Panasonic CT-27HL14 27" TAU Series HDTV-Ready TV
No picture after almost 1 year.
I purchased mine at Circuit City on 1/20/05 and it started to die on me last night. Sometimes the picture comes up for a few minutes if I leave it on long enough, but then it just goes blank again. I didn't buy any extended coverage because I figured if the TV had 5 good years it would be worth the $500 I paid. Boy, was I wrong. Not that I wouldn't be ticked if I did buy the coverage. It's a PITA to take half a day of work off to have the guy come to service it, not to mention your 2 year old daughter that keeps asking why she can't watch Dora the Explorer. And why shouldn't I have expected it to last 5 years? The Sony it replaced lasted almost 10. So now it looks with Panasonic's warranty I'm stuck with the bill for labor, which I'm sure won't be less than $150. If that's the case, it would have been better if I would have bought the Sony (or anything else for that matter) for a couple hundred more. There's obviously a problem with these sets, so I think a case could be made that even paying the labor charge would be unfair in this case. When another TV I own, a CRT projection TV, started having problems with a known problem with the tubes, Sony extended the warranty for all set owners and I never paid a single penny. That's doing right by your customer.    The TV is now completely dead. I don't know if the review after mine is talking about my comments, but I don't have digital cable or use an external cable box.