Panasonic TV Reviews

Bought panasonic PT-50LCX64 at walmart on 28Jun05. one year later the lamp went out. i bought on from a local shop for a little over $300.00. Exactly one year later again the lamp goes out on 27JUN07. This time i bought it from projectorlampcenter.com. now for the third time the lamp has quit working exactly one year later!!! again i'm forced to spend another 300 for a lamp.

Bought a Pansonic DLP TV model number PT-52LCX65 and I need to replace my lamp bulb soon the red light indicator just came on today June 23, 2008. I just read several of the complaints on your website and I am following your advice to put in a complaint. I purchased the TV in 2006 its almost 2 years old. Can you let me know if the class action settlement have included my model yet? Please let me know, I am too afraid to purchase the replacement lamp and find out it will require more service. Please help. Thanks

Panasonic HD TV1030i PT-50LC13 The lamp has gone out 5 times & have had to replace!!!!

bought a lcd projection lamp model ltp/ty-la1000 about a year ago and it stopped working. Am I eligible for a free replacement uner the class action?

I purchased a Panasonic PT-50LC13 televsion in 2004. Since that time, at least three times a year, I am replacing the bulb or something else with the televsion. I asked for a replacement because it is a lemon but was told I was not elegible.

Panasonic television with the TY-LA1000 lamp. I see that the lawsuit has been closed but I am confused. I sent in my forms to get a new TV or the $1500 towards a new TV but never heard anything from them. My lamp is now blown after receiving a new one In Feb. 2008 and I don't have a warrenty on my TV any longer, it expired May 2008 with Circuit City. What happened to the law suit?

TY-LA1000 bulb burnt out prematurely

This is the worst customer service/company I have ever come across! Approximently 2 weeks ago, I was preparing dinner for my family when our Panasonic Plasma went black, hoping it was a problem with the cable company. No of course not, I contact panasonic and explained we had only owned the tv for 2 years. I explained how unhappy we were and we purchased a panasonic due to the name and reputation. I then got a local panasonic tech to give me an estimate. it reguires $1,600 parts/labor.

Haven't talked to COSTCO yet, but I beleive it is out of their warranty period. Have had the TV for 2 years and 5 months. Replaced the lamp about 6 weeks ago and now there's a yellow haze all over the screen and several bright spots (blue, yellow and red) in the lower center and left side of the screen. It sounds like all the other problems I've been reading about. I've been reading up and it seems that now the light engine could be bad. This will cost approx $1,000.+ I will contact COSTCO tomorrow.

The current price for a 42" Panasonic is $1300 brand new! I have spoken to numerous people by e-mail, fax's, letters etc! We have not even finished paying it off! I believe we owe more that what the current price is! I now am waiting to see the outcome as the Plasma sits in the corner collecting dust!

Ug, we purchased a Panasonic 37 HDTV 12/2005 for $2300, on May 27, 2008 I was making dinner and the screen went black! I contacted a panasonic servicer and received a $1600 estimate! OMG, the current price for a 42 Panasonic is $1300 brand new! I have spoken to numerous people by e-mail, fax's, letters etc! We have not even finished paying it off! I believe we owe more that what the current price is! I now am waiting to see the outcome as the Plasma sits in the corner collecting dust!

Purchased the PT-43LC14 Panasonic television in April 2005 and have to replace the lamp for the second time. Lamp TY-LA1000.

I bought a Panasonic t.v. in june of 05 model #PT-61LCX65 everything was find until around Jan of 06 the lamp went out. Since then we have to change the lamp evry 3 to 4 months. When we bought the t.v. we bought the extend warrrenty. This last time it went out on March 13, 2008 it is still NOT fix and today is May 13, 2008. I have being fighting with Best Buy for a new t.v. they say its maintenance. I understand that but every 3 to 4 months is more than maintenance

I have the TY LA1000 bulb in my panasonic tv--the one that is in the class action lawsuit for 4 of panasonic's tvs--but not mine-- model number pt-52lcx65. just joining in on the complaint issue of the short life of the bulb--$284 to replace after just over 2 years. Customer service was just a goat rodeo--back and forth between groups, told wrong info, sent to different departments--I've got 5 different toll-free numbers to call--and not sure which goes where--and i don't think panasonic knows either...

Puchased television model # PT50LC13 in August, 2005, right now we cannot watch it for the fourth time, because of the lamp defect, which causes the lamp to burn out. This will be fourth lamp in the television since we purchased it. At this time, $300 for a lamp is not available.

Purchased a Panasonic PT-50LC13 tv 11/08/03. I had also purchased the extended warranty through best buy. Since I have purchased this TV I have had a repairman here to fix it 4 times. The last time the TV was no longer under extended warranty and cost me $429 to replace the lamp which was replaced 3 time prior.

I purchased my Panasonic 50 LCD television from Best Buy in Marlborough in August of 2006 and have had nothing but problems with this tv since my purchase. I had to have my lamp replaced the first time after 2 months of ownership and then again about 7-8 months later along with the lamp harness and now here we are May 08 and my lamp blew up friday night and when I contacted Panasonic they stated that the class action lawsuit that they had on this T.V. was settled in Nov 2007 and that their hands are legally tied. I think that this is unacceptable for such a well known compnay at that to say to a consumer with this huge issue.

I need to buy an overhead projector from PANASONIC Riyadh on their given address on website; Following both numbers are hooked to fax machine. The other number i got from Head Office is ringing but no one like to respond, upon checking at HO Jeddah several voices tried to help me in sleeping and disgusting voices and gave the same number as mentioned above, on request he pass me a mobile of the sales person, whom in turn i contacted and he knows only Arabic No English, anyhow i managed, he said now he is busy and will call me at 5pm in the evening.

