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Last reply Sep 2, 2009 · posted in General Home Theater Equipment

Samsung LCD - Sears warranty protection

Ok,

Heres the deal. I have a Samsung LCD 40 inch Model LNS4041.

About a week ago it started to take about 5 minutes to turn on. It just kept going through the power up cycle. I called sears and they are going to send out a tech since there is still about 5 months left on the 3 year warranty. My appointment in on July 21st.

In the past few days it has become much worse. 25 minutes for the TV to come on and many Picture and sounds issues. I am not a technical person, but if I had to describe the problem it looks like the TV is fried

I guess my question is for those who have dealt with warranty work through sears. What do you think. I have it pegged to 3 choices.

A. I will go out to my truck and get the board you need and get that taken for you.

B. This TV is burnt up and sears will replace it with a similar model.

C. I am going to come up with every reason under the sun not to help you.

I pray to god it is not C.

What do you guys think.

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bhelms

Sep 2, 2009

One possible additional approach. Will probably be tough with a 3 y.o. set, but won't cost you anything so it's worth a try. I base this suggestion on my own experience with Sears which spans nearly 40 years and has almost always turned out favorably. Even tho' there is a large turnover of employees at my local store, they still recognize me as a long-term customer who has spent thousands in that same store over the years. And they are willing to reach more than 50% of the way to keep me as a customer!

Ask politely for a new set from the store where you purchased this current one. Speak directly to the store manager, preferrably in mid-week in the afternoon. Explain everything you have done to remedy the situation and you still don't have satisfaction. Then ask for the new set, preferrably not a Samsung, as "just compensation" for all your hassles. No threats, just a polite conversation. I would expect at worst case they would agree to a significant discount on a new model of a different brand.

Might be worth a try. If that fails, then I agree with jayn_j - cut out the middle man!

jayn_j

Sep 2, 2009

Good point. I agree.

Stargazer

Sep 2, 2009

I know someone that got a warranty on their television from Sears and they had to keep coming back to fix the same problem. Even going to the Attorney General's office did not fix the problem (they are a joke anyways and a waste of tax payer's money). There is still a problem with the television set where there are a few yellow spots that show up all the time on the tv screen and they refuse to fix it for them. They did offer to refund what they paid for the warranty. They simply don't want to pay for a replacement tv or to fix it the right way. They put used parts in the tv from what I am told.

jayn_j

Sep 2, 2009

I have always considered the AG and the BBB as last resorts. First, as you say, they seldom have good outcomes. Second, and more importantly, if you get them involved, you have burned your bridges against any possibility of handling it in a friendly manner.

Retailers will consider either action an act of aggression and you are suddenly facing formal procedures instead of looking for solutions that satisfy both parties.

Sometimes it is the only recourse though.

Stargazer

Sep 2, 2009

I have had to take some very stern agression to get results before. It is a shame that you have to get that way sometimes to get anything done but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I went right into a Sears store with a mower demanding a refund and was not nice about it after we got extended warranty and the dang thing quit running right the second time I used it. They said they fixed it and I got it back and it never got fixed after a total of 3 hours of travelling going there and back dropping it off and picking it up and waiting weeks to get it back. I told them I wanted a refund for my wasted time in gas and all since they didn't fix it. To beat all there was a Sears MUCH closer that it could have been dropped off at and they never told us. I did get a refund for the mower even though five months had passed (we bought the mower in winter) since we first bought it. I told them that it says on the back of the receipt that satisfaction guaranteed or your money back so they had to refund the money. It did not say that I had to do it in three months but after I returned that item it now says that it must be returned in three months.

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ewindowman

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Last reply Yesterday at 9:50 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

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Bruce

Thursday at 9:59 AM

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Yesterday at 2:25 PM

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Yesterday at 3:31 PM

tanman said:
For your viewing pleasure...

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That's ok, I'm sure Verizon will be happy to take them.

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 6:17 PM

comfortably_numb said:
That's ok, I'm sure Verizon will be happy to take them.

That's ALL Verizon needs.....more congested towers

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:19 PM

dishstaller said:
That's ALL Verizon needs.....more congested towers

They don't care... they're milkin' the cow. Buddying up with Elon to provide him an MVNO network will make their investors and shareholders salivate. All of their recent marketing efforts have failed, so this move makes a lot of sense.

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fmj77

Yesterday at 8:51 PM

Bruce said:
SpaceX boldly goes into 'huge' 5G network rollout with Qualcomm

After trying satellites and small cells, Elon Musk's SpaceX is to build a terrestrial mobile network across tens of thousands of sites with Qualcomm.

www.lightreading.com

Mr. Morris is no journalist. That article reads like a political hit job.

