Sony KD-30XS955 30-Inch FD Trinitron WEGA CRT HDTV
great tv until it breaks
Bought this unit 7 months ago.  Long story short:  TV fails to power on.  Sony says its broken and requires service.  They will cover parts but not labor.  We get to pay a premium for in house labor or somehow transport the 150+ pound unit into the shop.  Don't do this to yourself.  Spend the money on something else.     A follow up:  After 3 weeks in the shop and $200 in labor costs, the power problem was fixed. Now, three short weeks after getting it back we see a strange, disctinct area of discoloration in the lower right corner of the screen. The support solutions offered were not of help - it needs a repair person to asess the problem once again. So, we are now 8.5 months into this purchase, and we are looking at another $200 to keep it working. Sony claimed maybe they would consider reimbursing us for the labor costs as even they admit these kinds of problems should not be happening with a unit less than a year old, but then they canceled the review of the case for unknown reasons without notifying us. Oh how I rue the day we bought this tv!