Lamp blowout after 3 years and 10 months on the Panasonic PT-50LC13 Class action lawsuit filing over by Nov 2007. What are my resources now?

Sir, I did import an 50 Plasma TV from Gulf. The PDP of the plasma got broken while transporting. It has been more than a month now, i am running re-seller to re-seller including the distributor to get the PDP replaced. But I am not recieving any favorable response. In fact the services of Panasonic india is very poor and they are not even bothered to entertain my query. Please advice accordingly. Thanks

Purchased a DLP TV #PT50DL54J 9/05 along with an extended warranty. Got a Replace lamp messege on the screen yesterday. Don't know how many hours of use but no where near the 10,000 hours stated in the Owner's Manual. In reading the Service contract from WCPS of Florida, the lamp is not covered since it is designed to be consumed during the life of the product.

I've bought this PT-43LC14-K LCD not even a year and the bulb had blown out already. The amount of hours weren't even 2,000 hours.

I bought the panasonic PT 44LCX65 LCD projection TV just over 2 years ago. My bulb blew out way under the manufactures specs. When i went online to find out about the price of the bulb, $300.00 I saw that there was a lawsuit about defective tv's with model PT 44LCX65 like the one i have.

Warning indicator: Replace Lamp Unit and reset time.

i only had my lcd tv for 2 yrs and the bulb doesn't work anymore i think these store retailer need to inform their customers of the life exspectancy of the bulb because these tv's cost alot anyway now you have to replace the bulbs every 1-2 yrs its not fair

I Bought Panasonic PT-50LC13 for 2200 dollars at costco in July of 05. Television stopped working yesterday April of 08. I watch about 1-2 hours of television a day on average. I calculate that is approximately 2500 hours max on the TV. Panosonic states that the life of the Lamp is about 10000 hours.

There has been a class action settlement regarding panasonic lcd projection tv's. We have model# PT50LC13. When I contacted panasonic about this very issue in the past I was always given a number to a service center who came to try to fix the tv. In an effort to post a complaint about the defected tv for the 3rd time a Panasonic customer service rep informed me of the suit and advised that the extended warranty has expired. And also went on to say that Panasonic is no longer responsible or has any involvement with the defected tv's.

We purchased a Panasonic PT-50LC13 in April, 2004. Luckily we also purchased the extra warrantee, the bulb has been replaced by Sears 5 times since purchase, (one time it went out in less than a week. This TV is a piece of junk and low and behold the bulb is out again! I called Sears and they are not even aware of the class action suit, I stumbled upon it purely on accident while looking to purchase a bulb on line.

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I purchased a Panasonic TV model number PT-40LC12/PT-45LC12 in 2003. I have purchased 5 replacement lamps already. They do not last any where near 5,000 hours. And they are $300.00 approx. each. I question that the TV fan does not cool adequately and that is why the bulbs do not last, I could not have received that many bad replacements. I will soon be ordering number 6 and that is with my TV not being run from December to March!!

Purchased Panasonic PT-44LCX65 from HH Gregg 11/26/05. As of 04/01/08 (approx. 2 years from purchase, receiveing message on tv, Lamp needs replaced. Part is $256.00. We purchased warranty; but, it is not Full Coverage so we are stuck with paying for light that may be defective.

Well, ince they contain mercury and I have small children, I dont think panasonic wants me to possibly break a bulb and cause any harm to myself and or my family.

I purchased a new 50 Panasonic plasma TV in mid-January 2008. Approximately 40 days later it abruptly stopped working. A Panasonic contact repair facility made an in-home repair service call. A circuitry board was replaced & the TV still didn't work. Two weeks later they took the TV to the shop. We have now been without a TV for almost five weeks and there is no estimated date for it to be back in service or to be replaced if it cannot be repaired.

I bought a Panasonic LCD TV PT-60LC14 on Feb 2005 with a 3 year bulb warranty from Anderson. The bulb blew off on Mar 2008. I contacted customer service and they told me they cannot do anything. The lawsuit had expired in Nov 2007 and my TV Model number (although it used the same lamp TY-LA1000) was not covered. I researched the internet regarding the lamp and found this website.

The pt50lc13 LCD Panasonic TVs are junk. The lamp no. tyla1000 last nowhere near 10,000 hours. The last one lasted 20 hours. I thought I was part of the class action lawsuit that is no longer in effect.

I purchased in good faith a 42" PANASONIC Plasma T.V. on-line. It worked beautifully for THREE (3) DAYS. I then shipped this piece of over-sized/overweight junk to Poway T.V., Poway, California. This authorized service center informed me that the problem was a common occurrence.

I purchased a Panasonic PT-50LC13 TV from Circuit City in September of 2004, spending over $2300 for the TV alone plus stand and additional equipment. Was told the only maintenance this set should ever need would be bulb replacement. While they had a 1 year warranty, I should expect at least 3 to 4 years life on the bulb. I have replaced two bulbs well within the 10,000 hours time limit. The last bulb was replaced in June of 2006. When I called to reorder a bulb today, I stated I wanted to have a complaint on file and asked if anyone else had complained and was told there was a lawsuit that expired in November of 2007. So nothing more can be done for me.

About two years ago, I bought a Panasonic TV (model PT-50LC13), and last year one of the bulbs burned out. Now less than 900 hours of use, another bulb just burned out again which makes me think that something must be wrong because I paid over $500.00 in repairs. I found that this bulb should last for about 10,000 hours per bulb. Something needs to be done because if I'm going to pay $500.00 every six months, I'd rather buy another TV.

