Big Sony Bravia TV Fire Recall Is Only In Japan, But US Models May Be Affected
Headlines are blaring about the 1.6 million 40″ Sony Bravia TVs getting recalled for fire and smoke risk, but they’re overlooking a key fact. The recalled models were only sold in Japan. No recall has...
View ArticleHow To Beat HDTV "Customer Service"
If your HDTV set is malfunctioning you follow the advice most HDTV manufacturers put on their website, you can actually end up screwing yourself. Surprise, surprise. Here’s what you should do instead....
View ArticleNo, You Don't Need To Drop $1000 On A Wifi TV To Use A Roku
Sure, you should research purchases ahead of time, but discovering new things while shopping out in the real world can be fun. Reader HogwartsProfessor was browsing the electronics section at Walmart...
View ArticleYes, Televisions Are Pretty Much Disposable Now
It seems like an ancient, lost world now, but there was once a time when people bought electronics or appliances, and when they broke down, they hired someone to repair the item and kept using it. This...
View ArticlePay No Attention To The Flickering Excited Pixel On Your Plasma TV
Joshua has only had his Panasonic 3-D plasma TV for six months, so it’s still well within the initial one-year warranty. It’s developed a strange problem where one particular area of the screen glows...
View ArticleSee A Price Drop On A TV You Bought From Amazon? Act Fast For Your Refund!
It’s not that Steve was begging for any special favors, or violating the policies that Amazon itself has posted. He saw the price on the TV he had already purchased drop by more than $200 as part of a...
View ArticleThe Next Hot Thing We’re All Gonna Want In Our TVs Is Ultra HD
(Michelle Rick) Turn your peepers on “ogle” and prepare yourself to want the newest shiny thing: TV technology is getting shnazzier and the next generation of technology has just been officially dubbed...
View ArticleMy LG Smart TV Is Pretty Stupid Without The ‘Magic’ Remote Control
The magic is gone. Here’s the problem with smart TVs that I had never thought of: they depend heavily on the remote controls that come in the box. That’s a lesson that Michael has learned the hard and...
View ArticleLG Admits Smart TV Without Working Remote Isn’t Very Smart, Offers To Replace It
Yay! Earlier this week, we shared the story of reader Michael, who bought a pricey 3-D smart television from Amazon. His family thought it was pretty awesome until the set’s remote would no longer...
View ArticleRepair Company Can’t Fix TV Without Parts, Warranty Won’t Replace Repairable TV
(catastrophegirl) How long could your household go without a television? It depends on how many people are there, what you watch, what time of year it is, how the weather is, and whether or not it’s...
View ArticleToshiba Sends Contractor To My House To Break My TV Even More, Shrugs
The screen damage. Chad is getting surgery soon: a spinal fusion. He’d like to be able to lie around and stare at his TV while he recovers from the operation, but his TV isn’t working so well. Audio...
View ArticleConsumer Reports: $1,500 Ultra HD TV Is Just a Mediocre LCD TV
The Seiki 50″ Ultra HD TV sells for around $1,500, but Consumer Reports says to save your money.With many Ultra HD (or 4K) TVs ranging in price anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000, early adopters who want...
View ArticleBest Buy Employee Reveals 3 Common Mistakes Customers Make When Picking Up...
(Kevin McShane)Consumerist reader “A” works at Best Buy and sees a lot of customers buying large TVs. He also sees many of those TV-buying customers making the same mistakes when it comes time to take...
View ArticleBest Buy Cancels My Black Tie Plan, Forgets To Tell Me
(Darrell L James)Reader L. had heard nightmare tales about Best Buy’s Black Tie Protection Plans, but they couldn’t possibly be true. Could they? Two years into a four-year protection plan on his TV,...
View ArticleNew LG TVs Will Be Telling Marketers What You’re Watching
(MarkAmsterdam)Your co-workers, friends, and maybe even your loved ones might not know you obsessively watch marathons of House Hunters International, but your TV soon will, with LG and others looking...
View ArticleToll-Free Number On Walmart Black Friday TV Voucher Forwarded To Wisconsin Spa
(Northwest dad)There might have been thousands of people who received vouchers from Walmart during Thanksgiving weekend that entitled them to order a television online at a certain price. For many of...
View ArticleThis $40,000 TV Is The New Thing To Ridicule With Delightful Amazon Reviews
Your eyeballs won’t know where to look first. It’s not every day that the Internet’s commenters can all decide together which product on Amazon is most in need of derision by way of product reviews....
View ArticleDo Many People Really Buy New TVs For The Super Bowl?
(Hammerin Man)If you look around the Internet this week, you’ll see any number of stories advising you on the best TVs (and best deals on those TVs) for watching the upcoming Super Bowl. Given all this...
View ArticleQuantum Dots Are The Hot New Thing At CES. So What Are They, And Why Should...
TV’s are getting bigger and better every year, while also getting thinner and lighter. That’s good, but even as resolution increases by leaps and bounds, there have been some trade-offs in performance....
View ArticleWhat You Say To Your Samsung Smart TV Is ‘Transmitted To A Third Party’
It is not known at this time whether meows are uploaded to the voice recognition server. (JKehoe_Photos)It was almost three years ago that we started to wonder whether it was possible for smart TVs to...
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