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Dell Plasma 42 inch HD for $3k
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Post 16 made on Monday December 13, 2004 at 23:23
Daniel Tonks
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There are even a pile of 1280x768 widescreen displays, but you have to be careful whether those have been designed with 1.78:1 or 1.67:1 ratio. I seem to recall someone complaining about a 1280x768 display that used square pixels and HD material was actually displayed vertically stretched (no letterboxing).
Post 17 made on Tuesday December 14, 2004 at 10:14
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On 12/13/04 16:30 ET, tbone7467 said...
I think or thought that dell and gateway got thier
screen from the same manufacturer. I have only
read a handful of good reviews about the gateways.
I would stay away from these and go get yours
from a reputable manufacturer. Like Sony, sharp,
pioneer, ect...

Sampo has traditionally made the Dell/Gateway models. Sampo makes a good low-cost plasma. I wouldn't hesitate to get one if money is an issue.
Post 18 made on Tuesday December 14, 2004 at 11:09
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I have not read any good reviews on these at all. all of them state that the screen died after warranty expired leaving the comsumer with a 3000 piece of ... that is just what I read from a few sites one being www.epinions.com.
OP | Post 19 made on Tuesday December 14, 2004 at 13:03
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tbone7467,

Are you referring to "SAMPO" reviews at the epinions site ? I went there and the only reviews I saw for Dell were for the 17 inch LCD Wide Screen Dell TV/Displays.

-Don B
Post 20 made on Tuesday December 14, 2004 at 15:28
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no they make the displays for gateway and dell and all dell and gateway do is put their name on them. if you look up gateway plasma you can see the reviews of them on there.
Post 21 made on Wednesday December 15, 2004 at 11:12
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Ouch. Gateway is clearly not capable of dealing with this type of product according to those reviews. On my recommendation, my company bought a Sampo from Costco a year ago for the same price as the lower-end Gateway version of the same TV. It has had zero problems and dialed in nicely for a basic, Avia calibration. I can't remember reading stuff like this, but I assumed the OEM would be better than the Gateway version. Looks like I made a good choice, so far.

Sounds like a class-action waiting to happen with Gateway plasma owners.
OP | Post 22 made on Wednesday December 15, 2004 at 17:42
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I presently own a Dell Widescreen 17 inch LCD monitor/tv. I bought it from their refurb store with a special $100.00 off price.

I would not have paid full price for a new one as to me it just was not worth it.

After some teething problems where I went thru two of these monitors I have now found the third to be reliable.

Basically I believe I got a bad external "brick" power supply with the first one and I told Dell I thought it was the power supply but they instead sent a new monitor without a power supply and it promptly cooked the 2nd one.

On the third go around I was very specific that I get a replacement power supply along with a replacement monitor.

It has now been several months with the monitor working fine.

Dell tells me that my warranty gets reset back to the start each time the monitor dies during the warranty. Of course since I have owned it less that a year I have not needed to call them to task on this.

At this stage I look at that 42 inch Plasma and have to think twice if I would want to go thru this again.

Dude it's a dud is still ringing in my ears.

But they did replace the LCD each time and I can't complain about that.

I just can't imagine shipping a Plasma back and forth. But... Dell does pay the shipping both ways.

Also a extended warranty sounds like a plan with a Plasma.

-Don B
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