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Then you have the issue of a failure that can be fixed with a board replacement but only if you can find one. This happened to a friend of mine who had a Phillips display. It was only 3 years old and already the replacement board he needed wasn't available. So its not only the panel but also other components that may cause you to have to toss the display.to be honest, this is a question I don't think anybody could answer. there are ppl that for one reason or another are just 'hard' on electronics, and they may find their TV's fail every 2-3yrs. others, don't even realize they are babying their display and it'll last 20yrs no problems.
I have a Hitachi 42" plasma I've had for 6 years as well and it's still going strong. I didn't really have a good reason to upgrade to my Samsung 60" except we simply wanted a larger screen size.I've had my Hitachi Plasma TV for almost 7 years, and it's still going strong. Generally how many more years can I expect it to last?
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How do they do that?to be honest, this is a question I don't think anybody could answer. there are ppl that for one reason or another are just 'hard' on electronics, and they may find their TV's fail every 2-3yrs. others, don't even realize they are babying their display and it'll last 20yrs no problems.
I should think that if you don't abuse your Hitachi, then unless your TV becomes the victim of a close lightning strike, or some very unusual power surge, odds are good that it will give you another 7 years of faithful service.Well I certainly don't do that, but 11.4 years sounds like a long time. I hear a bunch of numbers thrown around, Usually 7 to 10 years is what I hear, and that's with normal on and off use.
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Generally these sets fail because some board or connector fails. The panel half-life is almost irrelevant.
I should think that if you don't abuse your Hitachi, then unless your TV becomes the victim of a close lightning strike, or some very unusual power surge, odds are good that it will give you another 7 years of faithful service.
BTW, in my opinion, one thing that constitutes abuse of a TV is turning it on and off multiple times a day. Powering up is the hardest thing on a TV, so I tend to turn sets on in the afternoon and leave them on til I go to bed. And, knock on wood, the large number of TVs I've owned over the last 40 years have needed extremely few repairs.
People worry too much about TVs raising their electric bill. About 3 years ago Consumer Reports noted that if the average cost of electricity in the U.S. is considered, a Panasonic 50" plasma they had tested, would use just $50 worth of electricity in a year with average use. I believe they defined average use as 6 hours a day, but I'm absolutely certain their calculation used a figure no less than 5 hours.
I wasn't really referring to any single component in particular. I'm not somebody that tends to get things fixed, unless I can do it myself. the way the market was, it didn't make any sense to spend 500bux to have a product diagnosed, when you could buy a superior one brand new for only a couple hundred more. I think it's the 'norm' to consider flat panels as non-repairable. My friend is a manager of the claims(warranty) department at a local shop, and she says they only repair about 10% of the claims.Then you have the issue of a failure that can be fixed with a board replacement but only if you can find one. This happened to a friend of mine who had a Phillips display. It was only 3 years old and already the replacement board he needed wasn't available. So its not only the panel but also other components that may cause you to have to toss the display.
ask them, I've yet to have a tv fail before it was obsolete...How do they do that?
Funny, I just did the same thing. My Panny 42" plasma is 10 years old and still working fine. I bought a new Sammy 60" plasma and moved the Panny to my bedroom.On just about 10yrs with our old Samsung HP-S5053. It just got moved to the bedroom to make way for the new 64in plasma.
Gave my in-laws a Panasonic plasma twelve years ago and it's still going strong.Funny, I just did the same thing. My Panny 42" plasma is 10 years old and still working fine. I bought a new Sammy 60" plasma and moved the Panny to my bedroom.![]()
Gave my in-laws a Panasonic plasma twelve years ago and it's still going strong.
I tried to give my 89-year-old mother-in-law my trusty old 2005 42" PX50U, but the old bat prefers the 40" Sony LCD that i temporarily loaned her and she won't give it backGave my in-laws a Panasonic plasma twelve years ago and it's still going strong.
In my case, i paid $3,500 for that Panny 42PX50U back in 2005, and although it still works perfectly i can't even get $200 for it on CraigslistWow! How much did it run you at the time?