....
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited April 2007
    for some reason, a lot of companies original bulbs don't last long at all. JVC is the worst!
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    Going on 48 hours with no contact from the repair shop......:mad: :(
    Looks like I might need to break out the a$$hole a little early today.
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  • SLOCOOKN
    SLOCOOKN Posts: 704
    edited April 2007
    Bill Ayotte wrote: »
    Going on 48 hours with no contact from the repair shop......:mad: :(
    Looks like I might need to break out the a$$hole a little early today.


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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
    edited April 2007
    we've had so many samsung dlp problems lately from our store
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    I hope it is something that totals the TV so I can just get a new one...
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