I called to tell them the bulb blew out on our TV again--at least 4 bulbs in 3.5 years. They tell me I could have joined a class action suit; but, oh no, it ended in Nov. of last year. But they will gladly sell me a bulb for $299.99. I never was notified of any suit. They have always been quite nice about honoring my $500.00 extended warranty by replacing their 10,000 hour bulbs at lifespans which approached 10% to 30% of life. They even replaced a $400.00 ballast board. But now they tell me I could have gotten out from under this piece of junk and gotten a replacement that works...except they never notified me....

I had purchased a Panasonic (Model PT-50LC13) LCD Rear Projection TV. I purchased it in May of 2004. I have had 2 lamps blow. (Panasonic replaced the first one due to warranty.) The next one I had to pay for. I called and complained to no avail. The set just blew up again the other day. It appears it is the ballast this time. I bought another replacement lamp, and the TV will not turn on. Power light (green) turns on and then flashes to off (red), and the lamp indicating light, flashes (red).

We purchased a Panasonic PT50LC14 TV from Sam's Club. This is one of the tv's that take the TY-LA1000 lamp kit. We made the purchase in October of 2005 but didn't use it very much until Nov of 2007. The lamp went out and we had to have it replaced today. Almost $500 every six months or so is not good. To put salt in the wound, we purchased a service agreement from Sam's Club. The salesman told us that they had a little trouble with the lamps but the service agreement would cover it. We found out the had way that that was not true. No where in the agreement does it say that the lamp is not covered. They said it was part of the What's not Covered, number 22 parts normally designated to be replaced periodically by you or consumed during the life of the product (ie, batteries, ribbons, toner cartridges, drums, remote control units, video cassettes, dvd and compact discs, etc). There is nothing about internal lamps. This tv should be part of the law suit pending. And/or the Sam's Club Service agreement should cover the part.

I was unaware that there had been a class action suit filed concerning the problems with my Panasonic TV model # PT 50-LC13 for defective lamp. I did however know the lamps were bad as I have already replaced three and it just went out again. That is when I e-mailed Panasonic. They have only paid for one of the lamps. All I was asking for was for them to replace the lamp. They referred me to the web site that stated the claim was settled in Nov. I wrote them back telling them that I was never made aware of the suit and as in a re-call for defective parts I should have been notified. I received another e-mail referring me to a local service center, so I was on my own again.

We purchased our Panasonic in March, 04 and a $500 service warranty. Original bulb sparked-out within the warranty time and was covered/replaced under warranty. Bulb #2 lasted about one year before sparking-out. They would send out a tech, but we would have to pay for the new bulb. The tech could not find anything to fix.

I purchased a Panasonic projector LCD TV in January of 2005. May of 2006 and the bulb is already burned out, with is less than 2500 hours on a bulb that claims it can last 10,000 hours. I replaced another bulb in 2007. Now in 2008 another burnt out bulb and $300 to clean the air filter.

Panasonic Plasma Disappointment! The first day my new Panasonic Plasma (50PZ700U) arrived, the power would not stay on more than 20 minutes. I called Panasonic thinking they would ship me a new unit ... but they had me check how many times my red light was blinking. They seemed to know exactly where this was going, and in less than 3 minutes told me they would dispatch a technician the following week. For those wanting the gory details, Google the following: Panasonic+Plasma+Power supply+Blinking Lights. It's an eye opener for those thinking this unit is flawless (as I did when I read the Consumer Reports review). I should add it seems to affect all current Panasonic Plasmas. At any rate, I'm left to wonder how long this will take to resolve and what else might be wrong. All in all, it's a very bad start for such a highly touted TV.

i have the PT-50LC13 model that keeps blowing out and just found out about class action suit. Can I be added to suit?

When I bought a 50 Panasonic LCD TV from Circuit City, I also purchased a home theater system (Panasonic SA-HT900) for $699. The system was a total zero from after about 6 months. It would make a loud explosive sound and we would lose the sound for hours, days and eventually the sound never returned. The frustrating part is that I took the unit to Circuit City and they tried to fixed it the first trip. Unfortunately for me, the problems persisted and I had to take the system back to Circuit City for more service. Well this time Circuit City lost the cable that made the system operable and they could not fix the receiver back to working order. I don't understand how it is possible for Panasonic to continually sell products in the USA with their track record. I have gone to different websites to get information about how to reach their customer service department and is virtually impossible.

I bought a Panasonic PT-50LC14 TV on Feb.01 2005. I didn't know about this Lamp problems, because the salesman didn't tell you anything about this lamp. Today, Feb.25 2008, my Panasonic PT-50LC14 is still in excellent condition! But soon or later I'm going to replace this lamp. Is it dangerous to change the lamp yourself?

I bought a Panasonic PT-44LCX65 HDTV in Dec. '05. I replaced the lamp which cost $280.00 two months ago. I also had a large blue dot on lower right corner of screen; and last night the TV shut down, and the screen went black. I'm cutting my losses ($1,300 TV and $250 matching TV stand) and purchasing a new TV from a reliable company.

We purchased the panasonic model PT-43LC14. We have already replaced the lamp in November of 2007. It is now February of 2008 and the lamp needs to be replaced again. I have written to Panasonic about this problem but have not received any corresponse back from them. This bulb is expensive to replace. I am very disappointed in Panasonic as a company.

On my LCD projection TV, the lamp in the TV burns premature. model pt-50lc13.

