Philips 27PT6441 27" Stereo TV with QuadraSurf Remote and RealFlat Screen
10 months old, stopped working, very easy fix
Same fuse problem here.  Don't waste time with customer service.  DO NOT WASTE MONEY ON A REPAIRMAN.  Fix it yourself.  Just pretend it's 1956 and your tv needs a new vacuum tube.  Ask your dad or grandfather and they'll probably get a chuckle. <br /> <br />The hardest part was lifting the 100 lbs. behemoth off the entertainment center by myself. <br /> <br />!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br />Clarification on earlier repair instructions <br />!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br /> <br />There are 9 screws that hold the front to the back, not 8.  The ninth screw is mixed in with the panel of red and white cable sockets grouped together at the bottom center of the back of the tv. <br /> <br />The screw heads are \\"stars\\" which need a \\"Torx\\" head screwdriver with the specific size of \\"T10\\"  I bought a one of those multi-head screwdrivers from home depot that had that style and size bit. <br /> <br />With the tv lying on its screen and all 9 bits removed, the back panel lifts straight off and exposes all the circuitry.  That gives you enough room that you don't need a light, mirror, or special pliers. <br />!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br /> <br />That now behind me, and my tv repaired, fixed and working as I speak, I wonder if in 10-12 months from now, I'm just going to have to replace the fuse again.  If that is the case I think even less of Philips, which is pretty hard to imagine at this point. <br /> <br />I also wonder if the Capitalist foreman in Communist China that runs the slave-factory that put my TV together skimped on cheap, faulty fuses, and that's why there are thousands of these sets out there.  Philips knows all about this, I have no doubt.   <br /> <br />Think of the poor consumers out there who don't know about the comments here at amazon who are going through Philips's maze of telephone help menus, or sending out for $100, $150, $200 repairs.  For them I wish I could give fewer stars.