Buying Store Display Units

[DuluthMN]

Not sure if it is really a good idea or not. I'm actually not even sure of the actually life span of an LCD or Plasma screen. While looking for answers to my picture setting problem I found a thread on Amazon that describes my tv problems perfectly.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-LNT4661-issue-reverts-dynamic/forum/Fx3K18FB78CT5YS/Tx3HGOTOHGHG0KF/1?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B000N50S5Y

My model is the Samsung ln40c500, but it is doing the exact same thing.

It appears that a occasional flash of a blank screen and the picture resetting back to dynamic mode just may be an issue with the shop mode setting.

Hope this helps everyone experiencing this problem.

 

[Code-Red]

Expect most TV's to last around 10 years or 100k hours give or take...

 

[onkyoampman2009]

Years ago...

Years ago I bought a DISPLAY model TV.
It was from FRETTER, it was a model number
CX2780A It had the DSP Field Surround Sound feature
as well as Picture-IN-Picture, which I used ALOT!
How long was it a FLOOR model? I don't know,
but it lasted about 14 years before it went out on me.
IT was set for FULL ON Contrast, and Color.
I turned that down eventually,
I did have 1 issue with the sound a couple of months after purchase,
the right side speaker made a rattling noise, so I
put a piece of folded paper in between the speaker grill,
and the plastic tv housing. This seemed to fix the problem.
At the time, I could not afford the 32" or the 36 inch version of
this tv. So I had to settle for a 27 inch.
The 27" cost me $675 total on Sunday Aug. 16 1992.
The others were like $799 and $999.
Back then, that was ALOT of money!