I purchased a 43 inch lcd projection tv about 1.5yrs ago. I have had to replace the lamp 4 times now. The replacement cost is $284.00 per lamp. Can someone tell me if there is a recall on these tv's or any recourse with Panasonic?

I purchased a Panasonic 50 LCD TV which had excellent picture quality. The bad part was, the bulb was failing. In a class action suit with Panasonic, we elected to receive a replacement TV. We were told that we would receive Model PC-56DLX75; instead we received PT-50LXCX70 which is not even close to the picture quality of our original TV.

I bought a PT-61LCX65 Rear Projection LCD TV in April 2006, and in February 2008 the TY-LA1000 lamp needed to be replaced. It does not seem that the lamp lived until its true life expectancy. Was this lamp recalled?

I bought a Panasonic Plasma TV and it was installed on 26th Jan. That day the installation personnel were in a major hurry and showed me the TV superficially. Also I didn't have satellite connection so couldn't see the full screen. When I saw the completely lit up screen there are prominent black lines coming on the top of the TV. I requested on 31st Jan for the replacement of TV as this fault is from Day-1 of receipt. Now I am told that my TV will be taken to service center and will be repaired and returned. Till then I'll be without TV and wall bracket will be awfully visible in my living room. My request is please replace the TV as the issue came up on day-1 and hence the TV is not right. I have paid Panasonic for a wonderful experience and not pain. Please help me. PS: I did face a similar issue with Sony Wega in India in 2005. There was fault on day-1 and Sony India replaced the TV without questioning.

My panasonic ptlcx63 50in tv went out for the 3rd time. I send all the information to the class action suit to get another tv and waited for them to get in touch with me but they didn't. I then called them and they told me the time ran out and I didn't send in what they wanted as for paper work. But I sent in the papers they asked me for. I put my trust in panasonic and I will never do it again for anything. Ebay sells the lamp at a good price I think about $159.00. I will have to spend my money again for this tv.

I have a Panasonic 52 inch lcd telivision, and the lamp/bulb went out. I am disgusted; it costs $300 to replace it. This has happened twice....

For those that don't know how, there is a way to see how many hours you have on your bulb. With the TV powered off (make sure it's off for a few minutes before trying this, or you'll wait for the customary cooldown period before anything happens if you turn the set off and try this stuff immediately), press and hold both the VOLUME Down button on the TV itself and the TV/VIDEO key on the remote control simultaneously for about 7 seconds. The TV will be turned on and it will have a screen of status data atop an active TV channel. To get out of this mode TURN OFF your TV. This initial SERVICE MODE 1/3 screen shows - LAMP OPERATION TIME TOTAL : (total time on the set) CURRENT LAMP: (total time on the bulb**) OSD DISPLAY : ON LON COUNT : (number of times the TV has been turned on) **

We purchased the Panasonic Model #PT-61LCX65 2 years ago. Our replacement bulb went out. We have learned now that this is a common problem amongst these televisions. The bulb was supposed to last for 10,000 hours and I was recently told it is more like 3,000 hours. The replacement part is $284, but if you need the buld next day...it ran me $342 with shipping and taxes. Hopefully, the replacement bulb holds out another 2 years. I am just now finding out about the class action suits against Panasonic, which doesn't apply to my situation; however, they continued to sell this product after Panasonic was aware of these issues as early as 2004. I can spend $300 every 2 years (god, willing the bulb holds out that long) or I can cut my losses and buy another t.v.. I can't believe Panasonic is allowed to get away with this.

(Product Name: SC-HT830V Home Theater sound system) This Home Theater sound system has lost the function display. Panasonic offers no repair parts or method for repair. All parts have been discontinued. Customer service is outsourced to a foreign country and after being on hold for over half an hour I get disconnected after explaining my problem. This is a very common problem

I have now gone through 2 bulbs since I purchased the TV. I saw the class action, and it is too late to file. I am facing another $300 charge. What options do I have?

I have a Panasonic TV PT50LC13 and I am on my Third projector bulb. I was just recently made aware that there was a class action law suit that was closed on 11/30/2007. I was too late. I called Panasonic about my problem and they said that they were no longer issuing any replacement bulbs and that I was out of luck unless I wanted to pay for it again. So now I am sitting at home with a useless $3000 TV. I can't keep paying $300 dollar every time when the bulb goes.

The lamp on our PT-50LC13 TV keeps going out almost every few months and we are now out of warranty for the lamp. We were never notified of any class action law suit against Panasonic. I was merely calling the manufacturer to see if they could help in extending our warranty. This is when I learned of the law suit and that it has been settled and that we do not qualify for an extended warranty. So, if we want to watch TV in the future (because right now it is dead) we will have to pay $300 for it every time it breaks down. Panasonic will not do anything.

I had my TV (pt-60lc14) for three years and had to replace bulb (ty-la1000) which costs $300.00. In the manual it said that the bulb will last 10,000 hours. If I had known that this would happen, I would not have purchase this TV for which I paid over $3,000.

I have a Panasonic HDTV 1080i purchased 07/2005. I have had to replace the TY-LA1000 bulb 4 times now. First time it was covered under the original manufacturer's warranty. Last 3 times it hasn't been. The lamps average $300 each time.

We bought this TV in 2004 and had to replace the bulb just about 1 year later, 8/05. Then about 1 year later had to replace another bulb in 2006. Then today the bulb went out again 12/07. I did see the civil suit online in 2006, but it expired 11/07. So now I'm out of luck? I can't get anything for buying a TV and having to replace bulbs every year? It can be anywhere from $200-$400 for a new bulb. I can't believe that Panasonic will still not take any blame for the faulty works of this product. I don't know what causes this problem, but I have been replacing the bulb every year and we only use the TV a couple of hours in the evening Mon-Fri and more on the weekends, but never have we reached the supposed life any of the of the bulbs. We still need Panasonic to step up and handle this problem. What do we do?

