So Leonard, what do you recoomend?

Hi Leonard-

Since you are a technician and service many makes and models, which display
technology do you rate at the top and/or which manufacturer and model do you
top rate?

Thanks,
Stu

P.S. you can respond to me individually if you wish.

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Hi Leonard-

Since you are a technician and service many makes and models, which
display technology do you rate at the top and/or which manufacturer and
model do you top rate?

Thanks,
Stu

P.S. you can respond to me individually if you wish.


I recommend shopping carefully, educating yourself about the various
technologies, and learning what the local service options are. I prefer to
stick with the traditional TV makers when posiible for service support, but
it depends on the product. I tend to prefer brands that have support from
the most experienced and reputable local servicers, since that is who will
be actually donig any service.

We sell mostly Mitubishi and Sony, but at times sell lots of other products,
depending on the models, price, performance, value, etc. I personally also
like Hitachi and LG products, along with many others, again, depending on
the specifics of the product and market. I tend to be very leary of the
vendors that do not provide parts nor service support through independent
servicers. We have been burned by them repeatedly, not allowing us to
provide the kind of service support to our clients that we and they expect.

The brands that I specifically avoid are Infocus, BenQ, Optoma, Viewsonic,
Dell, Gateway, RCA (TCE), Philips, Apex, Akai, Sharp host of others. Even
those can be OK, however, if you understand the caveats up front. For
instance, it might make sense to buy an inexpensive projector that can be
easily shipped for service (and that will be necessary for most of ds
listed) if it does what you need it to do and understand that local service
is not a likely option. Panasonic is a good brand that has been moving in
the wrong direction in terms of support, so they are close to my s-list.
Toshiba has some good products but problems in recent years with quirks in
design and thin parts inventories have them tentatively there as well.

If you want my experience or opinion on a specific product, post the model.
I'll check it out on the servicer forums and lists and see what the people
serbicing them think. I'll give you my opinion and experience if I have
any.

Leonard




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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

If you want my experience or opinion on a specific product, post the model.
I'll check it out on the servicer forums and lists and see what the people
serbicing them think. I'll give you my opinion and experience if I have
any.

Leonard, what is your opinion of the Mitsubishi 57" DLP model WD57831?
I believe this is the Diamond Series model without a DVR.

Thanks

Mike O.

How about these:
Sony SXRD
Sharp Aquos LCD flat panel
Sony XBR series LCD flat panel
Pioneer Elite 50" plasmas


Stu



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"saxmaniac" wrote in message
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Hi Leonard-

Since you are a technician and service many makes and models, which
display technology do you rate at the top and/or which manufacturer and
model do you top rate?

Thanks,
Stu

P.S. you can respond to me individually if you wish.


I recommend shopping carefully, educating yourself about the various
technologies, and learning what the local service options are. I prefer
to stick with the traditional TV makers when posiible for service support,
but it depends on the product. I tend to prefer brands that have support
from the most experienced and reputable local servicers, since that is who
will be actually donig any service.

We sell mostly Mitubishi and Sony, but at times sell lots of other
products, depending on the models, price, performance, value, etc. I
personally also like Hitachi and LG products, along with many others,
again, depending on the specifics of the product and market. I tend to be
very leary of the vendors that do not provide parts nor service support
through independent servicers. We have been burned by them repeatedly,
not allowing us to provide the kind of service support to our clients that
we and they expect.

The brands that I specifically avoid are Infocus, BenQ, Optoma, Viewsonic,
Dell, Gateway, RCA (TCE), Philips, Apex, Akai, Sharp host of others. Even
those can be OK, however, if you understand the caveats up front. For
instance, it might make sense to buy an inexpensive projector that can be
easily shipped for service (and that will be necessary for most of ds
listed) if it does what you need it to do and understand that local
service is not a likely option. Panasonic is a good brand that has been
moving in the wrong direction in terms of support, so they are close to my
s-list. Toshiba has some good products but problems in recent years with
quirks in design and thin parts inventories have them tentatively there as
well.

If you want my experience or opinion on a specific product, post the
model. I'll check it out on the servicer forums and lists and see what the
people serbicing them think. I'll give you my opinion and experience if I
have any.

Leonard




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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

I tend to be very leary of the
vendors that do not provide parts nor service support through independent
servicers. We have been burned by them repeatedly, not allowing us to
provide the kind of service support to our clients that we and they expect.

snip

The brands that I specifically avoid are Infocus, BenQ, Optoma, Viewsonic,
Dell, Gateway, RCA (TCE), Philips, Apex, Akai, Sharp host of others.

On the last visit to my house, my servicer said that although he has
had a relationship with Sharp for over 20 years, that he is
considering no longer attempting to service their televisions. He
claims the technical assistance he gets is non-existant.

Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
Home: http://davidclary.com

"Mike O." wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

If you want my experience or opinion on a specific product, post the
model.
I'll check it out on the servicer forums and lists and see what the people
serbicing them think. I'll give you my opinion and experience if I have
any.

Leonard, what is your opinion of the Mitsubishi 57" DLP model WD57831?
I believe this is the Diamond Series model without a DVR.

