Just Had The TV Repair Guy Out And....

You didn't say what TV you have.

Is it covered under warranty? If not I'd just get a new TV.

You might want to purchase a Repairmaster warranty - i think they'll still let you buy it up to 3 months before the factory warranty expires.

Geez'm. They might as well give you a new TV with all that replacement.

Warrantech/Repairmaster is ok, they've been around a while and i was able to buy their warranty when my old 42PX50U was almost 9 months old (from Chris at Cleveland Plasma). The other warranty companies only give you 30 days to buy it. My local Authorized Panasonic repair center also does work for several warranty providers and said they're ok to deal with.

Warrantech has been around for many many years. There are numerous extended warranty threads on the various AVS forums and i've seen all the warranty companies discussed a lot so if you search for some keywords you should be able to find some info.

I have a Warrantech Repairmaster warranty that i bought from Chris at Cleveland Plasma for my old TH-42PX50U, and i have a Mack warranty that i bought from Chris at MountAVision for my newer TH-42PZ700U. I have never needed to use either one (yet) but basically they have the same terms as the factory warranty, and they typically use the same authorized contracted repair centers that the TV's manufacturers do, and from the repair center's viewpoint it's just a matter of the warranty company paying the bill instead of the manufacturer. Several years ago i had a Repairmaster warranty on my $1,000 Sony Trinitron tube TV and they paid for two separate repairs from my local Sony repair shop. I called them when my TV screwed up and they gave me the names of some local shops. I paid $125 for the warranty and got almost $500 in repairs so this warranty paid off bigtime.

Contact either of the guys i mentioned above and ask them about Warrantech's customer service, but from everything i've read and heard there should be no problem dealing with them if the TV goes belly up.