I purchased a Panasonic Model PT-50LC13 television from Best Buy in August of 2003. The first bulb, TYLA 1000, lasted until January of 2007. It is December 28, 2007 and the bulb is out again, another $500.00 parts and labor to fix it. There is no way this bulb should be out by now. I looked on the internet and find a class action suit regarding this bulb issue. We were never notified about a resolution. Why was every owner of the models in question given an option to get reimbursed for their expenses or exchange their problem child?

We have the Panasonic PT-50LC13 LCD TV. The bulb has been out on this TV for about a year. We do not watch TV that much, so the repair of it was not really an issue. In fact we did have a service person come out to take a look at the TV and said it was the bulb and that the repair would cost $600.00. We decided that this was too much to afford at the time and decided to wait. I was surfing the internet today looking for prices for this bulb when I came across this link regarding a class action that was filed against Panasonic for problems people have been having with this TV and bulb.

We purchased a Panasonic PT-50 TV about three years ago, and the bulb has just burned out for the third time. the TV cost about $2,500 and each bulb is about $300. Replacing the bulb every year significantly raises the cost of owning this TV, and we are terrible disappointed in the product and Panasonic in general. We've heard there was a class action suit and registered for it but never received any notice of the Nov 30, 2007 deadline. What can we do?

I have had two blown lamps since purchasing the TV in 2005. The first was replaced by warranty and the second was to be covered by the court action. I requested and turned in all paperwork and have received notice that they will not honor the requirements of the court decision.

We bought the Panasonic PT-50LC13 television in July 2004. The first lamp exploded in May 2005 and was replaced under warranty. The second lamp exploded in June 2006, which Panasonic agreed to replace under warranty since it was just past the 1 year warranty period. The Panasonic representative said they would look into our TV being a possible lemon if the lamp exploded again. Hmmmm! Well, it is early December 2007 and the third lamp just exploded. I called Panasonic and they wouldn't talk to me because of this class-action lawsuit. We have never been notified about this suit or recall.

I currently own a non-working Panasonic 50 LCD HD PTV model PT-50LC13. For the past year I have spent so much time in submitting the claim form to the Garden City Group, Inc (the claim administrator for Panasonic class action law suit) because my TV have not been working for the past year and a half. In the settlement form, it states, if the TV experiences 3 or more performance problems then I might be able to get a replacement of my defected TV. So for the whole time, I keep waiting for the City Garden Group to respond to my claim. I did not even bother to call Panasonic to come and fix my TV. I left it unfixed, hoping that I might be able to get a replacement for this defected $3000 TV that we purchased in 2004.

Our 50" Panasonic PT50LC13 TV was purchased new through Nice Electronics on June 27, 2004. Since then, our lamp has burned out, red and blue dots constantly appear on the screen and most recently, the lamp light has started blinking again. However, the warranty company is stating that it may not be the lamp. We had the lamp replaced once--well before the 10,000 hours--and requested repairs to remove the blue and red dots. We were told there weren't enough dots to have that issue addressed yet, and that it was an engine problem.

The bulb! I have read the other complaints and I cannot believe that Panasonic, a company as big as they are, is not willing to back their product. What are people to do when the product fails, when they purchased products based on reputation of name of company? Panasonic's customer service department actually had me dismantling the television to try to find the problem. Oh no. Stopped after I was asked to get a screwdriver.

My Panasonic PT-50LC13 TV has numerous problems. I've replaced the lamp 4 times in 4 years. I ran out of the extended warranty and when I called Panasonic, they said I missed the Nov. 30, 2007 deadline for the class action law suit. Nobody notified me. This lamp supposedly lasts for 5000 hours on average. But they lasted less than 1000 hours each.

I own a Panasonic PT-61LCX65 TV and the bulb just popped one night, no warning. We had the TV for 2 years, so of course the warranty was out. I'd say there was maybe 3000 hours, and that's being very gracious, so no where near what they told me when we bought it. It takes the Ty-LA1000 bulb that was in the other class action suits.

I have burned out three lamps in three years. The first lamp was covered under waranty, but it took several weeks to get the television fixed. The other lamp was purchased by me. The television now has a burned out lamp and has been sitting on the dining room floor for about two months.

Lamp burned for the 3rd time in 3.5 years on Panasonic PT-50LC13 Projection Television. Turns out there was a class action suit, but I never received notice of this. When I found out today (Dec 7, 2007) I called Panasonic and they simply said too bad, you missed the deadline.

I purchased a 42 inch Plasma TV in September, 2007, and in November the TV started giving us problems. We contacted Panasonic right away (11/14), but I am still waiting for a response on Dec. 7. We've put in new electric in the house, new satellite dish wiring, and I've lost time at work trying to resolve this.

As part of class action law suit againts the defective lamps in the Panasonic LCD TV my TV PT61-LCX65 was not listed, but I just spent $480 on repairs to my lamp. Also included in my repairs was a power supply and the imaging unit is also damaged which the repair shop has quoted my a price of $1500 to repair. After speaking to Panasonic customer care they said sorry you are three days late and there is nothing they will do about the imaging unit. I purchased the TV November 2005, two months after I evacuated from my sunken home in New Orleans.

