display model from Richer Sounds-risky?

[Slam]

my local Richer Sounds is selling their £700 Sony TV for £650 inc a 5 year guarantee.
It'll have been on for 7 or so hours a day, 7 days a week for the past few months but I'm thinking that this won't necessarily have done it any harm.

what do you think...worth taking a risk?

 

[Slam]

I'd want a little more than £50 off if it's ex-display.

That's what I thought at first, but now I think it's worth considering.
I guess I'll go see it, if it looks as good as new and has all the accessories in good shape then I guess the guarantee takes care of the rest.

The screen should be good for 10s of thousands of hours so it shouldn't matter that it's been on more than usual at the start.

 

[Slam]

I decided to buy it. I figured that this model TV was only released in July and so couldn't have been on display for all that long (relative to the intended lifespan of the TV). I would have felt different if it was an end of line TV that had seen hard service for almost a year.

Fingers crossed (so far so good, I'm v happy with the purchase)