Thanks

Mike O.

None of the new Mits sets have DVR, thank goodness. The 831 IMO is a fine
set, but the 732 is the better value. I have been able to align the sets to
nearly as good as one could get for gray scale and color precision. My only
complaint is that they have gamma that is slightly high for their
application and would like to find a way to lower it a bit. Overall, they
are great sets.

Leonard

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How about these:
Sony SXRD

Fine sets. The value point is the 2000 series, IMO. Slightly softer than
the Mits but a bit more bulletproof with respect to handling over processed
or poorly processed video. I have yet to see the much talked about green
glob nor had a single client complain of it.

Sharp Aquos LCD flat panel

Good looking sets but the new Sonys and Samsungs are better, IMO. Sharp
sucks in terms of service support. We dropped them for this and mediocre
performance and value in many products. Runco uses their panels with much
better electronics, but not a value product IMO.

Sony XBR series LCD flat panel

Hard to beat. Not long ago you could not have given me LCD FPDs. They have
come a long way recently.

Pioneer Elite 50" plasmas

Fine sets. The Elite sets are very tweakable and perform very well. We
don't sell them, so I can't say mcuh about the recent service on them. I
never liked dealing with Pioneer service when I was a dealer for them, but
that has been a while. Personally, in a PDP I'd get a Panasonic, even
though they are providing worse support than ever. Regardless, I think they
are the best values in PDPs right now. If you really want a fine system,
pair one with a good VP and you have a better combo than a Fujitsu at a
similar price. I'd seriously consider that Sony LCD panel right now if I
didn't need the bigger size.

Leonard


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"Dave Clary" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

I tend to be very leary of the
vendors that do not provide parts nor service support through independent
servicers. We have been burned by them repeatedly, not allowing us to
provide the kind of service support to our clients that we and they
expect.

snip

The brands that I specifically avoid are Infocus, BenQ, Optoma, Viewsonic,
Dell, Gateway, RCA (TCE), Philips, Apex, Akai, Sharp host of others.

On the last visit to my house, my servicer said that although he has
had a relationship with Sharp for over 20 years, that he is
considering no longer attempting to service their televisions. He
claims the technical assistance he gets is non-existant.

Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
Home: http://davidclary.com

I recall trying to buy parts for a 34" CRT set a while back and they only
sold parts in blocks of several boards. This makes any repair that you
can't complete with generic parts very expensive. Getting support to
service at the component level was impossible. I joke that dealing with
most of the vendors is like dealing with the government, but Sharp is like
dealing with the IRS. I droped our affiliation with them a couple of years
ago. From what I hear from other servicers, your servicer's experience is
typical. Keep in context that most vendors are like this. The notable
exceptions are Mitsubishi, Sony, Hitachi, and a handful of others.

Leonard

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"Dave Clary" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

I tend to be very leary of the
vendors that do not provide parts nor service support through independent
servicers. We have been burned by them repeatedly, not allowing us to
provide the kind of service support to our clients that we and they
expect.

snip

The brands that I specifically avoid are Infocus, BenQ, Optoma,
Viewsonic,
Dell, Gateway, RCA (TCE), Philips, Apex, Akai, Sharp host of others.

On the last visit to my house, my servicer said that although he has
had a relationship with Sharp for over 20 years, that he is
considering no longer attempting to service their televisions. He
claims the technical assistance he gets is non-existant.

Dave Clary/Corpus Christi, Tx
Home: http://davidclary.com

I recall trying to buy parts for a 34" CRT set a while back and they only
sold parts in blocks of several boards. This makes any repair that you
can't complete with generic parts very expensive. Getting support to
service at the component level was impossible. I joke that dealing with
most of the vendors is like dealing with the government, but Sharp is like
dealing with the IRS. I droped our affiliation with them a couple of
years ago. From what I hear from other servicers, your servicer's
experience is typical. Keep in context that most vendors are like this.
The notable exceptions are Mitsubishi, Sony, Hitachi, and a handful of
others.

Leonard

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Leonard,

Thanks for informed opinions from a servicers point of view. Any opinion on
the Samsung HLS-5087 1080p set or others in this series? I've been thinking
about getting one, but of course the price keeps dropping

Thanks, Pat

What do you hear about the JVC D-ILA in the 52 inch range. Thanks Reg


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"Mike O." wrote in message
...
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:52:02 -0400, "Leonard Caillouet"
wrote:

If you want my experience or opinion on a specific product, post the
model.
I'll check it out on the servicer forums and lists and see what the
people
serbicing them think. I'll give you my opinion and experience if I have
any.

Leonard, what is your opinion of the Mitsubishi 57" DLP model WD57831?
I believe this is the Diamond Series model without a DVR.

Thanks

Mike O.

None of the new Mits sets have DVR, thank goodness. The 831 IMO is a fine
set, but the 732 is the better value. I have been able to align the sets
to nearly as good as one could get for gray scale and color precision. My
only complaint is that they have gamma that is slightly high for their
application and would like to find a way to lower it a bit. Overall, they
are great sets.

Leonard

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