Our TV is just 2 years old and not used as much as most and the lamp light has burned out once already. Then llast night, November 24, 2007, it burned out again. No place was open due to the holiday weekend and when my neighbor came over they told me that their parent's TV had done the same thing several times and that there was a recall. So I decided to check into it. Now here I am and my model # PT-44LCX65 is not one of the 4 to be replaced. What should I do?

I got a Panasonic projection TV, MODEL # PT-43LC14. The 10,000 hour lamp failed after less than 500 hours and now I have to buy the lamp PART no: TY-LA1000, which is priced at $284.00.

This is an update. I now am on my fourth lamp for this Panasonic TV in 3 years, and the TV repairman tells me that the reason the lamps go so quickly is that my Light Engine or Ballast has been bad: $1500 to repair. How long has it been bad? My first lamp blew way before the 10,000 hours that both the Best Buy salesman and the users manual tell me they should last. Doesnt that mean my light engine was bad under warranty?

I purchased a panasonic widescreen lcd projection screeen TV (model pt60 lc 14)in late 2005. I have had to replace the lamp three times in that time even though the lamp states it is supposed to last 10,000 hours. Since i purchased this TV (for 3,000$) it has cost me well over 1,000$ to keep it running.

We had the TV bulb replaced twice under Panasonic's one-year warranty and at least 4 more times under Sears extended warranty. Now its out again; Sears is giving me a runaround saying it was just replaced in July, and they can't order another bulb. I'm very disgusted, could use some help, paid $2700 for the TV and $400 (twice) for extended warranties.

Panasonic lamp replacements for HD LCD projection tv's. 2 years , 2 bulbs.

I have a Panasonic LCD TV that I have purchased 2 bulbs in a period of 3 years and now the 3rd bulb has just blown. I feel this is becoming excessive at $300.00 each. It is going to cost me close to $1,000 in total for bulb replacements.

The bulbs cost $300 each and shipping is usually around $50.

Have to now purchase a lamp for $284.00

Purchased a Panasonic PT-50LC13 in 2004 and I have had to replace the Lamp TY LA 1000 Three times. the first time it was covered under the warranty the next two times it cost us $235.00 plus tax and delivery.

I purchased a Panasonic PT-60LC14 television on October 27, 2005. The bulb burned out on July 23, 2007. We have an extended warranty but it will not cover the bulb. The bulb costs $302.00. This is the same problem that Panasonic settled a class action law suit in 2006 on 4 other models.

Received a Panasonic PT-60LC14 as a Father's Day gift purchased 6/18/05. The lamp TY-LA1000 blew in less than a year. As the tv was still under warranty Panasonic replaced the lamp on 5/31/06. The lamp blew again 6/24/07, just after Father's Day and just past Panasonic's 1 year warranty on replacement lamps. I was charged $284. plus shipping for a replacement lamp.

We bought the TV in 2004 and the lamp went out three times since we have purchased the TV. It is the inconvenience of not having a TV and the hassle of trying to get it fixed. I have much older TV’s and do not have problems like this.

I purchased a Panasonic TV Model# PT-52LCX65 from a Military Exchange in Okinawa Japan on February 15 2006. As soon as the warranty ran down, a red spot about the size of a baseball appeared in the right upper corner of the screen. I have contacted Panasonic and they said I would pay to send it in, labor + parts.

The lamp in my Panasonic PT-50LC13 television burned out. I purchased it in March of 2004 and believe that I am outside the warranty period. I believe Panasonic should replace all the faulty lamps regardless of when they were purchased.

The bulb in this television just burned out for the fourth time since we purchased this in November, 2003. We got this Rear Projection LCD at Best Buy along with their 4-year Performance Service Plan. After the third bulb death they informed us of their Lemon Law and we felt somewhat relieved knowing that at least we would get some kind of reimbursement for our investment.

I bought a TV model # PT-60 LCX63 2 years ago. My lamp is now flashing and the screen doesn't show any picture at all. Power light is also flashing RED.

the bulb for the panasonic projection display tv model number PT-43LC14 the bulb part number is TY LA 1000 and the bulbs are defective and the lawsuit only says about re-embursment of funds on certain models but not my model.

Expensive TV, that frequently doesn't work.

No picture is being shown by the TV. Lamp light on front is flashing while Power light is also flashing RED.

We purchased a Panasonic Multi-Media Projection Display Model #PT-45LC12 in February of 2003. To date we have had to replace 3 lamps and 2 ballasts (one set was replaced within the first month after we purchased the television set). It is no surprise that our television set is down again and has been down for over 6 months. The lamps did not work the amount of hours they stated they would, and now we are being told by Panasonic representatives that they no longer make the ballast we need for our television set.

I have a Panasonic TV. PT-50LC13 purchase on 11-30-03 with extended warranty (4yrs).

I bought my Panasonic 60 inch LCD screen TV not even 1 year ago and I have already had to purchase a lamp for it. I have a friend who also purchased one a few months before me and her 50 inch LCD screen TV is also needing a lamp. We both live on a military base outside a small town and we have found out that the lamps run us around $250.

WE have purchased a Panasonic LCD TV model # PT-50LC14 in January 2004 and had to replace the lamp at $300. And once we got that home it still doesn't work and we were told that that because the lamp was working so hard that we have to replace the balister?

I purchased a Panasonic TV model PT45LC12 in 2005 and since then I have replaced the bulb (TY-LA1500) 3 times at the cost of over $300 each time. Now the TV set has been sitting in my living room for the past 4 months because the Ballast is bad and none of the TV repair shops in my town would even touch it. I have checked with other repair shops in surrounding towns and only one told me that they can get the Ballast for $369 however after doing the repair the total would be over $900.

