Magnavox TV

I purchased about 14 Magnavox model ZV427MG9 and ZV457MG93 DVD/VCR combos last summer, 7 months ago. They're all broken. All of them. Several of them have terrible tracking, so you can't make a copy. Several machines had garbled and very low audio, so your DVD copy comes out with no sound. Several players shut down completely when the front display panel read out "S-A-T" and the players had to then be shut down for 24 hours before they started working again. Another player starts to record when you play FFD or REW, so several of my 25-year old videos were partially erased. Other players would not dub, my 30-year old wedding movies, saying "You are not allowed to record this on a disc" as the player misread my wedding video for a pre-recorded film.

When I phoned Magnavox yesterday and spoke with supervisor Edith, she told me that my warranty just ended and that I'd have to pay for all the repairs for all 14 broken players. She said that she didn't care if I complained, that she'd be proud if I use her name and that she would not let me speak with the manager. She told me to go to hell and hung up. Magnavox sells junk. Their company is ran by a bunch of gangster-type pieces of crap.

I purchased a Magnavox 32 inch flat screen TV 3 years ago and when you cut it off, it takes about 2 hours to come back on. I would like Magnavox to pay to have this fixed.

We purchased this Magnavox 19-inch LCD TV with built-in DVD player. Paid about $400 something and didn't use it much over about 20 times. It is like all of the rest of the complaints I have read online. I won't turn on/off, has no picture (black) and got a very bad sould. Magnavox needs to reimburse us on these TV. I tried to call Magnavox and they won't take our calls. This TV is a piece of junk. We have to purchase a new TV.

Same as I have read over and over, looks like Mag can not get a hint. I paid $1,200.00 for the HD Plasma and out of warranty, but not too old. It does that same green blinking light and will not power up. When I pay good money to buy my husband a gift, I want it built well! After 4 yrs, this should not be happening! Mag used to be great, my dad was a TV repairman. But as you see, since 06 they have been getting complaints and won't fix the problem or help their customer. So after a lifetime of Magnavox, goodbye, I am going to a Zenith!

I bought a 37-inch TV from Target when the Super Bowl was in AZ. It was over $1200, I totally loved this TV. It was the nicest one I ever owned. It did everything and the sound was awesome, so I unhooked the surround sound and put it in my bedroom. Then 8 months ago, it kept getting harder and harder to turn on. Blinking light and black screen. It got to where on the weekends we didn't turn it off. It was taking so long on black Friday, we bought a new TV. Not a Magnavox like I wanted, but another brand that turns on. The sound sucks though. I still miss my TV. When we get more money, I am going to take it and see how much it costs to repair it.

I bought a 47" Magnavox flat screen at Sam's Club about 4 years ago. From day one, we had the issue of not being able to turn the TV off manually. If you did, 9 times out of 10, the green light would come on but the screen is black. We had to physically unplug the TV, wait and then plug it back in. It usually comes back on after that, so we didn't worry about that too much. Sunday, 1/8/12, I walked into my bedroom and heard a chirping noise and smelled something burning. The TV's green light was on but there was no sound and no picture. I turned the TV on and off, we got a chirping noise every time.

I Googled "Magnovox TV making chirping noise" and wow, so many people with the same problem. It sounds like it's not even worth taking to go get it fixed. I'm with one of the reviewers, this is not a coincidence. I know we paid almost $800 for the TV. What? It only lasted 4 years, there's nowhere around that repairs it and it happens all the time? This is not a coincidence. This is not something that Magnavox is unaware of. They are deliberately taking a lot of our money and selling us utter crap!

After 3 years, our Magnavox 47m437b-37 has no picture. I have read way too many complaints on this specific model and I firmly believe Magnavox (Philips) should do something about this. I paid approximately $1298 for this TV from Wal-Mart.

Model # 19md357b/37 TV - sound will snap crackle and pop and no sound (or occasional screeching sound). It requires turning the TV on 5 to 10 times for sound and picture to correct itself, overall takes 30-45 minutes so this warm up will occur. I have to unplug the TV every time, power switch will not shut it off. Picture shuts on and off during this warmup. TV is only 2 years old and the problem has been going on for the past 3 months. I purchased this at Sam's Club. What a pile of disposable junk. TV repairman told me that the motherboard/power supply is fried, repair will cost $180. It is cheaper to throw it away and buy a new one. Magnavox is garbage.

I own a 37" Magnavox HDTV since 2008 that no longer works. Like the many other posts, the power light comes on green, but the picture is blank. It's very frustrating.

We bought a 47 inch Magnavox, model #47MF437B LCD TV from Walmart approximately 2 1/2 years ago. TV stopped working and blew a fuse in the entire room. Now, TV won't turn on. Tried calling the customer care center and they refused to take calls regarding their TVs and referred everyone by an automated message to their website.

I have no TV to watch and no money to buy a new one. It's shameful to live in this wonderful country yet have no other choices but to purchase inferior products because good products aren't available for purchase anymore. I remember when the Magnavox name meant quality. Not anymore. So where do we go now? What name is trustworthy? Who will stand behind their products? Somebody help!

My 42" Magnavox has sound but no picture after only a year. I called a Magnavox number at the back of the TV and they were no help at all. They told me my year was just up a few days ago so there was nothing they could do. This TV was well over a 1000.00 dollars. There are lots of complaints on this TV model and something should be done about this issue.

I purchased Magnavox LCD TV Model #37MF321D in May, 2007 and I am experiencing the same problem with those who have filed a class action suit involving Magnavox 42" & 50" Models. The cause seems to be faulty capacitors. When I turn on the TV with the remote or manually, the "on" light flashes, but the TV doesn't turn on. This goes on for about 60 minutes and there's no way of stopping it.

Turning the TV off doesn't work. After about 1 hour, the flashing stops and I then have to immediately hit the "on" button in the hope that the TV will finally turn on. Sometimes it does, most times it doesn't. But if not, the duration of the flashing is shorter. Once the flashing stops again, I hit the "on" button and the TV usually turns on.

This is my second email. We purchased two 42" Magnavox flat screens about five years ago from Office Depot for about $2,000. The first TV screen would go blank then come back on. It was out of warranty. Then, the screen stopped working but still has sound. The second TV had the same problem and was repaired under warranty. Yesterday, the second TV screen went out, still has sound. We should be able to get our $2,000 back from Magnavox. Shoddy product.

We purchased two, 42" Magnavox flat screens (for two different residences). They both went blank for a few seconds then the screen came back on. This has been going on for a long time. The first TV has been repaired one time under a warranty but the second one is already out of warranty. This one, finally showed red pixels and puffed out. The blue light is on and the sound is on, but no picture. We bought the TVs at Office Depot. We have exported our jobs, our manufacturing. This is planned. Please keep your eyes open.

Same as the rest. When I try to turn it on, I get the flashing green light, then nothing. It has been doing this since the warranty ran out. I contacted Magnovox and they more or less said it's not their problem.

How many people have to complain before it is their problem? Meantime, we are stuck with a black $800 screen to look at. Thanks, Magnovox!

On 2/18/2011, I purchased a Magnavox TV through Walmart.com and paid $1298.00. But on Monday, Sept 12, 2011, the TV was turned on and a green light came on, but there was no picture, and there was a soft squeaking like noise, which was audible along with an odd odor.

Upon looking on the web and saw some reviews on this model, there are numerous complaints similar to mine, where the TV suddenly does not work, after only three years. This is a very expensive TV. I have other TV, which were substantially less, and still function after 10 years or more.

Rita, the technician support at Magnavox was of no help, except to give me the address of the complaint department. She told me that she could not give me the name or number of Magnavox servicemen in my area, since the warranty had expired and I had bought a 2 year additional warranty. I was told to write to P and A USA INC, with this complaint. I feel like there must be a faulty wiring, for so many complaints regarding this particular model and it all appears to occur from what I read around 3 years! I am very disappointed in this TV!

I purchased a 42" LCD TV but just after two years, the picture has gone dead. The sound works but there's just a black screen. I am very disappointed.

I purchased a new Magnavox 26" LED TV/DVD combo a year ago and now it won't stay on. The power light is on, it turns to green, the words "digital television" appear on screen, then it turns back off. I've tried all remedies in the manual and in online forums. WalMart won't take it back or exchange it.

I purchased a Magnavox DVD/VCR player from my local Wal-Mart. I asked my 17-year-old nephew to come over and hook it up for us. My husband, Roy was there with him when they opened the box which was still sealed from the manufacturer. When my nephew hooked it up and pressed the play button, a porn video was in it.

The manager of the Wal-Mart refunded me the money for the player and was very apologetic. I am trying to get contact information for Magnavox to make them aware of this problem. The manager also told us that this had happened before. We took from him the serial number and bar code off of the box which we have saved.

I have a 3 year old Magnavox Flat screen TV that I purchased at Target. It will not manually power up. The on light comes on for 1-2 seconds, then shuts off. After researching this issue, I found thousands of other consumers with exactly the same issue. Magavox will not deal with repair or recall of the TVs. This is a major defect that I feel should be recalled. Can you help me please??

Given the posts already submitted regarding the defective flat panel TVs sold by Phillips-Magnavox, it is redundant to describe the failure we experienced. Flashing light, no picture, then total failure including smoke and foul odor. We have the 37" model 37MF231D/37. Calls to Magnavox were met with denial of a problem and no support for the 37" series of TVs. We spent $999 for a TV that only lasted 3+ years. I have analog TVs that lasted nearly 20 years and were still working when we gave them away. The total disregard for the customer by Magnavox makes the "Smart, Very Smart" company theme into the consumer's "Cheated, Very Cheated" refrain. Where is 60 Minutes or Dateline on this nationwide scam?

Beware of FUNAI Corporation. I purchased a Magnavox MDR513H/F7 HDD and a DVD Recorder with Digital Tuner from Amazon.com. The first unit never worked out of the box so Amazon shipped me a new one. The second one lasted exactly 100 days. I have been, for two weeks, trying to resolve the issue, and finally got a supervisor at the Level 2 call center named Geofrey. But he refuses to call me back and discuss the matter.

Why doesn't someone start a class action lawsuit against these people, as their products are obvious rip-offs. I see 67 pages of complaints against Philips (same company) and all we can do is complain on websites? What's worse is I was telling the rep, Tracy, that her products have inferior power supplies, and she rudely said to me, "Do you know anything about electronics, sir?". I told her I work for AT&T and have 39 years of experience in electronics so she said, "Well, I'm an AT&T customer and you guys aren't perfect either".

Really? That's her excuse for not repairing my unit? People, do the smart thing and avoid Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania, Emerson, and God knows what other companies. All they do is run them into the ground and then start the same crap all over again using a different name. There ought to be a law.

I bought a 50 inch rear projection TV in 2006. I need the fan that cools the lamps and Magnavox/Phillips quit making them. They quit making this model TV and decided it was too bad for the customers that were stupid enough for buying them. I was told by Magnavox, to "go buy another TV".

