AZDana

My Polaroid LCD TV worked great when I first got it on  October 5, 2008. The clarity was so good that I could see every hair in John Stossel’s moustache.  I don’t watch a lot of tv shows, but I was glad the Polariod television had a good picture when I did watch it.

That all changed this morning. I grabbed the remote, hit the “ON” button and got NOTHING!!

No picture, no sound, just a black vacant screen staring back at me.

So I got online and starting searching. Apparently, this problem is very very common for Polarod. I went to ConsumerAffairs.com and there are nearly FIFTY pages of complaints and most of them sound exactly like what I encountered.

In one of the most recent posts, Glen of Nutley, NJ writes:
Purchased a 32″ Polaroid TV from Circuit City in NJ in late 2006 for 850. 1 year and 1 week after purchase i had no sound or picture and had to unplug to turn off like many others. Even though I only missed warranty by 1 week Polaroid did nothing for me. Went to local repair shop and paid almost 300 to fix i believe it was power supply and 2 capacitors.

Looks like Glen and I have something in common, although mine lasted one year and 17 days.  Thankfully, I did find a guy that posted a fix for those that are handy with a soldering gun.  I don’t know who stivO is, but I am so glad he posted detailed instructions on fixya.com . I haven’t held a soldering iron in over 20 years, but tomorrow I’m going to give it a try.  In the meantime, if you are considering buying a Poloroid LCD televison, please PLEASE reconsider and do your research first.

(Btw, I know how to spell Polaroid and have intentionally included its common misspellings in my post in case someone makes a typo while using a search engine. Welcome, Googlers!)