Polaroid launches Definia line of LCD HDTVs
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 23rd 2007 7:01AM
posted Nov 23rd 2007 7:01AM
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posted Nov 23rd 2007 7:01AM
The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
Salespeople are also becoming less likely to recommend LCD sets over plasma sets, which goes against the industry trend.
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who buys HDTVs from polaroid? When you can buy a better brand for those same prices?
I bought a Polaroid from Wal-Mart for my first HDTV last spring. I took it back the next day. The picture wasn't that great no matter what I changed. Mainly any small part of white on the screen would completely drown out all other colors on the screen at the time. The sound was like listening through a metal can. It was horrible.
Will this new line suck less? That is the question.
The people who look for the cheapest tv out there eat these Polaroids up. A lot of them even think that they have the best picture because the oversaturated colors make the colors seem bright and pop out in bright stores even though someone who knows what they are looking at thinks the colors look garish. I don t care what they say about the contrast ratio levels, the contrast on those tvs are horrible to the point that a bush looks like a black orb because the tv can t differentiate different leaves.
I spy with my little Polaroid something that is cheap and easy.
I will believe it when I see it. Usually companies jump on the band wagon because everyone is doing it. I would be very careful when buying a new comer.
Santa wants me to have this becuase i have been a good girl
Polaroid LCD HDTV have one the worse warranty plains out there. Unless they have changed it for the new model line, don't buy them.
http://hdguru.com/your-new-disposable-flat-panel-hdtv/107/#comment-13243
Excerpt from the 6/30/07 article:
"The Polaroid set seems like a good deal until you find out what the Circuit City and Polaroid websites fail to disclose, which is that Polaroid HDTVs cannot be repaired after the warranty period expires!"
It should not be a surprise. A lot of electronics have largely been disposable for decades now, particularly when you get the cheap stuff such that it's not worth the cost of fixing.
As long as the warranty is long enough to get you past the infant mortality stage, it should be fine.
I saw some story about the cost of making a repair on a budget TV. Accounting for shipping costs both ways, the cost of the parts and labor, it's not far from the cost of a new set.
It's incredibly wasteful, but when we're talking about a product made as much as into the millions of units using very cheap labor, cheap parts and cheap design in a developing country, it's tough to justify the cost of repair labor in a developed country.
Even when your TV is under warranty they ignore you, make promises to send parts and a repairman, and string you along until your warranty has expired. I will NEVER buy another Polaroid product of any kind ever again. I will get the word to the masses that this company makes and sells shabby products they don't stand behind.
This tv looks EXACTLY the same as the Tatung V42EMGI, which has been released last year in Europe. Same specs and same looks.
Gimme gimme please...
EngadgetHD, you should probably mention that Polaroid is currently selling their name to various manufacturers that want to get into the American market with a recognizable name. In other words, Polaroid did not make this TV. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation for references.