5 years ago I purchased KP-57HW40 for $2400 and thought I got a good deal. Last year I noticed that the screen would have a blue hue to it untill it warmed up. Then a week later it went completely blue and shut off. power light blinks 6 times. took and had it repaired for $471 and exactly 361 days later it started again. 363 days after repair and it won't turn on and blinks 6 times. They replaced 5 caps, 1 diode and 3 ic's. this sounds in accordance with the code. So now a guy is coming to look at it again. I have purchased all Sony components, Stereo, DVD players, TV's and every one of them has failed right after warranty. My stereo has been repaired 3 times for the same problem in a 2 year stretch. No more junk for me i'm switching to Sharp.
Well the repair man came and said it would cost $650-$675 to repair. Think i'm just going to sell it or trash it and get an lcd instead.
oh SpYdy, now I see why you wanted the manual.
You say it lasted 5 years without faults i think that was a good deal compared to this new lcd or plasma tvs that last no more than 3 years if your luky,and you can't even repair it by your self because the companys make shure that they insert software that only the brand name campany can fixe them.
I don't know if I'd call them junk but they're certainly not designed as bullet proof as they used to be.
i own a sony 70inch kdf-70xbr950 every year thers a problem spend 6500 dollars for it nothing but problems
SpYdy - I would say that if you have repeated problems of the same type, the problem is not being addressed only the symptoms.
Angelo - Please post the problems you have had and what was done to resolve them. Again, this may be a case of addressing the symptoms and not the underlying problem. If you can post the parts that were used to fix the set, that would be helpful as well.
Dan
sorry . sev. tech came out cleaned my tv replace lamp cover (lamp cover melted) 4months later lamp panel melts again called warreny company they send a different company out they look out the tv told me (the lamp engine was bad the fans are to small and the cooling ports need to be bigger also they told me that optic engine was a bad design that sony made a replacement because there was alot of problems with the cooling two weeks ago they replaced the optic engine fans put a new bulb in cost about $2500.00 thank goodness of the extened service
angelo - Thanks for posting the update. Glad to hear that your set is ok. It it not unheard of to have engineering updates for sets. What the designers show on paper doesn't always reflect reality. Hopefully these changes will resolve the problem for a long time.
Dan