I am angered as I read through all the complaints about Magnavox and their pitiful products and customer service. I too made the mistake of purchasing model #47mf437b LCD TV. This TV is 2 1/2 years old at this point, purchased in April 2008, and has been giving us trouble for several months now, much like all the problems I see described on this and other forums. The TV began by not wanting to turn on just occasionally. We would go through the red light flashing with no picture when the power was pushed either on the remote or the TV itself.

Sometimes we would also get a green light like it had turned on but there would be no picture. Sometimes we would get just a back lit screen with no picture. The problem became progressively worse and now has taken an hour to get it to come on after unplugging it, waiting, then plugging back in or just fiddling with the remote 60 times on-off-on-off. I really thought this might be an isolated problem-ha ha, not so much, and we called Magnavox's customer service to see what to do. Like many others we were told there was nothing they could do because our warranty had expired. I'm sorry, but a $1200 TV should last more than 2 1/2 years! What a piece of junk!

Luckily I am a stubborn person who refuses to take this thing to the repair shop and began reading the forums for fix-its for this problem, and I happen to have a brother who knows circuit boards and can test the components, etc. So that is what we did. We disassembled the sucker and he tested every part on the power supply board.

The crazy thing was he wasn't finding any parts that were bad, then he held the board up to the light and saw a crack in the solder by the diodes. He said it did seem like this area may have gotten too hot. He re-soldered it and the set works for now but after reading all the complaints, I'm sure it won't be long before something else goes bad, so it is living on borrowed time right now.

This took us an entire afternoon to accomplish, so be prepared to spend several hours, but it is worth trying to fix it yourself. There is no harm in opening up the back and taking a look especially if the warranty is out anyway! I just think Magnavox should be ashamed to sell such ** and then to not stand behind their ** is even worse. I have purchased my last Magnavox product and I would strongly recommend anyone else to do the same! Do not continue to let a company like this continue to take advantage of hard working people who trusted a company's name!

My 50 inch Plasma TV won't come on blinking red light and it is many complaints online so I know that it is a bad product. TV repairman wants $500-$600 to fix on a three-year-old TV.

I purchased a Magnavox 47" LCD TV on 12-9-07 for $1415.69. On 11/1/10, it started making a low hissing noise when turned on. Less than a week later, it completely died and will not power on at all. I called Costco where I bought it and it told me that I would need to call Magnavox directly. Then I called Magnavox who told me that they were very sorry but they wouldn't do anything to help me. It is less than 3 years, I am out $1415.00 and no TV!

I bought two Magnavox 15" Monitor/TV recently; one for each of two computers. Both monitors experience the same problem, with all the same symptoms as other complaints found on the Internet. I believe they have a defective component, likely a capacitor, that is prematurely failing. Both monitors will turn on momentarily, then go black. You can't turn off the TV/monitor by remote, nor by the power button. The only way to turn it off and restart it is by unplugging it from the rear. If it's unplugged/re-plugged multiple times, it has small chance of showing a display. Sometimes it produces a loud raspy sound before shutting down. It's seriously defective. It's junk!

I purchased a 37" LCD TV in 12/06 for $1499.00. Now it takes over 1 hour to get the TV to turn on. The green light flashes forever and the picture flashes in and out. Then the green light goes out and the entire process starts all over again. We had an RCA TV for almost 30 years and never had a problem. This TV is a piece of junk.

I purchased a 47" Magnavox LCD flat screen TV in Feb 2008 and have had problems with it since, first after a few months one side of the speakers wasn't playing. They sent a repair company to get it and they replace the TV. After that less than a year, the TV has vertical lines in it and now the TV power shuts off, when I turn it on won't stay on. I purchased a TV a little over 2yrs and now have nothing to watch. I spent $1298.00 + tax on this TV.

Was told my problem was with my 4-year old Magnavox TV. Power button would not come on with or without remote. Was told I needed to contact a repairman. I never had this problem until Comcast install new digital box. They did not install it properly or refer to Magnavox owner's manual to reset TV settings after digital installation.

I purchased 37-inch Magnavox LCD TV from Walmart on 4/10/07, with SVC plan. The TV no longer works; just a green blinking power light and flashing screen. Of course, it worked until the warranty expired. Now I have a TV that I paid $997.00 for that only lasted 3 years. Magnavox won't stand by their product and neither will Walmart. I am so done with both of them.

There are other department stores and other TV manufacturers around. I won't recommend a Magnavox product or Walmart to anyone at any time. Are these flat screened TVs designed to operate for a very short period of time? In these hard economic times, I purchased what I thought was a TV from a reputable company from a reputable store; I was wrong on both accounts. The only answer I received from them was call a repairman. I am a retired citizen and I can't afford to replace a TV every 2 to 3 years. Someone in your organization needs to take a long hard look at these lemon TVs you're mass producing. $997.00 for the TV plus $58.99 SVC Plan and taxes for a total of $1,131.65 is an economic loss.

I bought a 47" LCD Magnavox TV at Wal-Mart, less than 2 years ago. The TV died. I contacted Magnavox, and they told me to take it to a local shop, and get it fixed at my own expense. There are a lot of complaints about Phillips Magnavox. I hope they get sued. Their products are garbage. I will never again buy from them. I hope you do the same! I had to buy a new TV because the shop wants $400 to get it fixed.

I bought a Magnavox 32" LCD TV from Circuit City (now out of business) in June 2007 and also purchased the 3 years extended warranty. The TV has sound, but no picture. I called the warranty company, only to find out that the warranty expired June 2010. Circuit City allowed the extended warranty to run concurrently with the manufacturer warranty instead of at the end. Now, I have a TV that does not work and a warranty that expired.

We purchased the 42" Magnavox from Target in 2008. Now all it does when you plug it in is make a clicking sound and a blue light displays showing it has electric. The only way to stop the clicking is to unplug it. The TV does not respond to the remote. I called Maganavox customer service and I was told it was no longer under warranty and to check their website for possible software downloads to fix the problem. I asked if there was any to fix my problem and she said that she did not know. They did not offer to help me or give me any other information. I did ask if there was any type of recall and she said no.

We have a Magnavox flat screen TV that is less than 3 years old. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to get the TV to turn on. After reading many other posts, it sounds like this is a design issue. In order to get the TV to turn on we need to: 1 Turn the power to TV off. 2 Turn back on. 3 press on button on TV. 4 Green light blinks few times then goes out. Repeat process about 4 or 5 times. 5 Can now use remote - hit power button. 6 Wait until light stops blinking. Repeat steps 5 and 6 until TV turns on. If you walk away for any amount of time, start over. This process takes at least 20 minutes!

The digital converter box will not stay on, losing picture and sound on the TV. I can't get any help from the "customer care" people--just rudeness! I don't know of anyone who can fix the box.

I am also having the same problem with my MAGNAVOX LCD TV (Model #: 32MF23/37). It is just two years old and it is already dead! First, the picture started flickering. Two days later, it won't power on. I did some research on the Web and this brand is apparently known for this! I found this site, FixYa and they tell you how to cheaply correct it. It's worth a try! It is better than a costly repair or a new TV!

Purchased "Magnavox DVD video player MDV110, about one year ago. Went bad, purchased Magnavox dvd player mdv2100 about two months ago. Neither cost much. Both quit working shortly after purchase. Didn't try to return first one. Did try to return second, but no box and no receipt. Both from Walmart. Don't expect any action on your part, but we purchased Sony this time.

I received a Magnavox 15MF227B/27 Digital LCD HDTV as a gift about 2 years ago. Recently, when I turned it on, it makes this loud scratchy noise, turns on and off about 5 times and finally a picture shows. Tonight, the TV no longer comes on. Only the power button turns green, but there's no sound or picture or even scratchy sound/picture. I can't believe that this TV has basically gone out only after about 2 years. I have two older TVs that have never given me any problems.

I purchased a Magnavox 37-inch LCD TV just 2 years ago, and was watching TV and it went off. I am really angry that it did not last. I paid about $900.00 for it. I tried unplugging and plugging back in but it will not turn on at all.

In Dec. 2009, I bought a Magnavox 27-inch TV with built in DVD player and VHS. It kept going off and on. I was told I had set sleep timer, which I hadn't. Then, it would freeze and then finally shut off. Well this last time, it shut off and wouldn't come back on. I was told I must pay for all labor and any parts not covered. This TV is less than 8 months old. I shouldn't have to pay for anything. I think they should replace the TV and pay for shipping to return the thing. It is driving me crazy. I'm deaf and now I don't have a TV.

I purchased a 2008 model Magnavox 42 inch Plasma TV. Two years in, the TV won't come on when the power button is pushed or with the use of the remote control. The light comes on like the TV is trying to come on but it just clicks and clicks some more. After researching on the interne,t it seems that this is not uncommon with Magnavox. Why on earth are they being allowed to bilk people out of their money by providing horrible products? After calling customer service only find out that my TV is out of warranty, of course, I am completely and totally dissatisfied. I have a Toshiba TV that has been going strong for more than 15 years and this one only lasted 2. Something needs to be done about Magnavox and their shoddy products.

We purchase a flat screen Magnavox TV and have used it very little. After two years, the warranty has expired and so has the TV. The tech support told us that they have no information as to how we can get the TV repaired. The customer service rep wouldn't give information to the corporate office, or to any local repair shops. Where is consumer protection in this matter? It would be a good idea to contact the Trade Commission. The consumers need to get a class action or petition for product liability. This is surely a rip-off. We have a large piece of "junk" that was sold as a flat screen TV. We're out of a lot of cash for a few months of watching a flat screen TV. Their products stink.

On November 2006 I bought a Magnavox model 42MF231D/37 plasma TV from Target in Washington for $1600. On 07/09/2010 the TV lost picture and started smoking so I unplugged it and called Magnavox. All I have received from them is a huge run around telling me they are not liable and that the TV is out of warranty.

I have mentioned to Magnavox and Philips that there are thousands of consumers that have been affected nationwide whom they have hurt by this defect that they knew about. Magnavox will not help me they just hang up.

I called a local tech and he told me the cost to fix Magnavox's defect would be $475 or much more and that I could go and purchase a new plasma 42" TV for $600. So now because of Magnavox's defect I have to go spend thousands of dollars again to buy another TV. On Magnavox's website they claim their TVs will last 60,000 hours; if you divide that by 24 hours you will get 2500 and if you divide that by 365 it would be equal to 6.84, so Magnavox on their website is claiming my TV should have lasted 6.84 years running 24 hours a day.

My TV lasted 3 years that's 30,000 hours if I had ran my TV 24 hours a day 7 days a week since I bought it. I have contacted the BBB, the FTC and the Attorney General's office about this matter. There is a class action lawsuit and I hope everyone will join. I want my money back.

On January 31st 2010, we bought a Magnavox 42 in TV from target, 42MF438B/F7 and starting July 1st, we started calling Magnavox because the remote TV sensor has gone out. It went out some time in June but we thought it was our cable TV remote. So we called Magnavox and there was no recall on this and the TV is less than six months old and it is already going to cost another $200 or more to get it fixed. The TV cost $528.94 and Magnavox will only pay for the part, being it is over the 90 days labor.

