New Panel For Plasma

[Snax]

My LG plasma needs a new panel apparently (lots of red sparkles) the engineer who came to view it said that it had to be replaced at a cost of £600.

The TV is under a John Lewis warranty and so the cost will be picked up by them.

My concern is that the engineer is a contractor and looked like a proper cowboy. How can I be sure that if he replaces the panel that I don't get a low quality replacement from, say, a cheap chinese factory?

Are panels the determining factor for image quality and are they unique to models?

 

[whitecrook]

Ask him that

 

[the wopster]

its likley that JL will just give you the money for a new tv, but if you were to get a new screen put in it would be the screen that goes with your tv so it will be a LG panel they are not interchangeable and there are no cheap chinese factory panel makers any more, there are only three plasma makers left Panasonic,Samsung and LG

 

[Fr0dders]

its likley that JL will just give you the money for a new tv, but if you were to get a new screen put in it would be the screen that goes with your tv so it will be a LG panel they are not interchangeable and there are no cheap chinese factory panel makers any more, there are only three plasma makers left Panasonic,Samsung and LG

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there aren't any cheap chinese plasmas. Its too much of a niche market, the cheap chinese and taiwanese companies are churning out LCDs now.

 

[Snax]

Oh good. Am relieved.