Sony KV-36FS120 36-Inch FD Trinitron WEGA TV
Average television until it died.............
I purchased this television locally from BestBuy during June of 2003.  The picture was quite \\"grainy\\" using regular coax input, but otherwise performed fine.  During October of 2004, the television simply shut off while we were watching it.  When I tried to turn the television on, the standby light would flash.  I followed the trouble shooting guide in the owners manual, and still nothing.  I contacted Sony and the \\"technician\\" verbally repeated the trouble shooting guide despite my telling her that I had already went through the trouble shooting instructions.  The \\"technician\\" then told me to contact the authorized repair center which was over an hour away from here.  I was told it would be a $150 to look at the television, and it would be a costly repair.  I contacted a local repair person who came to look at the television.  Long story short, approximately $400 to repair, and the problem may still not be fixed.  The repairman said that Sony will provide no technical help, requesting that he \\"start replacing parts\\" to try to cure the problem.  The repairman then told me that in his experience when a television suffers a failure such as this, it will fail again during the next 12 months.   <br /> <br />In conclusion, Sony told me sorry about my luck, and a repair did not prove economically feasable, so now we have a really nice 200+ lb. paperweight.  I do not recommend this Sony or any other Sony according to the repairman as he said this and some similar problems are quite common in recently manufactured Sony products.  <br /> <br />