We would like to see this changed in all electronic if something is not done all land fills will start filling up with this TV and the company will just keep raking in the money. I would also like the help of consumer affairs to get a recall on this TV. Please help as soon as possible.

I bought a 42" Plasma TV made by Magnavox and as many, after three years the screen is completely black. If I'm lucky I sometimes can get sound. This POS is mounted on my wall and now I can either buy a new TV or pay $350.00 to have this one fixed. I guess I will buy another one seeing how, by the looks of things, Magnavox will not send the parts. You can not reach anyone by phone and the website is worthless.

How frustrating is it that I can't get a rep to at least give me the name of an authorized repair facility. I would prefer someone to at least have the nuggets to tell me to screw off via phone. I hope someone does sue these people. Stand behind your product for crying out loud. I will sooner have my kids entertain me with a cardboard box and some sock puppets before I give Magnavox another dime.

We purchased a Magnavox 42 inch LCD television (model# 42mf431d) on December 1, 2006 for $1,388.00 plus tax at the Walmart in Baraboo, Wisconsin . After six months, the television developed one thin vertical red line on the left hand side that ran through the whole picture. This was reported and we were told to make some adjustments. The line went away for 2 to 3 months and then appeared again. We were then told to bring the television in and Magnavox would cover the parts and we would pay the labor. I asked for something in writing to confirm this but we never received anything.

We took the television in and were told that Magnavox would not be covering the parts because we brought the television in, a week too late and the year warranty has already expired. We tried to state our case saying that these problems started way before the year was up and that we were given no time limit as to when the television would be brought in.

Finding time and an available appointment to drive an hour and 1/2 from our home was not easy. It was of no use. Magnavox said they would not cover the parts anymore. We wrote two letters to headquarters and never received a response.

As of May 2010, the television became completely unwatchable with vertical red and blue lines running all the way across the screen. We felt extremely upset by not only losing $1,388.00 plus tax, but also by the way we were treated by Magnavox. We will never purchase another Magnavox or Phillips product because of this.

I bought a Magnavox LCD 47in for more than $1,400.00, about 3 years ago. Just after the first year, it developed a faint line down the middle of the screen. Then a few days ago, it just went out, no picture and the only sound comes from the power button, making a beeping noise. Tried getting help from Magnavox but they said that because my warranty was up, they won't do anything to help. I understand that warranties are sold for this reason, but after only 2 and a half years and $1,400.00. I'm just sick about it. I can't afford to buy another TV like this one, just wish they would make a quality product or stand behind what they do make. $1,400.00 is a lot ,a lot of money for me to just throw down the drain for a TV to last, not even 3 years. Out a TV and $1,400.00 after just over 2 years!

My husband and I used our tax return to purchase a 37" Magnavox Flat Screen LCD TV approximately 3years ago. Two days ago I spent 30 minutes just trying to get the stupid thing to turn on when I did finally get the power on it would not let me change the volume nor would it let me change between the accessories. When you try to turn it on it runs through this cycle with flashing lights and lights up the screen for a split second. Spent $1300.00 on this TV have other TVs that are much older and still work didn't not think TVs were supposed to be that disposable makes me sick can almost buy a new TV for what it will cost to get it repaired ugh.

When I tried to get help by phone, I was told no tech was available for TVs. Online, I was given the option to pay for an opinion. Say what?

We bought Magnavox 37" LCD TV model # 37MF321D/37 in 2008. Over the past 6 months, it started flashing a green screen intermittently and it was very difficult to turn on the set (it took multiple tries). Now it won't turn on at all! We bought it because it was an American company and we want to support that. We also thought it was a reputable company. This TV is a disaster! All that money out the window!

I bought a 52-inch big screen TV almost 2 years ago. It started having problems with the color and went from bad to worse. I couldn't even make out the picture. I emailed Walmart about this problem, they stated that they couldn't do anything since this model has been discontinued. I can't find the receipt for the TV and I'm sure, we got the warranty on this. They stated that there was nothing that they could do. I'm out $1,500 and have no TV.

I purchased 50 inch Magnavox in 2006. It went out within one year. Warranty replaced the complete panel. Then about one month ago started to have problem with the instant on. The television will not come on. It will click like it wants to come on but the red light starts blinking. We did get it to come back on after 3 hours of turning it on and then unplugging it wait until the red and green lights go out then plug it back in and try again. This can be very time consuming and to say the least frustrating. I've read the complaints and there are a lot of people that have the same problem with there Phillips television. There should be some type of recall on this product because it cost a lot of money. Most people do not have that kind of money. Please someone read this and help us fools that bought this Phillips television.

Bought a 47 inch LCD Magnavox from Target Store on my Target Card. The small signal board goes out and the Repair company sent out by Magnavox is charging 325.00 for service/labor. The TV is only covered for 90 days on Labor. The TV was only 4 months old. Magnavox will pay only 125.00 of service/labor charge as a "concession". Are you kidding me? Purchased in January, major part goes out in April of same year and I am out 200 dollars. I am sick. I feel like I got a raw deal. Never again will I buy a Phillips/Magnavox product. Target will not take the set back because 90 days have passed and they no longer consider their receipt as "valid" for returns. Gimme a break.

I purchased my Magnavox 42" LCD television in October 2009. In January 2010, I began experiencing problems with the TV. It began showing in black and white. I called Magnavox who then sent Frontier Enterprises to repair the problem. After Frontier replaced the part in March, I was unable to connect to look at DVDs. They came again in early April and returned to repair the TV on 04.15.2010 switching a panel on the TV. Since then, the TV is making a loud disturbing noise.

There is visual but it's making a horrible noise every few minutes lasting a while. I contacted Frontier on the same day they repaired the TV informing them of the problem. I waited all day on Friday, 16th April, for a call from either Frontier or Magnavox. I called Magnavox on Saturday, the 17th and was told that they will transfer the file to consumer dept. I was told to call back on Tuesday. I called and was told to wait on a call because they were working on it. I spoke to Frontier Enterprises today and they told me I would have to pay for the trip to my home on Monday if the tech does not see the problem. I am highly annoyed at this point and would like my money back so I can purchase a TV I can enjoy.

We purchased a used Magnavox 50' plasma TV and is was roughly 4 years old when it started the issue that has been consistent with the other postings on this web site. It would not turn on and would only display the flashing red light. Ours would cycle through the light plashing 4 time pause and repeat. We found a shop in Vancouver, Washington who was able to fix the issue for $150 plus tax. $168 altogether. Anyone living within a reasonable distance from this shop, should check them out. I was very pleased with their service. Tom was especially helpful.

I purchased a 42" Magnavox television in 2008 for about a thousand dollars. This is two years old and the TV turns off and on constantly. I been reading complaints from other sites and it seems this is a large proportion of people with the same exact problem. To have someone fix it would cost over $500 and the problem would still come back. I don't think this television should be made to last two years for the amount of money I paid. I'm hoping something can be done about this problem with Magnavox. I feel like I was royally screwed! I'm widowed, no second income. I used my stimulus payment to pay for something that I have no use of now. This is just not fair.

I have model # 19md357b/37, Magnavox television which has two problems, sound will snap crackle and pop and no sound. It requires tuning the TV on 5 to 10 times for sound to correct its self. Picture will not appear during this time and if it does, it will shut on and off. TV is approximately 2 years old and the problem has been going on for the past 6 months but is now happening at an unacceptable rate.

TV was purchased through Best Buy and I will make a complaint for them to no longer sell this brand. I had no idea there were this many problems associated with this brand of TV. When TVs are purchased the consensus is if they make it through the first year with factory warranty, it will usually last until it is obsolete in the far future but that is not the case for this manufacture.

Given the length of time these problems have been in happening, the manufacture should be penalized for continuing the selling of these products and not providing service necessary for customer satisfaction. This is how companies go under, manufacturing for cost overseas and extremely poor customer satisfaction. I sure hope they have not received stimulus money to stay solvent. Then again, it depends on who they know or who the owner is.

I have been trying to find information on this 42-inch flat screen and came by this website. Same as the rest, the sound cuts off, makes continuous popping sound, sometimes makes a loud screaming-like sound that is terrible and cuts off. I have to turn the television off and back on to get sound and this problem is increasing. I paid $600.00 from Circuit City.

Well, my Maggot Box is blinking the red light of death like everybody else's.

I have a Magnavox 42" plasma flat panel TV, model 42MF230A/37, serial AE1B0550000109 purchased about four years ago (March 2006) for about $1800. This product replaced an earlier rear projection 50" Mitsubishi, which operated for about 20 years with flawless operation. This 4-year old Magnavox TV picture is dead. The audio works but no picture. It has never been physically moved or abused and well maintained in an air conditioned room (the plasma screen has always radiated enormous amounts of heat). It has always been connected to a professional Monster Power AC line noise filter to ensure elimination of power issues, along with the rest of my home equipment. 1800 bucks for 4 years of service for this technology? I want my money back irrespective of any limited warranty.

i am going to puke. My big screen plasma is dead after 1 and 1/2 year of very limited use. After getting the runaround from Magnavox, I found this forum with thousands of people having the same red blinking light syndrome, and there is nothing I can do about it. Can someone guide me in the direction to go for a class action suit? I feel this is totally unacceptable that thousands of peeps with the same issue can't get retribution. I say no more. Stand up and fight, people. Let's join forces. We are stronger together. Who is with me? Please let me know how to go about starting this suit.

I purchased a 50 inch Plasma Television and after 2 years, this past Sunday it would not energize. I called Magnavox and they would not give me the fault code(4 blink red light), refer me to a repairman, or anything else. I called the business where I purchased and they did not help either, except to say they would bring a repairman to my house. This entire repair would run at least $400.

A quick Google search revealed a common problem with 2 electrolytic capacitors going bad (3600uF 10V). As a technician for 20 years, I removed the power supply from the TV and immediately identified the capacitors. Working for an engineering firm, I took the supply to work and replaced the caps with a higher value, re-installed the power supply and the TV immediately energized.

I believe Magnavox is aware of this problem. Rather than being honest, they did not cooperate. I even told the representative of my technical background. I've posted to complaint boards, posted my complaint to various consumer protection groups and informed my engineering staff, Facebook friends, various military associates and others of this episode. Magnavox would be better off to have acknowledged this problem, at least send me the parts (these capacitors probably cost less than a dollar.)

I purchased Magnavox 47" LCD model # 47mf437b/37 in December of 2007. The LCD would lose its volume and fail to power up unless you reset the TV (unplugging). The TV lasted two years two months. This is totally unexcitable for a $1,400 item. I was fortunate enough to have purchased an extended warranty or it would have cost me over $500 to fix the TV. I'll be lucky if it last another two years. Phillip/Magnavox has lost a along time customer due to shoddy components and poor customer service.

I purchased a 50MF231D/37 plasma 50-inch TV. It lasted for a little over 2 years. The TV will not energize and I get a series (4) of red blinking LEDs. The Magnavox representative said I had no options except local repair, but Magnavox has no local repair in my area. As an electrical engineer, I could troubleshoot myself somewhat, but I don't know the codes and neither did the company, or they refused to disclose the codes.