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NYDutch

Yesterday at 9:50 PM

comfortably_numb said:
That's ok, I'm sure Verizon will be happy to take them.

Yep, they could stick it in with thier other dozen or so MVNO's, including the five they own.

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Scott Greczkowski

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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Last reply Yesterday at 7:03 PM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal

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harshness

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Given that Tubi is one of the hottest FAST services out there, I don't expect it to go anywhere. Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?

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dishstaller

Friday at 3:06 PM

harshness said:
Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?

That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads :facepalm

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navychop

Yesterday at 1:03 PM

Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?

osu1991

Yesterday at 1:11 PM

navychop said:
Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?

Prime seems to have a problem passing the DV/HDR metadata to Roku and Apple devices, but no problem with their Fire devices.

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Juan

Yesterday at 1:50 PM

dishstaller said:
That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads

The ads are boring and repetitive...same ad over and over...bring back 1970s ads..might not be as big an issue

HipKat

Yesterday at 5:09 PM

Shouldn't this thread be in the IPTV forum?

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dishstaller

Yesterday at 6:16 PM

Juan said:
The ads are boring and repetitive...same ad over and over...bring back 1970s ads..might not be as big an issue

Had a customer come in a couple weeks ago to pay her internet bill. She let me know in no uncertain terms that she did NOT appreciate me running the same ads over and over. I looked at her and waited for her to laugh and say she was just joking.......still waiting for that laugh.

osu1991

Yesterday at 7:03 PM

HipKat said:
Shouldn't this thread be in the IPTV forum?

There is one there too. I would think either is justifiable as they make both the device and provide a streaming program service.

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/roku-the-company-for-sale.422119/

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Ramy

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2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.

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A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.

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Parity is growing in College Football. Making it even harder to tell who is better than each other.

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rvvaquero

Monday at 11:48 AM

Yespage said:
Parity is growing in College Football. Making it even harder to tell who is better than each other.

I agree to a point. The transfer policy is creating parity, but only for the top 20-25 teams. The other 110+ teams in the FBS are just breeding grounds for the bigger schools which have more money and more recruiting appeal.

If a smaller school recruits, trains, and matures a quality player, they can't keep them past their sophomore year because the bigger schools snatch them up. Example: LSU didn't cultivate Sam Leavitt, they just harvested him from other schools. LSU is a top contender, in large part because of Leavitt. Michigan State and Arizona State.................are not. If either of those schools had been able to retain his services, who knows where they would be now.

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reubenray said:
A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.

Coach says afternoon game result of SEC "conspiracy". The rivalry game vs. Ala. will kick off in the afternoon at Baton Rouge rather than at night, which head coach Lane Kiffin says is intentional in order to neutralize fan craziness and noise, which is believed to help lead to wins for squads playing at home. "Obviously the SEC wanted to change this year from how it had been to give LSU less advantage, (considering) how well LSU plays at night and how intimidating it is to play here. So I guess when I look at it that way, I'm not surprised."

But he's come up with an ingenious solution. "Go to bed earlier Fri. night, then start your day earlier. Have breakfast earlier. Start drinking earlier. Whatever your routine is, just move it up."

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Bruce

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Last reply Yesterday at 3:29 PM · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2026 Edition

Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.

In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.

Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News

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Tom Speer

Friday at 1:26 PM

Optimum, which bought up our previous cable company, Suddenlink (originally COX), replac ed all of their coax disdribution with Fiber several years ago. They ran new fiber links to the house, but installed RFOG (RF over glass) devices on the outside of the house, which makes the house coax system look like a cable system. They used DOCSIS modems and of course we had the same assymetric bandwidth of cable internet. When I called them a couple years ago, and said I had installed a connection to the local Fiber provideer, MetroNet, They panicked and offered me the 300 MBit "Fiber powered" cable service for $20 per month. They were bleeding customers. I cancelled my Metronet and went with the $20 deal for a year, even though I didn't like the old cable technology.

Then T-moble Fiber struck a deal with Metronet Fiber where T-mobile would take over the marketing, billing and customer relations for residential Customers. They offered a "Founders Deal" for 2 Gigabit service, symmetric speeds, for $70 per month for new customers. That included all taxes and fees and was guaranteed for 10 years. I couldn't resist. That deal is no longer offered, but I am set for 9 more years.

Now the successor to the old local telephone company, Brightspeed has also installed a modern Fiber system in the neighborhood, but won't be getting my business. But their Fiber technology is also superior to Optimums cable based system.

With Fiber competition, the cable companies are eventually doomed.

