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HP PL4260N Plasma TV (PL4260N)

42" diagonal, 16:9, 10000:1 contrast, $1,399 MSRP Add to Compare List


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Hewlett Packard PL4260N Plasma TV
User Rating 

15 User Reviews Rated 2.7
Image Quality 3.2
Features 3.1
Construction 2.9
Ease of Use 2.7
Reliability 1.9
Value for Money 2.1

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HP PL4260N Plasma TV Reviews
15 User Reviews
Jul 27, 2017 dick boiii
    Do not post more than once per product. Do not post first impressions, spend so...
Jul 4, 2016 www
    I bought this PL4260N in late 2006 / early 2007. Had it almost 10 years. NO PROB...
Feb 5, 2011 Frustrated
    My TV just popped. No picture only sounds. Seems you know all about this. Th...
Oct 29, 2010 ramblin on
    Purchased 03/2007, died 11/2009,,,hp says 60,000 hrs of viewing...ha...sent emai...
May 6, 2010 Never Another HP Product!
    I guess we're the lucky ones. Our HP HDTV picture lasted a whole 3 1/2 years! ...
Aug 28, 2009 meegas
    I purchased the Pavillon MD5800 HP TV a few years back with a 3 year warranty. ...
Jul 17, 2009 D&S
    My wife and I bought this tv in March of 2007 from Circuit City. May 28,2009 it ...
Jul 14, 2009 HP_SUCKS
    Complaint Description - Posted 6/23/2009 9:37:53 AM I'm writing to express my ex...
Apr 28, 2009 terryk
    Image detail and color quality is great. Sound from the two side mounted speake...
Jan 7, 2009 B-pool
    HP 42 plasma HDTV (purchased 1/31/06, 3 years). The screen shows dark garbled im...
Dec 25, 2008 Greg
    HP doesn't care about televisions, they are dropping almost all of them....
Oct 31, 2008 pc
    Have this tv for 16 months, it worked ok, on September just die, no picture, no ...
Dec 24, 2007 Matt
    I bought this TV in April 2007 for a great price and it has served me well. I u...
May 23, 2006 ejz91369
    Great television for the price. Beautiful picture quality, esp. with DVD or HDT...
May 17, 2006 northshore
    Great picture and sound (when hooked up to regular cable) and nice looking plasm...
Oct 31, 2008 pc 2.0
Image Quality 3.0
Features 3.0
Construction 1.0
Ease of Use 3.0
Reliability 1.0
Value for Money 1.0

My Experience: Have this tv for 16 months, it worked ok, on September just die, no picture, no display.

Problems: HP claims that this models exhibit no picture, no display. But only the serial numbers starting in the range cnh626xxxx to cnh642xxxx. The one I own serial number is cnh643xxx, therefore is out of the range, I paid $1200.00 for the tv 16 months ago, to have it fix it will cost over $895.00. On the hp's website under the specifications tab it reads ULTRA-LONG LIFE PANEL-UP TO 60,000 HOURS OF OPERATION, 60,000 hours equates to more than TWENTY-THREE YEARS at seven hours a day viewing, I only watch tv on football season, the rest of the time the tv is turned off. I purchased the tv at best buy, the sales man, told me that, this tv was the best ever at the time, and talk me into buying the most expensive gold plated component video cables and a superb surge supressor, which I did, hp and best buy refuse to have the tv repair because is not in the range, and they both claim that this tv should not have a problem, well, they both full me! THANK A LOT hp and best buy.
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