From all the other complaints, I am surprised Magnavox is still in business and if a class action is filed, I will include my name. I will also be sure to convince my colleagues at my company (Fortune 500), my church, my Navy Reserve unit members, my Facebook friends, and anyone who will listen not to purchase Magnavox products. Their product was approximately $1400 and lasted for about 27 months.

Magnavox used to be a good product and that is why I purchased my 37 inch LCD TV. I have had two issues with my TV, one they fixed after the TV was only three months old and the huge problem that I have with it now. After only having the TV for 3 years now, it was having trouble powering up. When I went to turn it on, the "On" (green) light would start blinking and would take several hours to turn the TV on. Today, the TV won't come on at all.

We called Magnavox and they told me it was a "power supply" problem and I need to take it to a service center, but was not under warranty and nor was it a recall. I think it should be a recall if so many people are having the same issue. I called the TV repair man, which is going to cost me over $200.00! (This estimate is what several TV repair businesses told me it would cost to fix the power supply). Never will I ever buy this company's products again! I am currently unemployed and the cost to fix the TV is a big burden on my wallet.

I have just had this LCD Flat screen TV for three years. It was fine last night and this morning the on/off switch is blinking green and the TV will not come on. We called several Magnavox numbers (I didn't get names) and they said my warranty expired and they couldn't help me. Our extended warranty through the store just ran out in February, not even 30 days ago! I have read many other similar complaints on this website and I am wondering why there hasn't been a recall of this product. There is obviously a defect in the make of this TV and other like Magnavox TVs. I am disabled and I am stuck in the house all day. The TV is the only thing I have right now. I cannot afford to get the TV fixed or buy a new TV at this time. I think Magnavox should replace this television with one that works.

I purchased 19-inch Magnavox TV. It automatically shuts off. It's just little over two years (model # 20MT1331/17). I'm so disappointed. Thought I purchased a TV that would work longer then two plus years.

On March 10, 2010 our 42" Plasma quit working after 2 years of ownership and use. We smelled a burning electrical odor just before the screen went blank. The sound is OK, just -0- screen image. We turned off the screen's power and restarted (with fire extinguisher in hand) the screen... same result with the smell of burning electrical odor. We have shut down the screen, unplugged, and are getting ready to junk it! That's obviously the place it needs to be... in a junk pile. What to do?

We purchased a Magnavox 50" Plasma TV model # 50MF231D three years ago from Home Depot on a 'Black Friday' special for $2000. Now, it won't turn on. We get the red blinking light, flashes 6 - 7 times. We unplug it for a few seconds, then plug back in, it'll turn on again so far. From what I read, unfortunately, this is a common problem and our solution will no longer work after awhile.

I purchased a flat screen TV (LCD) just over 2 years ago. The TV will turn on (blue light indicates power from the on button), but the screen stays completely blank. There is no sound. There is no adverse event or circumstance that occurred, which could be associated with a rationale for it not to work. When I did research on the product, it is a common problem which is being experienced by numerous people. I don't recall if I paid $1,200 or $1,800 dollars for the device. However, I have had two children, since getting the TV, and cannot afford a new one. Please someone help us make Magnavox accountable to those who spent their honest hard earned money on a quality product, which failed our expectations.

I purchased a Magnavox LCD TV model 37MF231D/37 and had it since 2/07/2007, 3 years old and now I cannot turn it on, it blinks a green light and I cannot turn it off without unplugging it. I would like to know if there is a recall on this defect. It is a common problem for consumers. I now have to buy a new TV and it will not be a Magnavox product.

We purchased a Magnavox MPD722D Portable DVD player in November of 2008. We were impressed with it so much that we called the support number, 800-838-3315, to order another "main" unit for our other car. This was in May of 2009. We began to see some issues with both units in December, but they would correct themselves and go away. So we have spent about $250 on the 2 units. We come to find out the 1st unit is out of warranty and does not work, no recourse according to the people at the "support" number. The second unit, bought in May, is out of its labor warranty, with time on its parts warranty.

We spoke to the "Customer Support" number and after some conversation they offered to reduce the labor charge. I spoke to them with the position that the labor charge is over 30% of the units cost and given I have 2 that went bad in the same month; I wanted the labor charge waived. The first line folks were fine, the manager however was evasive and then as I pushed for a better resolution became condescending, nasty, arrogant and belligerent. I asked to speak to his manger, and he refused, said to take the deal offered or leave it, it was the best I would get and that his manager does not speak to the public. He then went onto say that this conversation was over if I pushed to speak to anyone else or pursue a better offer.

At this point, I don't care about the units getting fixed, although I feel they should, I am angry and disgusted with the attitude the Customer Support manager took with me. It reflects negatively on Magnavox, oops, I mean Philips Magnavox, reputation. I will not nor will I ever recommend any products this company makes. I thought I was buying quality product that would last more than 12 months and that I would get customer service based on the situation we experienced. Now I want someone senior at Magnavox to know how the Customer Service management treats the consumer of two inferior products.

I purchased a 37-inch LCD TV; only to have the TV to stop working after only two years. I called Magnavox and they said that they can only tell me to apply the software download which was not possible because the TV screen does not come on for your to select the menu for the software.

Magnavox needs to be sued in a big bad way and Walmart needs to stop carrying their product because of the problem with the TVs in all sizes.

The economic damage is that I paid $900.00 using my Walmart Christmas 20% bonus discount. This was a very special purchase for me and my family and it can't be easily replaced because of the cost of these type of TV. Please contact me for a class-action lawsuit.

I purchased a Magnavox 42-inch LCD HDTV in December 2006. Three years and two months, it just stopped playing. The repairman said that it was the power supply. I am finding out mine is not the only one. Do not buy any Magnavox product.

We bought this 37 inch Magnavox LCD TV about 2 years ago. Recently a dark splotch had developed on the screen and now it will not turn on at all. The green power light just blinks continuously and I actually can't power it down. I have to unplug it.

This TV is less than three years old. It's the 19MF337B I started having problems powering up the TV. About two months ago, I started having problems with the display. Once, I was finally able to turn the TV on and then it would shut off again. Then it would come on and make a bad humming noise. This happens about 10 times then the TV stays on. I started to leave the TV on all day and all night to keep from having to repeat this process. Someone made a mistake and shut the TV off then I would have to repeat the powering up process again until I was able to view a full picture display without the power shutting off.

I have an 37" Magnavox LCD TV with a blinking green power light; it takes 5min. to stop blinking then turns itself off. I turn it back on, it turns itself off. After 3 or 4 more times, it stays on. It seems to be a common problem.

I bought a Magnavox 50" TV model #50MF321D/37 in 2007. The green power light blinks but the set will not turn on. I see others have had this same problem and although the warranty has expired, it appears that this is a manufacturing defect that should be subject to recall.

I purchased a Magnavox LCD 32-inch flat screen TV on 12/13/06 from Circuit City in N.H. (Model: 32mf231d/37). During Super Bowl Sunday game on 2/07/10, the picture started going dark on the left side of the screen and it was flickering. After about two hours, the picture went black and had no sound. I contacted a rep at Magnavox and explained what happened. I asked if Magnavox would do anything for me where the TV was only three years old. He basically told me his hands were tied.

He said that they could not replace everyone's TV when they break! He said take it to a repair shop. I paid $559.99 for it, not a lot of money, but I think that the product should last longer than three years. I read a lot of complaints about this product, all basically the same problem. I am receiving no help from the company--not a good way to do business. Of course, I will never purchase any product from them again and be sure not to recommend them to anyone I know. Hopefully, something could be done about this.

Bought a Magnavox 37 inch LCD television (Model no. 37MF231D) from Sears less than three years ago, and like so many others, have a $1000.00 piece of junk. It started with the delayed turn on. The green light flashes numerous times, then goes off completely. Sometimes it takes 3-4 tries before the picture will appear. It's only a matter of time before it won't work at all, or become a potential fire hazard, so it sits unplugged in the garage. Now I know why I was being pressured to buy the 3-year extended warranty so much. I declined, having numerous televisions that have worked well over a decade, costing far less. I'm waiting for a lawsuit, because it's obvious from the hundreds of complaints that Philips/Magnavox knew they were selling junk and continued doing so.

I bought a Magnavox 50" plasma TV (Model number 50Mf231D/37) from Home Depot in June 2006. In August 2009, TV will not turn on. Green light comes on, TV makes click sounds, but no picture. The only way it will come on is to repeatedly unplug/plug in TV and press channel buttons up/down repeatedly. After approximately 2 hours of trying this, it still has not come back on this time.

We paid approximately $1600for the TV and have had to leave the TV on 24/7 since August to keep it working. Unfortunately, it turned off last night and will not turn back on.

I bought a Magnavox LCD TV about 2 years ago. Less than a year after we bought it, we had problems getting it to turn on. When we called and asked for help, they told us that the warranty for the TV didn't cover this problem. I thought, well of course it doesn't. So we contacted a TV repair place which seemed to be very familiar with this problem. They in fact even told us, (without even looking at it) how much it would cost to repair. I believe it was around 250 dollars. We paid around 600 dollars for the TV. I thought what a rip off!! So for the last year we have been able to get it to work by unplugging it for a few minutes and it would come on. Now that does not work any more. So we have a TV that is too expensive to fix. You would think you could buy something and it would work for more than a year!

I bought this TV, a Magnavox 42" plasma model # 42MF230A137 about 3 years ago. I paid over $2,000.00 for it. Suddenly, about 1/3 of the screen started blanking out with a yellow and red color and then it went black. It still won't produce sound or a picture! This TV has been used very little as I have it in the bedroom as a secondary TV. Most of our viewing is done in the living room on a different, older model which I might add is much better. This just happened to me and I would like to get some kind of reimbursement for this. It is common knowledge that we've come to know that a TV should last a lot longer than 3 years. I feel cheated and want some action!

In 2006, I purchased the 32" flat screen model no. 32MF23ID/37 and the extended warranty; all in total it cost $1250.00 from Circuit City in 6/06. The screen would occasionally pop off and then eventually turn back on. I thought that it was weird, but was not sure if it had been the cable. As of last night, the TV was flickering and it was clear there was something wrong with the power. I shut the TV off and then it would not turn back on. I unplugged the TV a few times and nothing happened. I left it unplugged for about an hour or two. When I plugged it back in, the green light on the power button blinked about 5- 7 times (just like most all others on here) and then eventually went black.

It is clear that there is a true defect in these products; they all seem to have been purchased/made in 2006. When I called Magnavox, the CSR looked for a software update for this product and said there was not one available and I should contact a local repair service as it is out of warranty and there's nothing that Magnavox could do. I questioned him about this common problem and referred him to this site. He said that this was not a common problem. Really? I too will never purchase a Magnavox as will none of my friends and family.

Three years ago I bought a Magnavox Plasma 50 inches from Home Depot for $2400.00. The TV is not working now, just the red light blinking in the bottom. I can't do anything and it won't turn on! I want to have my money back or get it fixed.

