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These warrantys they try to sell might be good in certain situations but, for the most part a waste of money I would think.
When I bought my Plasma TV, the salesman was trying to sell a 5yr-$700 extended warranty on it.
He said it sounded like a lot for a warranty but was worth it because the lamps go out on them, they were like $350-$400 a piece to replace.
So they warranty would pay for itself. :)
I declined.
But I also thought if a Plasma TV goes out .. thats it. Its out.
No replaceable lamps.
Anyone know for sure about this?
Heck, even if they did, I wouldn't pay that much for a warranty. Thats ridiculous IMHO.
Plasma TV's don't use bulbs like projection LCD's and DLP's. I have a plasma and I declined the extended service on my Panasonic. it's been flawless for me thus far.
If the extended warranty is greater than the price of the actual device, then that should be an outright no :) Besides the rate of TV development makes holding onto a TV for more than 3 years+ semi redundant.
Like, I bought a 32" HD TV last year at about 450 pound. A year on-- (now) if it broke, I could buy a new exact model of this TV for 190-200 pound tops. A much cheaper alternative than the extended warranty I was offered in-store.
720+720=1440 not 1080
It totally depends on the source whether 1080 is better. If the source is 1080, then of course it's going to be better.
For TV purposes, my cable box only has 720p and 1080i as options. The 720p looks better even though my TV is 1080p. My upscaling DVD player supports 1080p which looks great.
Does seem like $80 is not much to get the best resolution and support for more good input devices.