Purchased Panasonic SC HT800V new 1/25/2007. Unit failed within one week. Took it to York Electronic Services (YES) in York, PA 2/06/2007. YES and Panasonic say it is not repairable. The warranty provides for repair or replacement. Panasonic refused to do either, instead offering a small refund check. I got the unit on a great deal, but paid $46 shipping. No shipping refund offered. I want the unit repaired or replaced. I do not care if it is out of production. I bought it in good faith.

I have a Panasonic LCD TV Model Number PT-50LCX63 and am going on my third bulb. The second bulb I got didn’t even come close to lasting the 10000 hours that Panasonic says it should. My wife is ready to put the TV to the curb and go back to the old tube style TV because you don't need to spend $300 every six months or so.

Just having to replace expensive lamps about every 6 to 8 months at $300 plus ( I don't pay) covered under a warranty that will expire in 2 months.

We bought a Panasonic HD TV in December of 2005 for about $2800. About 10 months after we had the TV, it would go blank off and on when watching cable TV. I called Panasonic and was told to contact the cable company because their box was bad. I returned the box and got a new one but weeks later had the same problem. I returned the other box and went through the process again. Then, I figured out that it was probably not the box but the TV. By then, we were out of the warranty period.

My Panasonic TV has blown 2 lamps and one balasts within 3 years, with very low hour uses.

Mine is the 60 inch Panasonic. I replaced the bulb less than a year ago and it is out again. I give up.

First the ballast goes out but luckily the extended warranty covers that. No television for 2 weeks waiting on part to be delivered, then finally receive TV back and 2 months later the bulb blows out. It’s still under manufacturers 18 month warranty but they will not issue a replacement lamp until first you fax them a copy of original receipt even though it is registered with them and then have to use a credit card in case you don’t return defective part. This is definitely my last purchase with Panasonic until they can remedy their customer service and stand behind their 10000 hr bulb policy.

We purchased a Panasonic Multimedia Projection TV, model #PT-43LC14 in April 2004 at Circuit City in Syracuse, NY. The lamp unit burnt out recently, and we had no idea what was wrong with our TV. It was not communicated to us when we purchased the TV that this would happen and that the lifespan of the lamp was a short period of time. We would not have purchased the TV, had we known of this added costly, annual expense.

I have replaced 2 bulbs and need to replace the bulb again (TY-LA1000)my model was not listed however my model uses the same bulb with the exact same issue problems. At $300. a bulb plus shipping and installations I feel I should be entitled to the as tehother buyers.

I have a Panasonic model PT-50LC14 LCD television that uses the TY-LA1000 bulb. The TV was purchased two years ago, but is at a summer home and has less than one months usage on it. The bulb has shattered during normal operation. I informed Panasonic of this and was informed that my TV was not under warrenty and not covered by the class action lawsuit and that I would need to purchase a new bulb. I do not feel that a TV with such minimal usage should experience these problems.

We bought a panasonic PT-50LC13 in Aug of 2003. We are on our third lamp since we bought this tv. When the first one blew we had the tv for about 1 year. We were without the tv for about 6 weeks(back order on lamps). Now there is a red spot in the TV and the technician is coming out for a second time for the same red spot.

Blown bulb, part # TY-LA2004 I have had the product PT-50DL54 since July 2007 and have used it far less than the 10,000 hours. Panasonic will not replace as it is 6 months out of warranty. I had to order a replacement bulb for $328.95.

I bought my TV in 2004 and have already replaced the lamp bulb once and now it is busted again. It si obviously lasted less than 10,000 hours as Panasonic claim it should.

Poor Lamp TY-LA1000 Lifetime. Just had one burnout that was installed August 17, 2006.

We purchased a Panasonic LCD in 2004 and up to date have replaced the lamp for the 3rd time. Each time the part alone cost approx. $300.00 + tax and shipping. THe first two times we had to hire a repair person to inform us of the problem and I paid over $500.00. I have the receipts for all these transactions. I need to be compensated for this manufactures defect.

In less than 24 months, the $300.00 bulb burned out in my Panasonic PT43LC14.

I purchased a 40 Panasonic LCD, model number PT40LC12, on 4/26/03. Since that time period, I'm on my 3rd lamp and now the ballast is bad. I called Panasonic and was told there was nothing they can do. All I would like Panasonic to do is to include this model in their class action lawsuit so that I can either extend the warranty through 11/2007 or receive a replacement equivalent or better LCD TV.

Have had the TV since December of 2005 and the lamp went out in Feb. of 2007. We're now living without this TV that we paid over 1,500.00 for a little over a year of use, but am scared to pay to replace a lamp that appears to be defective anyway.

I have had my TV for about a year and I rarely utilize it as it is in the basement. I may turn it on once a week if that but yet the bulb has burned out.

Our 3rd lamp blew out todayin the Panasonic PT-50LC13 TV purchased Dec 19, 2003. Panasonic has replaced the bulb twice and sent a technician out to replace the balast.

My PT-43lc14 HDTV is experiencing the same problems with the ty-la1000 bulb as the larger models have.Am I the only one in this boat. I was upset when I heard panasonic agreed only to cater to customers with the larger models.I have owned this tv since 12/11/04, the first bulb failed in April of 05' and the second in january of 07'. I could not be more disappointed in this product. I believe panasonic is a good company but needs to realize that this product has failed. Please contact me if there is anything I can do, because I am reluctant to purchase a new $300 bulb if it is only going to fail.