We purchased a Magnavox 42-inch TV from Target about a year and nine months ago for around $900. Suddenly, like many others, the TV would not turn on for the exception of the tiny blue light. All it will do is "click" repeatedly. This is extremely frustrating because like most, we do not have another $900 to go and spend on replacing this TV. If these televisions are having so many repeated issues, then Phillips/Magnavox really should either offer a life-time warranty or a better extended warranty!

When I called their customer service, they just suggested I call a service technician out to look at it and that there was nothing they could do. I also called Target (because we had purchased a warranty) and they informed us that without the original sticker they give you with the warranty, that there was nothing they could do.

Whatever happened to TVs lasting for 25 years or more? The better looking they get, the cheaper they are manufactured. For those who may be having the same problem, we were told by both Target Electronics and the customer service that it sounds like the power supply--which will cost us around $200. Hopefully, that will solve the problem in four to eight weeks when it comes in the mail! We will now have to replace a fairly new television which will cost us around $900 if the power supply does not fix the problem. In the meantime, we are without television for a month and a half.

I bought a 15" LCD (Model: 15mf237s) at Target for $299.99 on 1/6/08. About a month ago, when I turned on the TV, the sound is totally static. A "siren" noise squeals for a minute, then the TV shuts itself off. When it comes back on, the siren wails again, shuts itself off, and comes back on. Because I was sick of the noise, I shut it off and it took a minute before it completely turned off. After doing this four to five times, the sound will eventually be okay. I guess I need to join the ranks of those who were ripped off by Phillips Magnavox TVs. I'm going to buy a Vizio and give this TV to MyBoneYard.com if they will even take it.

Our Magnabox 32" TV just quit working. No picture. We took it to the repair shop and it will be $250 approximately to replace the power board. We expected more than three years from this $800 TV. Bought in November 2006.

My Magnavox Plasma TV image went black the sound remained unchanged. I did the obvious and called the company and they requested the serial number and model of the Plasma TV. Since the records indicated that it was sold in 2007, they refused to help in any way or answer any further questions but wanted me to take to a local TV repair shop. I paid $ 1400 was not to get this kind of service or to replace it within two years. Someone needs to take action since I noticed several other having the same problem online. During these hard economic times, it is the only kind of entertainment we can afford and to fix it paying for something that we even don't know if it is fixable. The technician needs $80 to trouble shoot. If we cannot afford the repair cost, we lose the $80.

I purchased the Magnavox 50" Plasma TV in December 2007 from Walmart for $1800. It just started the same trouble with turning on and blinking red lights. So I went online to see if I could troubleshoot it. To my surprise, I immediately found thousands of complaints about this same problem! So I appreciate all of you that wrote about the capacitors. I will have a friend try that first. But I will also file a formal complaint and join any law suit.

My 50" Magnavox Plasma TV experienced the red light of death. I purchased it in December 2006. The problem started in January 2010. We had not turned it on daily, sometimes for weeks, during the three year period. All my tube TVs lasted at least 15 years (not Philips). I have not tried to call a repair shop yet.

I purchased a 42" Magnavox LCD 1080p from Costco for $1000.00 in July 2007. I started to notice dark vertical line down the center a few months ago. It had become more predominant and now there are fainter lines to the left and right as well. I know the warranty was up in July 2009. Costco extends an additional year. I called Magnavox/Phillips customer service and explained the problem. They told me "it happens" and also to try unplugging it then plug it in again. This did not fix the lines.

I purchased a Magnavox 50" LCD on August 2007. Whenever I attempt to turn it on, the TV flashes red light for 6 times. I must unplug the TV until green light appears. It will then turn on. Who has $2000 to spend on a new TV every 2 years?

I also bought a Magnavox 50'in Nov. 2006 same problems! from the blinking lights to no customer satisfaction! after following the instuctions to replace the capassitors the tv does not work! I saw a customer in Best buy about to buy a Magnavox, and I quickly changed his mind to SONY!

I purchased a brand new flat screen tv 60" model number 60PL9200D/37 AND Serial Number YA1A0641032538 through renta center-but i bought it Brand New. I had the tv fixed one time while on warrenty for a lamp burning out. After the warrenty was up and paid off i had problems with dark picture, long time turning off and on, bad sound sometimes, blinking red light, and as of today I heard a loud "pop" and i can hear my tv but i cannot see it. The lamp was just changed less than a year ago. I have spent Alot of Money on this piece of junk. I tried calling the company but got no where.I know this is a product of defective lemon issue from the company itself. Look everywhere on the internet-and see how many compaints there are. Sure every product has comlaints but not like this!

We purchased a 50 inch Plasma Magnavox TV three years ago. The tv has been giving us problems for the past year. When you turn it on, it turns off automatically and a red light blinks on the bottom left hand corner. I have done a lot of research online to try to figure out the problem. It seems all these televisions are defected by other similar complaints. I called for different estimates of repair and it would cost me over $500 to repair it. I personally think this is a rip off by the manufacturer because they produced a defected product. All I want is my TV fixed. I paid over $1,300 for it just to last almost three years.

Magnabox is building an inferior product and has been for several years now according to the posts here I read.

I purchase a Magnavox 42MF231D/37 Plasma TV less than 2 years ago, well of course I wake up this morning to turn the tv on and I have a black screen with only sound so I turn the tv completely off and unplug it for 2 hours. I turned it back on and the same thing happened, I did not find this website until I got on the phone with Customer Service at Magnavox and the very first person I spoke to named Blake told me there is nothing that they will do or can do so Good Luck and hung up on me,

well I called right back even more upset than I already was and spoke to Andre who pretty much had the same attitude so I asked to speak to his manager Angela and she too told me that since it was out of warranty they will not do anything but tell me to research it myself and have a repair person come out so I then asked to speak to her boss and that was David- these people are programmed to say whatever it is that they need to say huh?

David did nothing as well but did say that I should have purchased the extended warranty and I let him know after purchasing a tv less than 2 years ago the last thing you think about is it breaking considering that my washer & dryer are almost 10 years old and are almost like brand new. It is very upsetting and frustrating that a company would treat people this way and do nothing to help even though they know that obviously something is wrong with this make & model.

I do hope that something happens but if not I guess I will be just like the others and be out the money and a tv! Nice looking tv that does not have a picture!

I purchased the 47MF437B LCD TV in December 2007 and had simular issues as other posts with the red and green lines across the screen. Prior to this we would see the volume indicator appear on the screen and adjust on its own followed by a loud screeching poping sound that makes everyone jump before the screen goes blank. I thought it was my HD cable box that was causing the problem and had it replaced. Well of course that didn't help. Fortunately with unplugging the unit I too have been able to keep the TV working until the epidsode repeats, which varies from time to time.

I paid 400.00 for the TV and now it does not work nor can I get it repaired. Repair shops tell me they can not get parts nor diagrams from Magnavox. Now I am having repurchase a TV to replace a unit that should have lasted longer.

I bought a magnavox 27 inch flatscreen not quite 2 yrs ago. Now the sound goes out first and then black screen. Have tried unplugging from power source, holding or purging by holding on/off button in similar to what u do on a pc monitor. Used to bring it back on, now even though light is green , no picture, just blackscreen and can't turn off tv.

In March 2008, I purchased a 42-inch Magnavox plasma TV for roughly $1,000. A few weeks ago (age of the TV would be 20 months old) the TV would no turn on and just clicked. I did not purchase an extended warranty from the store or Magnavox because at the time of purchase, I researched TVs and found that this was amoung the best. Magnavox will do northing for me. Count me in on a class action lawsuits, their products are just no good!

Purchased 1 42" plasma tv model# 42MF231d/17 in Nov 06. Worked great until 28 Jun 09. Turned it on, no picture, no sound with a light on power button . Called Maganavox, they simply said "Sorry, you are out of warranty and to take it to a repair shop." I asked for an authorized repair in my area and was told "they could not give me that info because I was out of warranty".

We bought a 48" Magnavox TV it worked for Approximately 1 Year just went out of warranty and Phillips refused to refer or listen to my issues. The TV will not turn instead the green poer light goes out and a blinking red light appears. After reading over 500 hundred consumer complaints with the same problem on virtually all of their Plasma TV products this is a material failure that the Company is aware of but refuses to correct the problem with a recall.

My family purched a 42inch model 42mf237E/32 flat magnavox 11-07 from target store the tv keeped turning off and on by it self. So I took it back to Target they gave me a new one it also turned off and on by it self so I called magnavox and after they sent a repair man three or four times they finally sent a differnt tv to me as it turned out it was reconditioned not new and it only had a three month warrenty cuting time off my one year I got with the new one. Anyway my dauther and I are watching tv and the screen cracks and it looks like the tv is melting inside so I unpluged it and called magnavox and they said tobad so sad needless to say I am less then satisfied after $950.00 to watch tv for 2 years something should be done and if its a law action I would gladly partake.magnavox told me the screen could not break unless someone hit it which is not the case.No one touched it and it broke.

32" tube type manavox TV purchased by elderly friend won't turn on after only 6 months of use. Purchased several yrs ago and sits in closet now in case he finds someone to fix it free. Magnavox service tech affiliate won't work on it for warranty nor reasonable charge.

The TV is less than 2 years old with a known common failure and should be recalled by Magnavox or at least the cost of repairs should be covered. These TV's are very expensive and in researching this issue, I have found that it is very common problem with all Magnavox plasma TV's. I would like to see someone go after Magnavox and force a recall or payment for repairs.

Bought 42" MAGNAVOX LCD FEB 2007. We have been having problems with the sound going away for a few months...off and back on and it resets its self. However lately the picture has been flashing to snow and sometimes snow/pink and then it flash back to the picture. Also when the set is cold, you turn it on and it goes translucent pink. You can see the picture but its shaded pink. Off and back on and its fixed. Bought at home Depot right after Christmas in 2007. Did not buy the extended warrenty and Im glad I didn't. From the looks of the complaints I did the right thing. But I'm out $100 when it blows.

I purchased a magnavox television. I only had the television for 5 months, the television no longer has a picture and only have sounds. I could not get any help from Magnavox to resolve this issue. I have lost 450.00

The money I spent on the TV was wasted and now I need to spend more for a new one. If the company knew about the problem, they engaged in deceptive practices. If the stores knew that the TV's were defective but kept selling them, I think they should have some degree of culpability.

My husband purchased a Magnavox HDTV, Model 19MD357B/37 around two years ago. Back in June, right when the TV signals went digital, the TV started making a pop sound then cutting out for a second and then returned to normal. Now, it makes all kinds of weird noises. At times the screen goes green and static-y and then cuts off. Sometimes there is sound and sometimes there is not. Some times it gets stuck on either with a picture and no sound or with a completely black screen. When it does that the only thing you can do is unplug the TV and start over. In the past, once the TV warmed up, I could still watch the TV without issues. Now, I can't watch it at all. When I checked before, the DVD player seemed to work better, but now I'm afraid the DVD will get stuck in the TV so I don't know how the player is working.

i purchased a magnavox lcd tv mod.# 37mf337b/37. after 142 days when i would turn it on the green light would come on but no picture although sound worked. if i turn it off and turn it back on usually it will come on sometimes i have to do this multiple times. the tv was purchased 121707. customer service refused to give me ANY information because it was out of warranty.

