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Aug 7, 2012 Laura in Canada; Wal-Mart electronics customer no more...     After reading the customer reviews on the RCA L42WD22, I shall consider myself f...

Jan 11, 2011 cowman     Bought this TV from Walmart, went out in about 6 months, walmart would not do an...

Jun 9, 2010 Susan H.     Purchased 2 years ago. Went out last summer, just out of warranty, went out agai...

Feb 17, 2010 dgirl     bought mine just over a year ago at sears.saved for this tv big time.turned it o...

Jan 18, 2010 Very Sad     Had this tv for 14 months and no picture only sound. ...

Mar 27, 2009 bobg     I have had two of these fail within 10 months. RCA/Thompson has had the televisi...

Jul 30, 2008 KENNETH WELLS     I purchased my RCA 42 inch lcd about 6or7 months ago at Walmart while grocery sh...

Jul 28, 2008 JeromeD     I got my RCA L42WD22 LCD TV as a gift and it was just problem after problem. I h...

May 4, 2008 Dianna Caudle     Bought the L42WD22 in December on "sale" at Wal-mart. 5 months later the tv sudd...

My Experience: I purchased my RCA 42 inch lcd about 6or7 months ago at Walmart while grocery shopping. It died last week when the little green light flickered for about a second and disappeared. My receipt which I carried in my wallet soon faded out. I called RCA and found out I was SOL. No receipt, no warranty. The tv repair shop said it was the power supply and circuit board. It would be about $400. I paid about $1100 for this sorry piece of (expletive deleted) but I'm unwilling to take a chance on it becoming a money pit. So I'm not buying the RCA parts or any more of their tv's.

Problems: No power. It will not come on. It had a very short shelf life.