If the 60" http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/89034 is too big for your liking here is the 50" smaller brother
LG 50" Full HD Plasma TV 50PA6500 $578 @ The Good Guys
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You can't judge how good of quality a brand is based on a product from 25 years ago. That's completely irrelevant.
My point is, if you spend $2k on a TV, you'd want it to last more than 1 year. Hell, it should last a few years.
Also my comment about LG quality is based on my own experience with the two plasma's. I was the one who pulled them apart, and spent time tracking down the faulty component/s.
Buy whatever extended warranty they offer. At least then, you'll have a chance of repair, replacement, etc.
Your point is worthless, my parents bought a cheap LG television 15 years ago and it lasted about about 10 years and with the use it got was probably the equivalent of about 20 years for most households with 4 or 5 people.
My anecdotal evidence is about as valuable as yours.
And at this price, if it breaks in the warranty period who cares, buy another one, because they will be even cheaper.
Correct, and there are clauses in the Consumer Guarantee to protect against this. An extended warranty means nothing in this case, as it is a total failure of the product only 1yr out of purchase, when no reasonable customer would purchase a TV with the expectation it will last that long. I am in WA so don't know the exact legislation in other states, but here's what the WA website gives as an example:
When asked to buy an extended warranty, ask what it would provide over and above your rights >under the consumer guarantees.
Example:
A consumer buys a plasma television for $6000. It stops working two years later. The supplier tells the consumer they have no rights to repairs or another remedy as the television was only under the manufacturer’s warranty for 12 months. The supplier says the consumer should have bought an extended warranty, which would have given five years’ cover.
A reasonable consumer would expect more than two years’ use from a $6000 television. Under the consumer guarantees, the consumer has a legal right to a remedy as the television is not of acceptable quality.
The supplier may also have misled the consumer about their rights.
When you do not have a warranty, or the goods or services are out of warranty
Whoever sold you the goods or service, or made the goods, will still be responsible for fixing any problems with the goods if they fail to meet a consumer guarantee, even if you do not have a warranty or extended warranty, or the goods or services are out of warranty.
You must be able to prove that you bought the goods from whoever sold you the goods or service, or whoever made the goods.
My advice is do not buy an extended warranty for products like this, and instead exercise the rights we pay GST and the 'Australia tax' for.
I agreed with you. i bought 2 LG micro systems last year and the radio and cd player failed within 7 months. repaired under warranty then failed again 6 months later. bad luck that time out of warranty. no doubt LG products are cheap because they uses cheap parts.
PS - in warranty terms, LG stands for Long Gone
What Does Samsung stand for??? I have put so many of their sets in the bin it is a joke.
tell me what xywolap stands for first !
Next time charge it to your credit/debit card that has extended warranty. I always do that.
No - I can vouch for old Philips.
My grandfather Philip is 90+ now and still going strong.
Mind you, he's definitely an old analogue model, and is almost completely incompatible with anything digital
We purchased a plasma & a lcd around 5 years ago.
The PLASMA (panasonic) died and the LCD (LG) is still performing like the day we bought it and the picture is sharp as.
For longevity you are much better off with LCD and I would buy a LG lcd over all other brands with no hesitation.I've got an LG 32" LCD TV bought back in early 2009 and it's going strong just like it was the day I bought it and this cost $900 back then. Just because you had some faulty TV's doesn't make LG TV's to be bad. An LG 50" plasma tv for $578 is a real nice buy.
My 50 in pana died at 26 months. First time i bought extended warranty :-).
And yet there are people who say: "Dont buy Samsung / Sharp / blah blah blah"
My LG rear-pro is still going on well - AND it was a refurb.
The ACER LCD 26" - still going well
Toshiba 40" Plasma for the oldies - referb still going well.All these units years old.
Its a product that is mass-produced….one of them in the batch will fail.
Every time one of these is turned on Australia builds another power station. True story.
Ah yes, if I'd wasted thousands on an inferior LED, I'd be grasping at untruths as well. Lucky I didn't.
Spend a couple hundred more and get a Samsung… No brainer.
Congrats dude.
I would possibly buy this instead for $696.. oh wait I did.
