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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...

My Experience: I purchased the Pavillon MD5800 HP TV a few years back with a 3 year warranty. First I had to call to replace the bulb for the picture (now HP tells me that was not a service call although I didnt have TV for a week and a tech had to come out and replace part). See after 3 service calls they need to replace the TV. I'm on my 3rd service call and have not had the TV for weeks now. Everytime they need to ship parts to me for the technician it's another week. The technicians have told me that this product needs replaced, but HP won't do it. My warranty expires in a few days and I know with pretty good certainty this TV will require more service calls in the future (not to mention it doesnt work now after tech came over). I financed this through HP and still owe a hefty amount (over $2000 plus warranty) and Im having to make payments for a product that doesnt work. I even went so far as to call service myself and asked to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor was less than helpful...actually not nice at all.....and the real "GOTCHA"....I work for HP. Never again will I buy an HP product nor recommend HP products to my friends. The customer service is poor (I have to say the people at the 800# were nice enough...just not their supervisor who refused to give me his name) and warranties a sham. I see now why HP stopped selling these to employees...they're worthless, expensive items. Now imagine someone who doesnt work for HP trying to get help...maybe you'll have better luck, but I wouldnt count on it.

Problems: No picture (first service call)

Picture turned orange (another service call)

Not able to fix picture (another service call after they've replaced almost everything)

No picture so now TV sits until next week when they try replacing another part.