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August 23, 2005
Big-Ass TV, Take 2
Turns out Vizio (the manufacturer of the flat screen we bought yesterday) has a plan to deal with the noisy fans. According to the fellow at our local Costco, they're going to send people out to do on-site repairs. Seems reasonable, given that the alternative is a boat-load of returns (thanks to Costco's return policy).
The unit we had, however, had bigger problems - after about 3 hours of use, it was already exhibiting burn-in - the Oppo DVD player intro screen (which kicks to screen saver after less than 5 minutes) and the TV's own "No Signal" box (which also blanks itself) were clearly visible when the unit was set to a "dead" input.
Turns out that Kat was going to a Quilt Guild pot luck with Dawnise tonight, so we arranged for them to take our Saturn, and I borrowed their Honda Element to affect the exchange. The folks @ Costco pulled their last unit off the floor and held it for me, which was awefully nice of them. (They believe they're getting 10 more in tomorrow, but I had the car tonight, so I wasn't interested in taking chances.)
The new one is upstairs in the car - can't unload it myself. When one of our neighbors calls back, or Dawnise gets home (whichever comes first) we'll try it again...
Posted by dberger at August 23, 2005 7:22 PM