[SEDXC] Plasma TV's - RFI

[Keith LaBorde (K4KAL)]

Guys,

Not many are aware of this...

The Visio Brand, is the former Gateway Computer TV Brand we used to sell online and in the old Country Stores.
Gateway dropped them because of all the problems and lawsuits we had.
We lost a ton of money selling these TV's.
We were not able to get parts, and the Plasma screens were leaking right near the end of the warranty period.
It got so bad we were giving away Extended Warranty's to get rid of the inventories we had.

Visio came on the market, when we stopped selling them.
The manufacturer decided to sell direct.
I have seen the Visio in the stores, and they are the same TV's we used to sell, but with the new name badge on them.
My experience has not been very positive with Plasma.  If you do go that route, I would get the extended warranty.
I had the original Gateway, and now a Sony.

I have the 40" Sony XBR in my living room, and my Sony XBR 32" LCD's in my office and bedrooms produce a much better HD Picture.
When I have family visiting and they are watching the Sony Plasma upstairs, trying to work HF is difficult.
I can't wait for it to break, to replace it with a LCD.

Keith, K4KAL


----- Original Message ----
From: Don Nesbitt <n4hh at yahoo.com>
To: John May <johnmay at k6may.com>; sedxc at contesting.com
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:20:02 AM
Subject: Re: [SEDXC] Plasma TV's - RFI


John - agreed on the Visio - I picked up a Visio VX37L
HDTV10A (37" HD LCD) at Sam's Club about a month ago
for a very reasonable price and must say it's
impressive!  Absolutely no RFI problems and an amazing
performer.  And - I actually did pick it up!  Only
weighs a little over 40 lbs!  73 -- Don N4HH

--- John May <johnmay at k6may.com> wrote:

> In 2001, I bought a Sony KV-36XBR450 36 inch HDTV
> (CRT).  The RFI  
> hash wiped out 20 through 10 meters.  The RFI could
> be received on my  
> mobile HF rig for about two miles from my house! 
> How this set ever  
> passed FCC testing?  After a couple of calls to
> Sony, they sent an  
> engineer from California to my house in Atlanta. 
> The engineer  
> thought that the noise was coming from a switching
> power supply.   
> After his visit, Sony called me back and bought the
> set back from me  
> (at the price I paid).
> 
> Circuit City (where I bought the set) let me come
> into the store  
> (before store hours) with my mobile HF rig.  Every
> Sony HDTV in the  
> store had the same RFI problem (no matter what the
> screen size).  It  
> didn't stop until the salesman turned every Sony
> HDTV.
> 
> Sony normally makes a good product and I have to say
> that their  
> service, in this case, was outstanding.
> 
> I ended up buying a Panasonic HDTV.  Since then, I
> have had plasma,  
> rear projection, and LCD (all HDTV) sets from Sony,
> Pioneer, and  
> Vizio with no RFI problems.
> 
> Surprisingly, I been happiest with the Vizio LCD
> from Costco (I was a  
> Pioneer Elite snob).  For the price and quality,
> it's hard to beat.
> 
> Thanks, John K6MAY.
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