| Author | Message | ||
| gary throneberry (Garhawk)
Registered Member Username: Garhawk Post Number: 29 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 68.119.106.14 Rating: N/A |
Dear Fellow BusNuts, My experience with Polaroid TV is beyond doubt, the worst in my seventy years as a consumer. Not only is the product inferior, the warranty and service is equally bad. We bought two flat screens with DVD players built in. Never again! | ||
| David Dulmage (Daved)
Registered Member Username: Daved Post Number: 271 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 142.46.199.30  Rating: N/A |
My experience with a Polaroid flat screen has been excellent. However I did not buy one with a built in DVD player. I figured that the DVD would be the first part to break down and stand-alone DVD players are not expensive and are easy to upgrade when technology changes. The flat screen TV itself should be compatible for years to come. FWIW DaveD | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 479 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 74.244.14.221  Rating: N/A |
I also have had a poloroid flat screen for two years now with no issue but just like Dave it's a standalone TV/monitor | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1826 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157  Rating: N/A |
I wouldn't ever buy a combo unit; I know that that DVD player will never last as long as the TV. Separate DVD units are real cheap these days...I mean cheap both ways. There is so little profit in these items anymore, they are almost throwaways. Sorry you got screwed. Maybe an extended warranty from Walmart or Best Buy might be the way to go; esp. if out on the road. | ||
| marvin pack (Gomer)
Registered Member Username: Gomer Post Number: 749 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 71.53.153.91  Rating: N/A |
Chessie; Have you fired the furnace up to high ther in Penn? Gomer | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1064 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.208.235.12 Rating: N/A |
Or do the Horrible Freight thing and just plan (in advance) to buy a new one when and if....you know what I mean, I'm sure  ... One gets what one pays for, usually....at least my experience. Having said that, we have a Magnavox purchased on sale...very small $$$ as I recall...25 YEARS ago...still going strong!! Use it in the kitchen, over the fridge morning and night...(no DVD, however). Since we live "on the border, it still gets plenty of Mexican stations with no HD converter box!!!!!...ayy yiii yiii (yes...we do have a converter for it!) Those were the days, as they say. RCB | ||
| L James Jones Jr (Jamo)
Registered Member Username: Jamo Post Number: 123 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 24.59.114.207  Rating: N/A |
Remember too, that with most credit cards, your warrantee time is doubled when you use that cc for the purchase of stuff that likes to break. Been there/done that. Not with Polaroid though. Good luck... | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1827 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.71.157 Rating: N/A |
My furnace is eating coal like a J1 on the Horseshoe curve. | ||
| Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
Registered Member Username: Jackconrad Post Number: 1190 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 74.4.48.228  Rating: N/A |
We have a Polaroid flat screen in our house that is about 2 years old. No problems so far and many of the busnuts visiting us have remarked about how grat the picture is on this TV. This is a 42" without a built in DVD player. Jack | ||
| airless in Mississippi (Airless_in_mississippi)
Registered Member Username: Airless_in_mississippi Post Number: 155 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 174.150.46.95 Rating: N/A |
The problem with Polaroid if two fold, customer service is non-existent and they are now no longer making the tvs..I am a service provider for them, Rca, Vizio, Samsung, Hp, Sharp..... DO not buy Samsung, Poliroid, or vizio, or RCA.... Sharp and LG I have the absolute fewest service events over. | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 128 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
got any power boards for an akai lct32sha? also known as a scott | ||
| Bill Gerrie (Bill_gerrie)
Registered Member Username: Bill_gerrie Post Number: 342 Registered: 3-2006 Posted From: 216.198.139.38  Rating: N/A |
Airless You didn't mention anything about Sony. What is your experience with them? I always thought that Samsung was an okay TV as well. Bill | ||
| ED Hackenbruch (Shadowman)
Registered Member Username: Shadowman Post Number: 221 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 70.210.143.30 Rating: N/A |
Phillips? | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 129 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 74.76.246.165 Rating: N/A |
i have a phillips and somehow a fruit fly got in between the glass and the screen, they wouldent take car of it. i had to use a suction cup to get it out. |