LCD Advice

I’m debating on getting a new Laptop. I’m considering either Dell or HP (I get discounts from my employers) The thing is I already have a Dell with a 2 year Accidental damage coverage, first my charger started melting and Dell sent me a new one that arrived the very next day. Now my LCD screen is dead and without question (yet) they are repairing it.

It seems Dell does honor their warranty but an HP Laptop with a warranty is cheaper than a Dell. Now HP pre-installs a lot of crap that I ddon’t really want but my biggest concern is : Has anyone had an experience with an HP extended accidental damage warranty?

Should I get the Dell or HP?

Here are my options :

HP Pavilion dv5z customizable Notebook PC

* – Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
* – AMD Turion(TM) X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 (2.0GHz)
* – 15.4″ diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
* – 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* – ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
* – 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* – Webcam + Fingerprint Reader
* – HP Color Matching Keyboard
* – 802.11b/g WLAN
* – No Modem
* – SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* – No TV Tuner w/remote control
* – 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
* – $100 OFF Microsoft(R) Office Home and Student 2007!!
* – HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
and
3-year Accidental Damage Protection Extended Service Plan for Notebook PCs
cost: 940.04

Inspiron 1525 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System -Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium Edition
System Color -Midnight Blue BLU
Memory- 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz 3G2D
LCD Panel -Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280×800) 15XGAT
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 INTAC
Hard Drive Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 250GB
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC
Modem Integrated Modem I56NM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1 ADOBER
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD Writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) 24COMBO
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0 IS
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card DW1395
Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam DCAMERA
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Special Offer:Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days MC930D
Battery Options 6 cell battery 6BAT
Warranty & Service 3Yr Ltd HW WRTY, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24×7 Phone Support SQ3OS
Accident and Theft Protection Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 3Yr Warr. CCLJ3
Datasafe Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr DATSF3G
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested NISP
Dell Recycling Free Recycling Kit RECYCL
Processor Branding Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium

cost: 936.56

I will be using this computer mainly for school, chatting, email, dowloading music and burning dvd’s also surfing the web. I’m not into gaming. if you think other options would be more suitable please offer that info. thanks

I am purchasing a Samsung Series 6 LCD HDTV

is there a way i can somehow rig the tv so it wont work, and be replaced? obviously without physically damaging it.

I recently cracked my Sony Bravia 32″ LCD TV while moving it for cleaning. It fell and caught the corner of the cabinet it stands on. It will turn on and display part of the picture but there is a very cracked area where the impact occurred. I bought the TV about about 2 years ago from the Sears I used to work at and bought an extended warranty for either 3 or 4 years with it. Do you think Sears will cover it? I’ve heard some horror stories about Sears repairs so I’m worried about whether my extended warranty will cover accidents. I’m still paying on the TV so it would be useless to buy a new one.

and my rights in taking back a two year old telly to Currys thats faulty (no sound). Manufacturers warranty was one year, did not take out extended warranty but feel an LCD tv should last more than 23 months. From reading through the 1979 Sale of Goods act (amended 1994) it states goods must be fit for purpose for a reasonable length of time, I do not believe 2 years is a reasonable time for a £500 telly.

Really what I am wanting is the steps to take, I believe they are.

1) Speak to Currys to see what they are going to do about it.
2) If as I suspect is true nothing get an independent tv repairer to do a report on what the problem is.
3) Speak to Currys to get them to do the repair.
4) If Currys refuse get it fixed by independent.
5) Take Currys to small cames court to get reimbursed on court and repair fees.

Any views
Just out of interest have any of the posters taken anyone to court or are trhey just going on what they’ve read. I’ve taken banks to court over charges and won. Two years to win in a small claims court is total rubbish so i’m guessing you haven’t.

