Posts by kdog750

Quote:Originally Posted by htwaits The IR receiver replacement seems to be trivial to repair. The other owner had a problem because he was too far from an authorized repair service, but he got it worked out with Sharp. Yes, that was...

lol @ "unable to acquire a key component". We all pretty much knew the Elite was going away as soon as the financial report came out that they lost 5.7 billion last year. The rest of the world is just now catching up to that...

Quote:Originally Posted by Speakerphile This is a pretty poor policy. Where did you buy it from? Best Buy now only has a 2 week window. It used to be 30 days.

Quote:Originally Posted by Hawkyguy First post, long time lurker! After almost a year of waiting and hoping for a second generation Elite, I finally purchased a 70" two weeks ago. Price after tax....8K Why pay that you ask? Well,...

Quote:Originally Posted by myoda I have a friend who purchased a new 70 inch Elite for $6200. They don't sound too eager to move that floor model. Yea, I got mine new in December for $5700. But now that there aren't any more new...

Quote:Originally Posted by nu02wrx We have a 790 connected to our 65X900 in Magnolia. Looks great, just not 7K great. Sure, when you get up close to the tv you cant see the pixels, but a few feet back, no real difference from 1080p....

Quote:Originally Posted by gweempose For the most part, plasmas offer a better bang for the buck than LCDs. This has been true for many years. I agree for the most part. The new Samsung f8500 would have probably been my choice if I...

^^ I believe if the Elite was in the same price range as comparable sized plasmas it would rate much higher. The premium on the price tag likely sours a lot of reviewers when comparing it to the top plasmas.

Quote:Originally Posted by myoda Kdog: Did you call any of the repair shops I listed for you? Thanks. Yes, it turns out those were the same shops listed with Elite. The closest one was an hour away and would not return the call...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mixdoctor Great, just as I figured, it would be better to to handle this yourself instead of letting Sharp do it for you. Hopefully the repair didn't cost too much. Elite paid for it. I just had to do the...