The little green power light flashes when turned on. The light initially flashed for about fifteen minutes before the tv turned on, and gradually took longer and longer to turn on until the tv would no longer turn on at all. I have read many complaints about this same tv and believe that there should be a recall on this. Any news of a recall?

Have a magnavox 50" plasma and had the blinking light episode then did an upgrade of the software, worked for 2 days now have to unplug and replug about 10 times towork now not at all HATE MAGNAVOX

This TV was purchased in spring of 07 after reviwing your forum I see that there os alot of people with same exact problem. The tv is now blinking red lights.Philips says it is our problem. If there is this many people with the same problem shouldn't this constitute a recall? This tv was alot of many and this is not the way it is supposed to be. We no longer have a TV and I think someone shopuld have to answer for this.

I bought a 37" LCD TV in December 2007. In February 2008, the screen went black and I called Magnavox to get it fixed. They sent me to a repair shop and it was fixed. But I had to pay for the labor. In October 2008 the same thing happened. I was told by Magnavox that the parts only had a 90 day warranty. I again took the TV in for repair and the owner ran the parts under warranty, but I again had to pay for the labor. In August 2008, it has again gone black. While talking to Magnavox they told me that there was nothing they could do for me since it was past the one year warranty. I told them that the first 2 repairs were while the unit was under warranty and there is a defect that should be recalled. All they could tell me was sorry we can't help you.

We purchased a Magnavox 42MF230A/37 a couple of years ago. The beginning of this year, we started getting a color band on top and we would turn the TV off for a couple of minutes and it would be okay for awhile. We noticed this more fequently and then after awhile the screen went blank, we would have sound but no picture. We took it to a reputable repair shop and they said that they are unable to get parts. I called Customer Service and all they gave me was an address for me to send a written complaint but it is out of warranty (this was for their quality control). We have several tv's in our home (some are 15 years old) and we have never had to have them repaired. All I want is for Magnavox to step up to the plate and address all of the complaints that I am now seeing on the internet.

In March 2006 we purchased a Magnavox 50" DLP (model 50ML8105D/17) TV from Best Buy for $1400.00. We did not purchase the extended warranty program as we also own another five Magnavox sets we have purchased though-out the years with no issues.

Two weeks ago we were watching the set and a loud humming noise began and then the picture went to black and white. We turned the set off and then back on after approximately five minutes. The sound and picture symptoms were the same.

The next day I called Best Buy for service and was told the soonest someone could possibly get here was three weeks or longer; and was asked if I wanted to schedule. I declined and called an independant service representative. He came to the house and looked at the set and advised it was the color wheel, which is a part of the light engine; however the wheel was not available and that the best course of action should we wish to pursue repair was the purchase of the light engine complete. The cost of this light engine is $1388.00, almost the equivalent of the original price of the set. The light engine is not available through them and I was directed to a third party source.

I have since called Maganvox three times with no remedy and was advised to write a letter to Magnavox Consumer Electronics in Marietta, Ga. I asked the representative for a telephone number or named contact, to which he refused to offer that info-saying it was not available to him. I will write the letter as a matter of documentation.

I believe after reading "all" the complaints on various makes and models produced, Magnavox has done a great job of producing products with known defects which they appear to not support.

One would certainly expect, as we all do that when monies are expended for a product that it would last for a period longer than three years or have the hopes of a reasonable repair expense.

Surely these issues of failure need to be addressed within the legal system - for as consumers we have been duped.

We purchased a 50" Magnavox plasma T.V. a little over 3 years ago and we now have the dreaded flashing red light. We paid almost $2000 for this t.v. and it is junk! I will call magnavox, but from what I read....is there anything they are going to do?

I purchased a 52-inch Magnavox TV from Target in 2-09. It was $700. 4-1/2 months later, it broke. It has been at the repair shop for 1 month. I purchased a new TV, not a used, damaged one that needs repair. I would like a new TV with no problems!

I bought a 50" Plasma TV less than two years ago. I got four blinking lights and then a repeat cycle, have to unplug and plug back in to get the TV to turn on. Problem is getting worse. I looked online and it looks like this is a common problem.

I bought a Magnavox 19" LCD TV with built-in DVD player (model 19MD357B) on 11/03/2007 at the local Sam's Club. Around July 1, 2009, the TV, when turned on after several hours of being off (overnight), started making clicking noises and it would do any number of the following: the sound would go off, a piercing whistling sound would come on, the set wouldn't turn off (the green LED power light would just blink).

complaints, this conclusion is inevitable: Electronic devices do not die after 18 months unless they have a built-in problem. A class action suit should work out real well!

I had my 50 inch Magnavox plasma TV of two years and two months and it will not turn on. I got the flashing red light and will not turn on. I want to kill them. Well, not really... maybe. I have nothing now and I saved for that TV. Magnavox, you messed up with the wrong person.

I purchased a brand new Magnavox TV at Sam's Club om 9/24/07. It worked perfectly until about April 2009 when it started losing sound within seconds after turning on. Then it started turning off and on, the "red light" syndrome mentioned in several other complaints. Now it's taking up to a dozen times to maintain on. Manual said it is a normal occurrence if TV cannot find satellite signal so we had DirecTV out three times in one week only to find out that it is the TV not the satellite. I'm unable to reach any solution with Magnavox by phone or email. Now, the TV is also having popping noises. Once, it finally decided to stay on. The picture is beautiful but this is too much of a hassle to warrant keeping the TV.

We spent all of our money on that TV and I can't afford a service tech! I am in tears spending all that money and no TV to watch, especially when it was a gift to my husband! We were going to go on vacation. Now, it's all out the window! I want to get people together and Magnavox needs to give us our money back or have a lawsuit against them for screwing all of us around!

We spent the rest of the money we had saved up on that TV, $2,300 and now I cannot afford to buy a new TV or pay a service tech and new parts! I have four kids to take care of and all that money wasted. I shouldn't have to spend more! I have a wall with a TV mount screwed in with no TV up there. I am in complete tears that I wasted all that money on that garbage and now my husband has no Christmas present to use. Please someone help us. I really don't know how else to remedy this problem.

I bought a 50-inch plasma Magnavox with an extended warranty in 2007. Well, red blinking lights as thousands of other customers are complaining about. I called Home Depot and Magnavox and guess what? No one has a record of my extended warranty except me, all my booklets, receipts and info regarding the extended warranty. No one has record of it, where did it go and how can I get this fixed or replaced with a brand new one, not refurbished. Where is my extended warranty located? Did they sell it to someone in another country?

Their product will never be purchased and put in my home ever again and as I have read on the net, there are thousands of others in the same situation. They should take the time to read each and every one of the complaints and recall their products and give free TVs to all the customers. They should be ashamed of themselves, making millions of dollars off of people, scamming them and taking advantage of them. Where are their morals? Recall each and every TV and make things right.

I purchased a 37" LCD TV by Magnavox in June 2007. By January 2009, it was slow to start and gradually stopped showing a picture, just the flashing light. After many attempts to contact Phillips for help, I've got a local TV repair man fixing it for $379. What a racket. Why haven't these TVs been recalled?

I bought a 37" LCD Magnavox (Phillips) LCD around Christmas 2007 at Wal-Mart, and before Christmas 2009, it started going off and not coming back on. It began as red light and a delay on coming on, and then, it stopped working altogether. The cost was around $900 and was a total waste of money. But I guess this is what we get when everything we buy is made overseas and is sold to you by a place with no customer service all in the name of low, low price. In the end, all you have got is low, low quality. By the looks of things, there are numerous complaints out of these products. You should simply be refunded your money, and they will either go broke or learn to build quality products.

I purchased a Phillips Magnavox from Costco in 2007. One day, the picture just disappeared, but the audio remained. I shut it off and turned it back on. It ran for about 10 minutes and lost picture again. I took it to 2 repairmen. They plugged it in, and it worked. I brought it home. It worked for a week. Then the same problem. I Googled Phillips to try and contact about the problem, and I saw all these complaints. I guess, it's a lost cause along with the $1200.00 I paid for it. What a disappointing experience. Now, it's collecting dust, and I will probably have to pay to have it junked.

50" plasma TV, Magnavox model number 50MF231D/37, purchased July 2006, not even 3 years old. No power, red light blinks 4 times and the unit does not come on. Customer care says to contact a local TV repair. I can't even find anyone who will touch it as the Philips replacement parts even have a reputation for failing. The TV was $2,000 plus installation. Now, it is just a black wall decoration. We do not have another $2,000 to invest in a TV. Paid for HD cable, 2 year contract, which is more than the regular cable and now, I don' have an HDTV.

I have a 50" Magnavox Plasma TV that just quit! I did the update and it lasted two more days! How do I get it fixed? They will not listen!

I bought a Magnavox 50" plasma screen in December 2006. In March 2009, it stopped coming on. I would get the same flashing red lights everyone else gets. I did some research and found out that there are two capacitors on the main board that go bad on these televisions. I took out the main board on my TV and confirmed the bad capacitors on it. I replaced them and reassembled the TV. The problem is solved. Do not let people tell you that the TV needs a new board, that is simply not true. The main boards in these TVs are made by Samsung and the mistake they made was putting two capacitors on the board that did not have a high enough volt rating. This is easily solved by replacing the capacitors. I have done this several times and would be willing to do it for anyone who has been ripped off by these TVs. You would need to be able to take the back of the TV off and remove the main board, which you could then mail to me. Shipping would not be much on the board and it will solve your problem.

I purchased 52-inch plasma TV model #50MF231D/37, 2 1/2 yrs ago. It stopped working and flashing red lights. I called customer service. They said it needed a software upgrade. I downloaded the upgrade. TV is now with a solid green light, no sound and no picture. When I called customer service back, they said they'd call me back with the phone numbers of repair companies. I never heard back from them and I can't find anyone local to look at the TV.

We purchased a Magnavox 42" plasma for Sears, 12/30/06. It worked great for 23 months. Then the picture started flickering like someone was turning it off and on. Then 3 months later, the picture quit completely. It has sound, but has no picture through any input. It looks like all the switch boards are made by Samsung. I won't pay to have it fixed because it doesn't sound like the replacement parts work either. Buy a Sony.

I purchased a new Magnavox LCD TV (Model# 19MF337B/27 Serial # BZ5A0745330212) in April of 2008 from Best Buy of Annapolis, MD. I was naturally hoping to have years of trouble-free use from the TV as Magnavox has a fine reputation. After approximately 1 year of trouble-free service, a problem with the TV developed. It has become extremely difficult to turn the unit on. It shuts itself off repeatedly and then turns back on for a few seconds. This process can last up to 20 minutes each time the TV is turned on. Now the sound won't come on, even when the picture remains on.

I have a digital converter box that is 6 months old. Recently, the power started to turn off. Now, it will not turn on at all. I called customer service who said they can send me another one after I send in my broken one. It should only take 3 to 4 weeks. I told the floor manager, ID# **, that 3-4 weeks was too long and he basically said, too bad. Do not buy Magnavox or Philips products. Save yourself the trouble.

