I bought a Samsung (HLR-5667w) 56" DLP TV in March of 2006. To this day it's my biggest purchase and means the world to me...I don't have much else besides gaming that makes me happy and I always worry about stuff, and bought a $500, 4-year warranty on it.
The HDMI port went out on it in April 2008, but since I had had a bad experience with a TV repair back in 2005, I decided to just let it be, until early July of this year when I decided it was finally time to fix it so I could hook-up my new laptop to my TV via HDMI.
The repair shop for some reason couldn't do the digital board repair in-home like I have seen done for others with the same TV, and for the last three weeks exactly have done the following.
First 7 days - Haven't looked at TV
Days 7-14 - Waiting for digital board
Days 14 - We ordered the wrong board, ordered the right one
Day 21 - The board is actually on national back-order, call your warranty provider.
I'll never see my TV again basically. I called Circuit City's warranty place and they've all been very nice and she said she is referring it to their "Comp Team" is what I think she said for review on getting a new TV. I asked her what all that entails and she says it's a brand-new TV, but may be different model/brand and will be "comparable". I'm wondering how things like this usually work...are they usually better, or worse than your previous TV they're replacing? Like is it possible I'm going to get a new 1080p Samsung DLP, or is it more likely I'll get an off-brand LCD with same resolution and ports, etc.?
Also, is 56 inches kinda a weird size? I've been told it is and I'm worried I'll lose size too, but I'd be fine with that if it meant I got 1080p, I'd go down 10 inches if it meant 1080p.
Anyway, just wanted some help on this, I've been worrying like crazy over this for three weeks now and it doesn't seem to ever end.
The HDMI port went out on it in April 2008, but since I had had a bad experience with a TV repair back in 2005, I decided to just let it be, until early July of this year when I decided it was finally time to fix it so I could hook-up my new laptop to my TV via HDMI.
The repair shop for some reason couldn't do the digital board repair in-home like I have seen done for others with the same TV, and for the last three weeks exactly have done the following.
First 7 days - Haven't looked at TV
Days 7-14 - Waiting for digital board
Days 14 - We ordered the wrong board, ordered the right one
Day 21 - The board is actually on national back-order, call your warranty provider.
I'll never see my TV again basically. I called Circuit City's warranty place and they've all been very nice and she said she is referring it to their "Comp Team" is what I think she said for review on getting a new TV. I asked her what all that entails and she says it's a brand-new TV, but may be different model/brand and will be "comparable". I'm wondering how things like this usually work...are they usually better, or worse than your previous TV they're replacing? Like is it possible I'm going to get a new 1080p Samsung DLP, or is it more likely I'll get an off-brand LCD with same resolution and ports, etc.?
Also, is 56 inches kinda a weird size? I've been told it is and I'm worried I'll lose size too, but I'd be fine with that if it meant I got 1080p, I'd go down 10 inches if it meant 1080p.
Anyway, just wanted some help on this, I've been worrying like crazy over this for three weeks now and it doesn't seem to ever end.