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Originally Posted by HVisone /forum/post/16945885
pioneers the elite of the elite, allegedly also have a buzzer problem and pannies are notorious for blowing out their power and other circuit boards right after the warranty expired........a problem that did happen at my place of employment, within two weeks of warranty going bye bye, there went the panny bye bye
The Elites didn't have a buzzing problem - some of the regular Pioneer models did.
And Panasonic is not "notorious for blowing out their power supplies and other circuit boards right after the warranty expired" - that's just an overblown exaggeration. The failure rate for the Panasonics is lower than any other brand and especially lower than your beloved Samsung. Panasonic did have a power supply failure problem on the first 1080p 2007 models but it is not a problem on the 2008 or 2009 models. And Panasonic has been very good about replacing the power supplies on the 2007 models at 1, 2, 4, and even 8 months AFTER the warranty expired. That sir is great customer service, something you won't get from Samsung.
As for other boards blowing after the warranty expired, i read all the Panasonic and Samsung and Pioneer threads as well as various LCD threads and the same can be said for every other brand of both Plasma and LCD TV - the all suffer random video board and input board and panel failures. Again, Panasonic has a lower failure rate here than all the other brands as well.
I see your posts in the big Samsung Buzzing Problem thread that the Samsung you got does not buzz and that's great for you, but you seem to dismiss all the other Samsung owners in that thread who are having a nightmare dealing with Samsung to get their TVs repaired or replaced. I've been reading about Samsung's terrible customer service for 8 years just on this forum alone and it's deplorable. Panasonic is at the other end of the scale here, and there's no denying it. Suck it up