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Foxbat

Friday at 4:26 PM

Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

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savarese04

Yesterday at 1:58 PM

Foxbat said:
Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

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ncted

Yesterday at 2:31 PM

savarese04 said:
similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.

"Business Intelligence" is more of an oxymoron than Military Intelligence.

TRG

Yesterday at 3:29 PM

Foxbat said:
Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.

I have gigabit fiber in an underground box on my property. But it's not lit up yet so I'm stuck with copper too. For now anyway.

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garyreno

Last reply Yesterday at 3:03 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Updated to H715 on a Hopper 3 from H713

After a strange reboot last night in the middle of viewing, this morning several more reboots and about a half an hour download.

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 3:03 PM

Just did the update check manually about an hour ago with Hopper 3 on H713 and Hopper Plus on P15403.
Noticed something new when I clicked on the Update Software, it presented a pop-up as follows:
"Update software 1573
Update later Update now Cancel" with those three buttons which did not exist before.

After updating the H715 - I guess there must be major bugs as both H709 and H714 were skipped.

So here are the issue(s):

Issue #1
It did fix the problem with H713 which was:
"One of the problems I am seeing is that the Available Joey Software section no longer is showing the Android TV versions even after a manual software reset twice and the nightly reboot. Until it does, nether Technician Android TV download and Hopper Plus is able to check, download and update the Android TV software."

This was a major problem with H703.

H710 removed that dependency so H711 and H712 were working without that dependency but H713 brought it back which is fixed in H715 as no P versions or Android TV versions are shown in the Available Joey Software on the main Diagnostics screen.
However, with that said, the TECHNICIAN SETTINGS, Download ATV (Android TV) Files is not working correctly as the Download ATV Files shows:
"Download ATV Files 3000
Download in progress. This operation will be
complete when the files are downloaded

Joey 4 : P554- Failed
Joey 4 : P55403- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P654- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P65403- Complete
HopperPlus : P154- Complete
HopperPlus : P15403- Failed

OK"
From what I can tell, each of them goes through the Downloading followed by the Processing stages first before it goes into the Failed or Complete stage. It seemed to be going in a loop earlier as it will start downloading from the first item being the Joey 4 each time before it eventually stopped. This is the first time ever since 2023 that I had ever seen it Failed.

With that said, the dependency appears to still be required for the Hopper Plus to check, download and update the Android TV software as it says Failed, No Target when going to "Device Preferences", About, "Software Update"

Issue #2
Still cannot cast to Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus(Software P15317) with the Hopper Plus "Google Chromecast Built-In" feature" as it shows up as a casting device when the Hopper Plus is online and disappears when the Hopper 3 and Hopper Plus does it's nightly reboots but times out when one tries to cast to it and always shows up as Not available in the Google Home app on Android phone. No one else anywhere on the internet had confirmed whether it is working for them or not. Per brittanygarden in DM on October 16, 2026:
"We've been working with Google on this. We have a fix on the Google side projected for Q4. I know we're in Q4 now, but I will try to get a narrowed down timeline for you."

brittanygarden and Rick Durham

jsmit86 and naptime - If you are able to use H715, does the issue mentioned below still exist?

https://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/th...ftware-version-713-is-out.423921/post-5108817

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Yesterday at 2:02 PM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Color blind man sees full colors for first time at age 66

Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.

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Bobby

Wednesday at 10:10 PM

dishstaller said:
Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a2cgQidHQJI

That brought tears to my eyes.

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dishstaller

Wednesday at 10:12 PM

Bobby said:
That brought tears to my eyes.

Really...REALLY hate to do this to you Bobby, but....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOo3jzkhYA&pp=ygUed29tYW4gaGVhcnMgZm9yIHRoZSBmaXJzdCB0aW1l

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dishstaller

Wednesday at 10:15 PM

Okay....if you think you can take it....this one brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it and did again just now.

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dishstaller

Thursday at 11:32 PM

This came up in my suggestions probably because of the video I posted. I had NO idea exactly what being color blind actually was. Now I understand why that man was so blown away with seeing the trees......a lot of color blind people see green as brown, so grass, trees, etc all look brown.

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Juan

Yesterday at 1:56 PM

Its a shame nobody told him orange was blue and red was purple etc etc etc

telstar_1

Yesterday at 2:02 PM

Often people who have organic vision or hearing activated as adults after never having had it cannot practically utilize it because their brains never developed the massive neural network needed to make sense of any of it.

Well, he sees in color, just differently. Can't he just enjoy that? My granny had anachromatic color blindness, meaning pretty much like a b&w tv

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