WHEN WORKING PROPERLY HAS GREAT PICTURE QUALITY

COLOR GOES OUT OF WACK, FAINT VERTICAL LINE, CONTRAST FLICKERS RANDOMLY.

AT FIRST DOING MY HOMEWORK AND LOOKING INTO ALOT OF REAR PROJECTION TV'S I FOUND THIS ONE AT A DEALER BEING SOLD AS DEMO. I FELT IT HAD A GREAT PICTURE, REMOTE A PAIN TO USE AND THE SOUND WAS TERRIBLE. BUT WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN MY SYSTEM I DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THE PICTURE. I ORIGINALLY WAS BUYING THE 60" SET BUT THEY BROKE IT MOVING IT OUT OF THE SHOW ROOM. SO I BOUGHT THE 54" DEMO. THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS IT SEEMED FINE AND I WAS STILL TWEEKING IT OUT. AFTER THAT IT WAS ALL DOWN HILL. WENT TO THE DEALER THEY GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL, THEY SAID THEY DO NOT WORK ON MARANTZ BIG SCREENS...THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS THEN I MOVED TO NC. I WENT TO A HIFI SHOW AND SAW A MARANTZ "BIG WIG" THERE. TOLD HIM MY PROBLEMS AND HE FINALLY INFORMED ME IT WAS MADE BY PHILLIPS AND GAVE ME THE 800 NUMBER. I'VE HAD A REPAIR MAN OUT 3 TIMES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED CORRECT. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN REPLACE THE TV. I EVEN OFFERED TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE NEW MODEL. THEY CHANGED THE CIRCUIT BOARDS TWICE AND SAID THAT WAS ALL THE COULD DO. I STILL USE IT ONLY BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO THROW AWAY SOMETHING THAT EXPENSIVE AND START OVER (EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO). I AM NOW AFRAID TO BUY ANYTHING BY MARANTZ BECAUSE OF THIS POOR QUALITY TV AND SERVICE. DO I BLAME MARANTZ OR PHILLIPS? SORRY THIS IS NOT MUCH OF A REVIEW, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE BEFORE THEY BUY A PRODUCT. GUESS I GOT A LEMON.

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SONY, PIONEER, TOSHIBA, JVC.