In September of 2007, I purchased a brand new 37" LCD flat screen Magnavox TV from Wal-Mart. The problems began not long after I bought it. The screen would temporarily go black while the TV was on. This started becoming more and more frequent and the screen would stay off longer each time. Several weeks later, I tried to turn the TV on and the light blinked green several times and then nothing happened. I continued my attempts to turn it on and waited through the series of blinking lights before the TV would eventually turn on after the 3rd or 4th try.

This is when I called Magnavox for the first time. At this point, I was past my joke of a 90-day warranty on parts but still within the 12-month warranty on labor. I told the representative my problem and she had me unplug the TV, wait 30 seconds and then plug it back in. This worked while I was on the phone so I thought it was a fluke and was just glad to have a working TV again. This is where I kick myself for not insisting that I box it up and ship it back at that moment. The very next time I tried to turn the TV on, I was greeted by the familiar blinking lights and no picture. I tried unplugging and plugging it back in with no luck. While it was annoying, the TV did always turn on after a minute or two, and I lived with it. Over the next few months, it continued to worsen. The screen would still black out randomly and the delay got longer and longer.

I called back a second time. The representative informed me that there was no record of my first call and that unfortunately, I was now out of my parts and labor warranties, that there was nothing he could do to help me and that the closest repair shop he could recommend was one and a half hours away. My fiance called a repair shop located closer to our home and they told us it sounded like we had a bad power module. They also told us that sort of repair can run as much as $500 and that we never should have bought a flat screen TV in the first place. I decided to look online to see what I could find out about faulty power modules and saw that there were literally hundreds, if not thousands, of complaints similar to mine about Magnavox flat screens. This is where I kick myself for not doing this research before I bought this hunk of garbage.

I called back for a third time to try ask if they had considered a recall since so many people seemed to be experiencing the same problems with their TVs. I was told Magnavox only recalls items that pose a potential hazard to health. Apparently, while they do care that their TVs don't kill anyone, they do not care if you can actually use them for the purpose for which they were intended for. I was then told that the management could do nothing for me and furthermore they did not have the time to speak with me. I was given an address and told that I could send a formal complaint letter to their complaint department if I was dissatisfied.

Less than 20 months later, my TV does not even blink anymore when I hit the power button. It sits in the living room as a very expensive reminder that we are living in a time where quality workmanship and customer service no longer rank highly on many a corporation's list of priorities. As far as I can tell, the quality from a trusted brand tagline on their website is all that remains in terms of quality and trust. I for one can promise I will never buy another Phillips-Magnavox product so long as I live.

My 50 inch Plasma TV has died for the third time in less than two and a half years. They fixed it the first time. It cost me 507 dollars the second time. Now it is dead again. I am paying for HD service with no HD TV.

We did as the gov't requested, ordered 2 coupsons for our DTV converter boxes, then purchased them from Walmart in December 2008. In February we were no longer able to continue satelite service due to loss of income so hooked up the boxes to our 2 TVs and were temporarily happy. After a month the box on the main TV suddenly went blank, said no signal. No matter how many times we rescanned or adjusted the digital antenna we had bought we could not get a signal. We brought the second box from the other TV and hooked it to the main TV and for about a month it worked. Then it did the same and suddenly went blank.

After many calls to Magnavox we were told we are past the 90 days and as long as we had a green light on showing it was working we would have to wait until June 12th because then the signals would be stronger and we SHOULD be fine. If not that means we have no TV until we purchase another box I guess. A neighbor brought down his Magnavox same model and we hooked it up and have been using it for a week or so.

But when we called Magnavox and explained this one works on the same TV with the same antenna and our two would not we were again told as long as the green light was on it was working and it had to be we were not receiving strong enough signals so they couldn't receive. Couldn't explain why one works but the other two don't even though they are the same make and model on the same TV using the same digital antenna.

The finally agreed to send one back but since it was over the 90 day warranty we would possibly have to pay for any repairs to get the box back. Now we have two useless Magnavox DTV Converters and today our neighbors Magnovox went blank too. Once again the government has stepped in and messed things up so we can't even get free TV. It would appear the only way anyone will be able to watch TV is to get cable or satelite dish! This is absolutely ridiculous!

I bought a flat panel TV about 2 years ago. It started turning itself off once in a while and the past 6 months it started to flicker on/off repeatedly. It finally turned off completely and will not turn on at all. I have contacted customer service and they said they have not heard of this problem, yet I search the internet and find numerous complaints about this issue. I am very disappointed in the service and the product and I will pass on my issue with as many people as I can. I would hate for other people to waste their money with this company.

I purchased a brand new 32" LCD TV in January. It made a sound and the picture died in early April (not even 90 days old). Magnavox arranged to send a replacement. The first replacement never reached me due to shipping damage (poor packaging) and the second replacement was a refurb unit that didn't work-had the same issue(no screen and LED just blinks and goes red)! After 4 weeks waiting for this TV I decided they need to refund my money.

This process takes another 4-6 weeks after they received the unit they said. I discovered this is a major quality issue with their TV's-they've been busy shipping replacements. A refurb is unacceptable and the wait to get my money is unacceptable. I'm still waiting to resolve my issues- I've had a useless product for over 4 weeks now and now have to waste my time returning two TV's that don't work. Will have to wait 4-6 more weeks to get my money back so I can purchase a different unit.

I have purchased 6 Magnovox DVD players in less that a year. Five of these have broken. They assume no responsibility, did not offer to replace even one, just offered a parts warranty that would cost more in labor than what the DVD player cost. I am out hundreds of dollars this year and have one DVD player working (for now). This feels like a scam. They make a VERY poor product and offer a VERY poor warranty. I'm sure they're making a lot of money.

October 3, 2006 I purchased a 42" Plasma TV from Home Depot in the amount of $1499.0 plus tax. (No extended warranty)

May 5, 2009 I had it on wile doing some excise and it just blacked out. There was sound but not an image. I thought it was a network problem, I tried other networks, and they were blacked out as well.

I contacted Magnavox to report the problem; I spoke with a Deb, she could only help me with basic trouble shooting, plug, unplug etc. Other than that, she could not be of much help because I could not provide her with my serial no.; the T.V. was hanging on the wall, she told me to call back once I had it.

We removed the T.V. from the wall, got the information from the back of it, and I called Magnavox back. I spoke with a Mellissa, she said Deb had tried everything that there was to try and that I need to have it serviced. She told me to take it to Home Depot and have someone there to fax the information, by doing that, I could get service quicker. On May 6, 2009, I did just that; to date 5.14. 2009 no one has contacted me regarding service to my 42 Magnavox Plaza T.V. I will set out today and find a T.V. service tech myself. Hopefully, I can get this resolved with little cost.

Consequently, I am outraged; I am out of a total of $1694.91 bucks. I also purchased a bracket to hang my T.V. I was thinking I would be getting at least ten years of services from it. Furthermore, it upsets me because there will be holes in my wall if I remove the brackets that normally would not be there, not to mention this will be an additional expense, if I need someone to come out to repair the holes and possibly paint the area or the whole side of the wall. In conclusion, I am between jobs, so my funds are very limited. It appears, if I cannot get this T.V. repaired at a reasonable cost, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. No T.V. and no refund on my purchase.

Picture and sound is not anything impressive and feel that I should have gotten more for the money paid.

Bought a Magnavox 50" DLP television spring of 2006. Have now replaced bulb 3 times; and now television does not work at all. Power supply burned out? Magnavox definitely makes inferior televisions, everyone is having trouble with them.

I bought at Magnavox LCD televsion Model Number 32md251d/37 from Sams Club november 2006. In January 2009 it starting blinking on and off and took about 15 minutes to come on and stay. In March 2009, I turned it off and it never came on again. The green light constantly flashes on the power for the tv and attached DVD player.

I took it back to Sam's. I told them about it and they said there's very little they can do since it was 2 1/2 years old. I told them that that may be true but you'd expect a $900.00 tv to last more than two and one half years. I called magnavox and they told me it was absolutely nothing they could do about it because the tv was way over the warranty period. She said the fuse may be blown. After, that i looked up other complaints about this product and that brings me here today. A class action suit should be inevitable.

It seems like I'm out of $900.00 bucks for absolutley nothing.

Bought my first big screen tv 50 inch plasma. Finally got my new toy worked fine for about 1 year then the tv would turn off by itself then back on about 5-10 seconds later. It did this about two or three times a day four about four months. Then one day it just shut itself off and nothing. no lights no power no sound. Just dead!! Googled the model number and low and behold my $1800.00 purchase is a big ol piece of crap. After reading all about the tv and it's problems i see now that the tv is prety much a loss. Sad times when you can spend that kind of money and end up with a worthless chunk off wasted space..

Down $1800.00 for a piece off junk that is not even paid off yet. Good old USA buy and sell junk every day. Gee i wonder why we are in a CONSUMER BASED resecion. Mabey Phillips/Magnavox can get some bail out money so they can make some no faulty TV's.

In July 2007 we purchased a 37in lcd tv from Wal Mart with in 3 mo's it stopped working except for the green blinking light. Magnavox replaced it since we still had a warranty. They replaced it with a renew which means it was someones else problem at one time. Now it is March 2009 and you can only guess the replacement now dosen't work has the same problem as the first one.

Called customer service and they can't do anything but send me to a repair shop close to home. 17 months and now I have a wall hanging. I find it hard to believe these tv's are set for a two year run. I sure don't want to run right out and buy a new one. We spent good money on a product I would really like to take it to them and stuff it. We won't be purchasing another product from them ever Never had this much trouble on anything before

In July 2007 we purchased a 37in lcd tv from Wal Mart with in 3 mo's it stopped working except for the green blinking light. Magnavox replaced it since we still had a warranty. They replaced it with a renew which means it was someones else problem at one time. Now it is March 2009 and you can only guess the replacement now dosen't work has the same problem as the first one.

Called customer service and just like everyone else they can't do anything but send me to a repair shop close to home. 17 months and now I have a wall hanging. I find it hard to believe these tv's are set for a two year run. I sure don't want to run right out and buy a new one. We spent good money on a @#$^ product I would really like to take it to them and stuff it ( ) We won't be purchasing another product from them ever Never had this much trouble on anything before>>>

I bought my 50 Magnavox plazma from Wal-Mart a little over 2 years ago for $2000.00. All of a sudden the tv won't turn on. You can hear it click on but no picture. A red light flashes but nothing happens. I unplug the set-plug it back in a few minutes later and try again. After several attempts the tv finally comes on. According to everything i have read in this forum, it will finally stop coming on at all. It used to come on the 2nd or 3rd attempt.

Now i have to go thru the ritual 8 - 10 times. I have an expensive pile of junk. I wonder how many people will have to complain about this same problem before magnavox has to pay up. I simply cannot afford to replace this expensive tv.

