Boo Hoo.

My 4 year old 42" plasma emitted a loud bang today and now the picture has no illumination. You can just make it out but its all black, sound is ok.

I think it might be time for it to fall off the wall accidentally.

Nothing but stuff breaking at the moment, pah.

4 year old plasma, i remember being told the average lifespan for a plasma was 3 years lol!

i was about to say it will just be the back light gone, but thats only lcd's i think

would you stay with LG or go to another brand?

Pioneer Kuro. Accept no substitute. Best tellies in the real world.

That old thing about the lifespan of plasmas is just that - old. Saying that if my 4 year old Panasonic goes bang I can have a new one!

would you stay with LG or go to another brand?

Depends on how the insurance play it.

I've heard the "typical lifespan" of plasmas being about 4 years before too.

My brother has my very old LG plasma tv, its now 4 years old and considering the use it gets in a house full of kids its still going strong even though its on 16 hours a day. He has had it for several years as well.

I've heard the "typical lifespan" of plasmas being about 4 years before too.

Very old rumour based on old technology, modern plasma glass has an estimated lifespan assuming normal use of about 20 years, and I dont know anybody who would keep a TV that long.

I am on my third plasma TV now, not because the others broke but because of the constantly changing technology. Both my previous tvs are still going strong.

Im still on the technology that is CRT :(

so Kuros are the daddys now... what about the bravia?

well i also have a quite old plasma telly, gotta be about 5 years old or so i'd say and still working fine

sorry to hear your loss ross.

fall off the wall,insurance,accident,what can you mean Ross?

Do the plasma TV's need a rectifier circuit to bring up the voltages?

If so I'd say a good chance that might have let go.

Im still on the technology that is CRT :(

so Kuros are the daddys now... what about the bravia?

The KDL40w4000 looks pretty good to me - it's what I'll be getting soon.

Anyone want to buy a nice 32" Sony CRT?

its prob fixable... the boys in our workshop repair them all the time.....

having said that... they are 499 now so prob not woth the cost of postage and parts to repair any tv...

its prob fixable... the boys in our workshop repair them all the time.....

having said that... they are 499 now so prob not woth the cost of postage and parts to repair any tv...

Very true, also our excess is £100 I think.

The KDL40w4000 looks pretty good to me - it's what I'll be getting soon.

Anyone want to buy a nice 32" Sony CRT?

Depends how cheap it is, it's condition and if it's widescreen etc.

How did it fall off the wall Ross?

Very true, also our excess is £100 I think.

I was thinking fix it and flog it, but fair comment if they are only £500.

It's really annoying how often you forget how little room you have to play around with these wall mounts when you've undone the screws to find out what cable has come out don't you think?

All the cables come directly out of the bottom of ours.

The rather large bang it made was fairly conclusive I think.

All the cables come directly out of the bottom of ours.

The rather large bang it made was fairly conclusive I think.

Must have been quite loud with something that size hitting the floor

Very old rumour based on old technology, modern plasma glass has an estimated lifespan assuming normal use of about 20 years, and I dont know anybody who would keep a TV that long.

My parents are still on their 15 year old Goodmans 20" and my grandfather is still on a 28 year old Ferguson. If it ain't broke.....

I have a 5 year old 28" JVC CRT and it will be there till it goes bang which hopefully won't be for another 10 years!

Plasma has/is being replaced rather quickly with LCD. It used to be if you wanted a 32" or smaller, you had LCD and anything bigger was plasma. With technology as it is, LCD goes all the way to 63" now (I think)

I'd not have a plasma now, the quality is good, but I prefer LCD for sharpness.

Also, I'd NEVEr have a Fony Bravia, as its simply a rebadged Samsung, which costs loads more. Samsung TV's are impressive, so why pay for the Sony name?

Don't be a girl, it's high time you invested in one of these:

Plasma has/is being replaced rather quickly with LCD. It used to be if you wanted a 32" or smaller, you had LCD and anything bigger was plasma. With technology as it is, LCD goes all the way to 63" now (I think)

I'd not have a plasma now, the quality is good, but I prefer LCD for sharpness.

Also, I'd NEVEr have a Fony Bravia, as its simply a rebadged Samsung, which costs loads more. Samsung TV's are impressive, so why pay for the Sony name?

plasma's have better reaction time, colour range, colour rendering, brightness and give a more natural picture than LCD's. this is coming from owning a full HD LCD and a 5 year old plasma.

the best tv i have ever seen by far for quality is a pioneer kuro full hd plasma, awesome.

The KDL40w4000 looks pretty good to me - it's what I'll be getting soon.

Anyone want to buy a nice 32" Sony CRT?

I have the Sony KDL40V4000 and cannot fault it, HD is outstanding and Blu-Ray is stunning.

Also a good price at the moment with the deals going round.