Could someone pls post it as a deal, i just joined ozbargain and can't post myself. I missed out on the $761 JB HIFI deal for it a week ago as i was out of town and wanted to see it in RL. Went down their later and the sales guy was like $896… that deal will never happen again he said… well that'll show him
It would smoke that particular plasma. These things use like 55w compared to my existing 280w (on power saver) 50inch sammy plasma. If you are in qld and have solar the TV pays itself off after 3 years from the loss of feed in from the power difference during the day (wife and kids are at home and pwer difference is 60c a day).
If you're just comparing power consumption then sure, but I always thought the idea of buying a big tv was also picture quality.. You know, like accurate colours and smooth detail during fast moving scenes, but perhaps I'm just old fashioned
Current model plasmas are not as power hungry as the older models.
For longevity and better features go LCD. I prefer the picture quality of lcd over plasmas which always look fuzzy to me.
The deal sillyhead links to above is the best bang for the buck tv deal anywhere at this time.Yeah I think this 50" plasma one would be around 170w average, so yeah they are better than the 270w of two years ago. But with the LED ones clocking around 55w. Again depends on how often you use it.
You need to compare average power consumption, not just the peak wattage rating on the back… Plasma power usage varies widely depending on the brightness and colours being displayed more than an LCD does.. Yes, power consumption is more but it's not as simple as saying 55w v 170w
Yeah agreed I used the ct clip on my multimeter to log the current over half and hr for each setting. 270w full power saving, 340w medium, 400w no power saving. This is for a series 4 Sammy 50 inch plasma, newer ones would be better than that. Probably half. Remember In a bright room full power saving mode is hopeless with a plasma. for me compared to led it's like going from 60w globes to 9w fluros.
Depends where your putting it I guess, if you are lucky to have a home theater room then plasma is the go. The power isn't an issue then. But for a daily viewer in your living room its silly to have a plasma I think. The plasma is deliciously soft on the eyes.. which i'll miss. I do notice when at other folks houses that the LCD are hard on the peepers, but usually they have their brightness jacked to the max and stuff coz they think thats what PQ is Im looking forward to the upgrade to ethernet streaming and the 3d will keep kids happy.
The other thing that s%^ts me to tears with the plasma is the burn in. With kids and family constantly visiting that dont get the score with the burn its always happening! And having to switch inputs to TV when you want to pause that game or movie for 5 mins when the phone rings is a P in a A.
I do get what your saying though SBOB. But if you read the review on this particular model the blacks and colours are apparently not that good. check it:- http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/lg-50pa6500/4505-6482_7-35145445.html
I think the whole point of buying a plasma (like I did 3 years ago) is to have the great PQ, motion and blacks, and to be prepared for the negatives. To buy one with low PQ and poor blacks… why would you bother?
If you're lucky enough to have a HT room.. a PROJECTOR is the only way to go. No panel TV gets close to offering the same experience.
Seems strange to even discuss this unit (about cheapest name brand 50") if you can afford the cost of setting aside that much real-estate as a home cinema.
This is a good unit if you don't have the cash to splash around. Why would you go for a cheap older model TV without the current model features if you have that much money?
Very happy with this model - had for 1 year. Great price.
Previous HD model had a rattle at full volume. LG replaced my TV with this FHD model.
Also have a 4 year old LG 42" working as good as new.I'm happy with this LG - especially at this price.
Seems most here are critical, but all seem not to have this model.How long ago was the TV's 1 year anniversary?
1 year coming up soon. Working great.
LG replaced an 11 month old $600 50" HD under warranty nearly 1 year back with this model. This model was being sold out back then as it was old, so surprised it is still being sold. A good basic unit without latest features - good value for the price.
That's what I meant byhad for 1 year
Paid $600 for this a year ago and been very happy with it, comments on other models bought at different times are irrelevant, most electronics are ODMd and OEMd so the badge does not matter.
A couple of family members made the mistake of buying 50" LG plasma's a couple of years ago.
One died 3 weeks out of warranty (1 year). The other died 2 months out. A control circuitry failure on both. LG wanted $700+ each to repair the unit, so off to the tip they went.
Each paid out $2k+ at the time, and received the bonus 26" LCD TV. The LCD TV's are still working fine.
A quick search of Google at the time, showed many others having issues with the same fault. LG was of no help in resolving the problem, unless you paid out the $$.
I still have an old Philips TV bought in 1987 for ~$2000 which is working fine.