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—>If you owned an expensive TV that stopped working, and you were years out of warranty, you'd assume the manufacturer would have nothing to do with you, correct? LG doesn't play that game—Tim's experience with them when his LG set went kaput is a mind-blowing example of a company practically coddling its past—and almost certainly future—customers.  More »

—>Reader Chris had Verizon FiOS installed back in January, and like so many other Verizon customers, he's been unable to get the free LCD he was promised. Chris sent us a timeline of his struggles with Verizon. It's a long, frustrating read...  More »

—>Reader and blogger John writes in to let us know that not only is CompUSA selling a broken Sony DVD player for $179.98 (that's 40% off the sticker price,) they also have the above-picture completely %$#@ing broken LCD for only $100.   More »

—>Once again, patient shoppers will be rewarded with holiday price-drops on flat-screen LCDs, but the discount won't be as steep as last year; 17% vs. 34%. WSJ says the deal-hungry should confine their searches in the 40,46, and 52 inch size categories. 42 and 47 inch won't see much in the way of discounts as they're mainly produced by budget TV makers who will find it difficult to cut their prices much more. They predict larger discounts on the 1080p than the 720p models as well. C'mon dad, you know the Heat Miser just isn't the same if he's not in high-def.  More »

On the day after Thanksgiving, Mr. Sollitto, the chairman and chief executive of Syntax-Brillian, had 32-inch Olevia liquid-crystal display TV sets selling at Circuit City for $475, almost half its regular price.  More »

We're a little skeptical about it, but here are a few programs that claim to be able to fix stuck pixels and decrease plasma/LCD burn in. The basic idea is that the program will rejuvenate the pixels by turning them on and off 60 times a second. You can use it on your computer monitor, or hook up your computer to output to any device experiencing these malfunctions.  More »