Bought a 19 inch Magnavox tv with a built in dvd/vhs player at Walmart in 2007. Months after the warranty expired, the tv quit working. A red light would turn on (bottom left corner) then shut off. Magnavox extended warranty papers came in the mail stating if I paid $70.80 for a years warranty, they could repair my tv. When my wife called to check on this, they stated I would have to not only pay that fee but also pay a charge for them to come out and for the parts. It could be around $200+ on top of the $70.80.

That's more than what I paid for the entire tv when it was brand new. A local tv repair shop quoted me around $150 to fix the problem, which is closer to what I paid for it. So, in other words, it's not worth fixing. I'm sorry to hear these things are happening on the much more expensive tv's now. Back in the 80's and 90's, this company believed in customer service. Now, it seems to be just about money. No wonder our country is in the tiolet.

Purchased a Magnavox 42MF231D/37 TV in May 2007. Shortly after the 1 year warranty expired the TV started turning itself on and off and then eventually we could not turn the TV off. We called Magnavox went through some troubleshooting steps and we even purchased a USB port to upload new software per their advice; the new software did not work, Magnavox then advised us to call a TV repairman. We called TV repairman and it turned out to be some sort of bad board.

Ok got past that, now last night while watching TV, the picture went black and now we have no picture and no sound but the blue light on is still on. Contacted Magnavox Support line today and because we are out of the 1 year warranty they advised us to contact a TV repairman. We have decided not to spend any additional money on this TV. What makes this even worse is the TV had really low hours of use because we were away a considerable amount of time. Will never buy a Magnavox again.

I have a Magnavox 42 Plasma 2 years old that decided to just stop working one day, I have sound but no picture on the screen, I have been told the Color boards are probably burnt out and could cost hundreds to fix and may not be worth it. I paid $1,450.00 2 years ago and now I have this expensive paper weight in my house.

Customer care at Philips Magnavox said basically sorry your warranty has ended. I cannot believe this company will not guarantee their products in any way, what a piece of kunk and I will never purchase from them again. Calling all Lawyers for a Class Action!

Oy Vey! Look at all these complaints and no hope of a class action? I have had this tv for 2 years/2months. First it would not turn on and red light in bottom left would flash 4 times and then shut off. Found out that if this happens, you have to download upgraded software from Mag website onto some type of memory stick (my 22 yr old did all this for me!) and then you plug the stick into USB port on left side of tv downloads software and Voila! the tv worked fine.... for ONE week! Now tv will not turn on at all. Green light comes on, but there is no click when you push power button on remote or on side of tv. called Magnavox and got no where. Went to business here in town that installs home systems and was told that no one makes plasmas anymore and I should throw tv away! $2000.00 gone!?! I'm sick!!!!

Apparently tv repair does not want to touch plasmas due to recurring problems after repair. too much liability. Who can we turn too?????

I brought the 50 inch Magnavox 003784996325K HDTV plasma tv from Walmart, on 12/8/06 for $2,115.76. It no longer works, it has the red blinking light that everybody is talking about. I am disgusted now and will no longer buy from Phillips/Magnavox. I wanted to buy American. My girlfriend brought a Sony a couple of months before me and she has no problems. I should of listen to my friend and I would be watching my TV now, instead of being stuck with a lemon hanging on my wall.

03/07/09 I purchased a Magnavox LCD 37 HDTV in Dec. of 2006 from Sears in Houston Texas. The model # is: 37MF231D/37. On the morning of June 12th, 2008 I turned the TV on and got no picture or sound only a red blinking light for about 5 minutes and then the TV turned on. I unplugged it from the wall for about 10 minutes, plugged it back in and got the same response.

I called Magnavox customer care and explained everything. We attempted some routine troubleshooting which I had already done. Then she informed me that the TV was out of warranty. She suggested a repair shop VTS in Houston and said there was nothing else she could do. She gave me a reference # and the conversation ended.

After taking the TV to the repair shop they told me that main circuit board had to be replaced which would cost $400.00. It's costing over half what I paid for the TV just to repair it. There's something that just doesn't add up with that.

Since that time I have read up on a lot of problems that other consumers who purchased the same or similar LCD TV's from Magnavox have experienced. Mostly all of these problems have occurred after the warranty expired and 2 years or less from purchase of the TV's. I feel that there is some type of defect in these types of TV's that Phillips is aware of. I called Phillips again today to ask to speak with someone in the complaints dept. I was informed that there is no complaint dept where they are, but gave me an address in Marietta, Georgia. Which after reading all the complaints on the internet I know that wont accomplish any good. I have since then, e-mailed my complaint to the Better Business Bureau. I am awaiting their reply. I think more people should complain to them, maybe something will get done.

I am very disappointed in Philips products with the slow service on their products. I will probably never again buy any Philips or Magnavox product in the future or recommend to anyone. I am looking at the option of getting my money refunded by Philips for the TV or will be filing a small claims suit at the local court for the damages and waste of my time.

Repair shop is charging $400.00 to repair which I will have to pay if I don't want to lose the $80.00 that I had to put down that's non refundable.

I have a Phillips/Magnovox television with a VHS recorder built in. When I record, I get sound but no picture. I have recorded before and everything was fine. What happened? Thanks for any advice!

Purchased 42MF231ID/331D (42 plasma TV) stopped working after 18 months. Paid 1,200 new plus $150 for repair technician to tell us what was wrong with TV. After seeing ALOT of people with the same problem,this is a serious problem for Magnavox TV's!!! Something needs to be done, to hopefully keep anyone else from getting Ripped Off as we existing Magnavox TV owners already know!!!

I wish I had looked at this site before I purchased this 42 pile of LCD (42MF521D/37). I've had the same problem as mentioned above by countless other hard working members of the silent majority. How many of us does it take to make something happen?

Referred to the repair shop who will do the in house repair since it is a large TV. When I actually spoke to the repair service, he laughed and said bring it in to them for a free estimate.

I bought a 37" lcd tv mode # 37mf231d in dec.'06. In dec.'08 it quit coming on like it should ,it would just flash a green light for several minutes but after 3 or 4 tries would finally come on. I finally just left it on continually. Then we lost our power one night and the tv has not come back on since. From what I have read this is an on going problem with magnavox. We can't seem to get it fixed and if we could it would cost almost as much as a new tv and then if it goes out again we are stuck with paying double of a piece of useless junk. Magnavox has known about this problem with their tv's for years and have done nothing but take our money for their worthless junk. I will never buy another Magnavox or Phillips product again and even stopped a woman in the store from buying the same tv that I bought by telling her how worthless they are. We work hard for our money and were so proud that we were finally able to buy (what we thought) was a really good tv. We just threw almost $900.00 out the window it seems.

I bought a 37 lcd tv mode # 37mf231d in dec.'06. In dec.'08 it quit coming on like it should ,it would just flash a green light for several minutes but after 3 or 4 tries would finally come on. I finally just left it on continually. Then we lost our power one night and the tv has not come back on since. From what I have read this is an on going problem with magnavox. We can't seem to get it fixed and if we could it would cost almost as much as a new tv and then if it goes out again we are stuck with paying double of a piece of useless junk.

Magnavox has known about this problem with their tv's for years and have done nothing but take our money for their worthless junk. I will never buy another Magnavox or Phillips product again and even stopped a woman in the store from buying the same tv that I bought by telling her how worthless they are. We work hard for our money and were so proud that we were finally able to buy (what we thought) was a really good tv. We just threw almost $900.00 out the window it seems.

After having our 50 plasma tv (model # 50mf231d/37)for only two years the green light for power comes on and then shuts off and the red light starts blinking.I was told it is the small signal board. After contacting the help line I was told that thier hands were tied and they could do nothing for me and then gave me two numbers for repair. I was shocked to find out it would cost over six hundred dollars to repair. I was also told it was a manufacturing defect.When I asked the person representing Magnavox if they were getting alot of complaints ,he said no without even asking me for the model number. He was extremely rude and offered no help at all.We opted not to have the repair due to our finances. Now we have an ornament in our living room.

We have no tv anymore. I can't believe Magnavox/ Philips will not stand by thier products. I printed 60 pages of complaints about Magnavox/Philips.I saw the same complaint several times.Why can't they be responsible for defective parts and poor manufacturing. When you pay that much for a television you expect it to last more than two years. Magnavox/Philips should be made to right the wrongs . In a time when everyone is struggling ,it just adds to the frustration, especially when some one is filling thier pockets at the consumers dismay. It is just so unfair

I am having problems with my 50 in. plasma Magnavox also. Red light blinks 6 times over and over. I did find this on the internet that might help some of you, Their is a limited recall on some of the tv's. Here is what info I found.

March 16, 2006 Alert #06-536 Philips Consumer Electronics Recalls Plasma Flat Panel Televisions The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the Ambilight feature immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Plasma Flat Panel Televisions with Ambilight Feature....

I purchased my magnavox 42 plasma model# 42mf231d/17 just over two years ago and the other day the screen went blank but I still have sound. I contacted magnavox and they directed me to a t.v. repair shop. I brought it to the customer service rep's attention of the numerous complaints with their plasma televisions but I guess that just fell on deaf ears! Good luck everyone else with this problem because magnavox will not stand behind their products.

a few months after we bought it the sound starting cutting out. then it turned off. sometimes to a black screen and then right back on sometimes to a bluish screen no picture .and wouldn't turn on or off. then it started taking longer and longer to turn on. bought it at walmart. since it was over 90 days they wouldn't do anything.so i figured out that if i used the stereo instead of the tv volume it didn't shut off as much.

but now 2yrs and 3mnths later it is dead! $1300 bucks for a tv that lasted 2yrs! that some really expensive tv watchin! anyway...i hope an attorney has bought 1 of these so they get mad and file a class action lawsuit! oh btw there's a youtube video of a guy smashing his!

I have a Model: 37MF231D/37. It was purchased in 02/08. Only word I have to explain Magnavox is pathetic to put it nicely. Same problem as everybody else, I have dealt with the problem for about 3 weeks. Problem: Green power light first started flashing for about 15 minutes then it would stay on and I could turn the TV on after waiting for the light to go out and proceeding to attempt to turn the TV on about 4 times. After about a week of that, it went to 15 minutes to about three hours.

I called their customer service and told them my problem. They told me my TV was out of warranty and I should bring it to a authorized service center about 30 miles away in either direction. I am a service manager for a company that repairs equipment for a major retailer here in the midwest (13 states). If I serviced my customers the way they do, I would be out of a job within a week.

At this present time my TV is torn apart on my living room table still plugged in and still not turning on. I noticed there is a red light blinking on one of the circuit boards on the back of the TV. I have unplugged that and the power button circuit board and let it sit. I plugged them both back in and needless to say the problem/error persist. With my expierence of 6 years as a service manager this will not be a cheap repair. I have a 20 inch FLOOR MODEL that is around 30 years old that is a picture tube Magnavox that still works!

I have 2 questions for Magnavox what happen to product quality? And, can't YOU make a TV that last more than 2 years anymore? Oh yeah, thanks for ALLOWING me to be part of the Magnavox Family but really no thanks! This was the last Magnavox I and anyone I know will own. Good luck staying in business!