I have a Panasonic 50″ plasma tv which is about 2 years old (this model was only exclusive to 1 store) and I have a Monster Cable HDMI connected to tv and an LG Up-Converting DVD player. Now the problem is sometimes when watching a movie on the DVD player the screen goes blank for 2 seconds (happens at any time) and the tv comes off but i can still hear sound from my 5.1 surround sound. Now i got a 80gb Ps3 and connected the same HDMI to it. Now when i play it still does cut off at anytime for 2 seconds but the tv doesn’t come off, it goes black then comes back to where i was. I know its not the ps3’s problem since i had been using it on my lcd monitor for about 2 months and this never happened. This 2 second thing happends every other day or sometimes days. All the other connections (component, svideo etc) on the tv are hooked up, but never gives problems.I bought extended warranty for the tv and it expires in december, so im wondering what I should do.

XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800MHzFSB, 6M L2 Cache)
1313-6439Tuxedo Black Casing XPS M1530
1311-78234GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530
1320-669415.4 inch Full Hi Definition Wide Screen WUXGA TrueLife LCDwith Camera for XPS M1530
1320-6081128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
1341-7083320GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with Free Fall Sensor, Seagate Casey,M1530
1310-9764DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP, XPSM1530
1420-5769Internet Search and Portal
1420-6436Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1420-8585Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 32-bit Edition English
1420-7590Media Direct 3.5
1463-2282Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1420-9100Dell Dock Consumer
1420-7622DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
1313-5360External Dell USB Modem
1420-7468ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
1467-48142X BluRay Drive
1420-7759Media Direct for Blu-Ray
1420-8164Roxio Creator 10 Premiere Blu-Ray
1313-5014Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
1430-2450Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
1410-1595Norton Internet Security 15-Month, English
1312-063985 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for XPS M1530
1412-0148No Internet Service Provider Requested
1420-6588Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Edition
1412-0359Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
1950-33393 Year Limited Warranty
1960-3652Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
1960-8710Warranty Support,Initial Year
1988-5618Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
1983-5942Type 15- Third Party At HomeService with Nights and Weekends, 24×7 Technical Support,2 Year Extended
1988-5617Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
1984-2360Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24×7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1412-0358Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
1960-9188CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 3 Year
1991-1159Bund. LoJack Theft Recovery - 3 Year DHS
1420-8653LoJack Theft Recovery Softwarefor Laptops, 3 Year
1330-0171S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
1467-2337Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
1430-2566Dell Wirless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)
1310-5408Free Recycling Kit
1320-679815.4 inch Black Wide Screen WUXGA TrueLife LCD with 2.0 MPCamera for XPS M1530
1420-7715Camera Software XPS M1530 2.0MP

its half toy
mom wouldnt get the good vid card going to replace it eventuly

this was my old question ***I have a Panasonic 50″ plasma tv which is about 2 years old (this model was only exclusive to 1 store) and I have a Monster Cable HDMI connected to tv and an LG Up-Converting DVD player. Now the problem is sometimes when watching a movie on the DVD player the screen goes blank for 2 seconds (happens at any time) and the tv comes off but i can still hear sound from my 5.1 surround sound. Now i got a 80gb Ps3 and connected the same HDMI to it. Now when i play it still does cut off at anytime for 2 seconds but the tv doesn’t come off, it goes black then comes back to where i was. I know its not the ps3’s problem since i had been using it on my lcd monitor for about 2 months and this never happened. This 2 second thing happends every other day or sometimes days. All the other connections (component, svideo etc) on the tv are hooked up, but never gives problems.I bought extended warranty for the tv and it expires in december, so im wondering what I should do***
New detail is, i got top spin 3 for ps3 and played i yesterday for about 4 hours. It worked perfect and then this morning i countinued and it was still good. Now I came home late, about 9pm the same day and loaded the game again. I started playing and realized that the sound didnt sound right, it sounded like the sound was muffled with a slight echo. I went to the main menu and realized the music wasnt playing in the background as it usually does. I restarted the system and everything worked as usual again. This had never happened. I didnt replace the hdmi cable or tv yet, its the same one. PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.
Hi thanks, i tried seperating the two but its the same thing.

I purchased a Polaroid lcd tv (model # FLM-373B) with the 2 year extended warranty, and i misplaced the receipt so the manager at Wal-Mart told me to find the upc# for that same tv and they would be able to pull up a copy of the receipt and warranty.
PLEASE HELP!!
Sorry I forgot to mention i threw the box out about a week after i had the tv and now Wal-mart doesn’t have this model number anymore, at stores and online.