I purchased the PT50LC13 in 2003. I replaced the bulb in 18 months. My second bulb has just burned out after 13 Months of use.

Purchased Multimedia Projection HDTV Model #PT-44LCX65 Nov.05. Power turned off and red lamp bulb blinking. No way near 10,000 hrs. use manufacturer claims for life of bulb. Have read the many online complaints on these TV’s and have decided that I will not sink a lot of money into trying to repair what is obviously a defective product.

Purchased Multimedia Projection HDTV Model #PT-44LCX65 Nov.05. Power turned off and red lamp bulb blinking. No way near 10,000 hours use manufacturer claims for life of bulb.

My wife and I purchased a Panasonic TV Model#PT50LC13 at Best Buy 6/14/04. We also purchased a 4 year extended warranty with our TV. We had the TV for about a year and the lamp blew out. We got bounced around to different departments and finally after complaining enough we got the lamp replaced. Now it has maybe been a year and a half later and the lamp is out again. I was bounced around today on the phone for about an hour and a half and no one wants to replace the lamp unit. I should say they will replace it for about $300.00.

Purchased a PT-50LC13 from Circuit City in Sept. of 2003. About a year and a half later the lamp in the TV burned out. I purchased a replacement and it worked fine until two weeks ago. The bulb burned out again. I purchased a new bulb and put it in and it works occasionally, when it does work it takes about 2 minutes to light. The bulbs cost about $550.00.

I purchased a Panasonic TV, since purchase I’ve replaced the lamp three times and have had a repair person sent by Panasonic out to repair my TV. My lamp went out again and when I called Panasonic they told me about a settlement offer. I received an application after 3 weeks of leaving my information on the phone number given and sent it out. I asked if it was possible to exchange my lamp since I have been without a TV since December. I was informed that since I was involved in the class action settlement that i would have to purchase one.

The first time the ballast and bulb blew out and it took a week to get parts. Today another 300.00 for a bulb. (Bulbs not covered under warranty). Paying $2,989.00 for this TV really is disappointing. I’ll never buy a Panasonic again.

Lamp keeps burning out on my 50 inch Panasonic DLP TV. Purchased it in May 2004 and had to purchase a new lamp in June 2005. Lamp burned out again in June 2006 (Was replaced by warranty). The warranty lamp just burned out Feb 2007. No word from Panasonic about this. Paid $2,700 for a TV that costs $350 a year to run.

After participating in the Class Action Lawsuit we are now stuck in limbo - Panasonic accepted our claim and has agreed to replace our TV (Multiple-Failure Remedy), but we have not been contacted and we are now two weeks past the typical 30 Day window as mentioned by Garden City Group in which Panasonic supposedly sets up replacement/removal with consumer.

I own the Panasonic PT-44LCX65 television and had a premature bulb failure after only 15 months. The lamp is the TY LA1000. I do not want to be replacing these lamps every year at $300.00 each or being stuck with an $1800.00 TV.

I bought a Panasonic Pt-50dl54. Shortly after a year, the red lamp light would blink and the TV set shut down. I called Panasonic and they told me the lamp needed to be replaced. I ordered a brand new lamp, installed it according to their instructions, and the TV wouldn't turn on. The power light would turn on (green blinking) then about 20 seconds later the power light turned red and blinked without any picture or even the screen lighting up. I spent three hundred dollars purchasing a new lamp. Not to mention the loss time of use of this set.

Have PT-40LC12 projection LCD TV with TY-LA1500 lamp, 1st lamp lasted 1200 hours, second replacement lamp lasted 800 hrs. Lamp is rated for 5000 hrs.

We purchased a Panasonic PT-40LC12 Projection TV 01-14-04. We are on our 3rd bulb!!! item: TY-LA1500 We get no answers or support from panasonic customer service just a reply of well you just need to purchase another one if you want to TV to work! This is our first and for certain our last Panasonic product! They should recall this bulb as well as the1000 model.

I purchased a lcd panasonic tv model# PT-LCX63 in 2004 and within one year the lamp burned out, so i purchased a new lamp at $351.87 within 6 months the lamp burned out again.

PT-50LC14 Bought 29 months ago, about 2500 hours on bulb. TV no longer comes on. Based on other complaints it looks like we've been lucky to have it work that long! The life of the bulb is stated to be 10,000 hours. We paid $2700 for the TV. I'm not even sure what is wrong with it (bulb vs ballast) but given the cost estimates to repair $300 for bulb, $700 for ballast, plus service repair charge $???, and the likelihood of bulb failure (and additional $300 a pop) I don't plan to even check- I'll just plan on buying a new plasma screen for less than $2000-and it won't be a Panasonic!

In the two years that I have had my Panasonic PT-50LC13 TV, I have had to replace two bulbs and had a bad ballast board. The rep told me that Panasonic no longer manufactured the ballast board, so he would have to send it back to the factory to be reworked though it was doubtful if it would be a long-term fix. I now seem to have a very large paperweight!

We purchased our Panasonic 45 inch LCD perjection TV at Ultimate Electronics in November 2004. Since our perchase we've replaced two bulbs and Febuary '06 we were told our light engine need to be replaced. Within three months antoher bulb went out.

My wife and I purchased the Panasonic plasma TV (TH50PX60U) for $1709 (incl tax, installation and wall mount) on Friday 24 Nov. We purchased this tv, rather than a similar Toshiba model at Besy Buy (a savings of $1300 over regular price), because of the apparent price advantage. We were informed by the store manger, Eric, on 26 Nov that there was a screw up and that Circuit City could not sell us the tv for the price I paid, and the price and I have on my receipt. Apparently someone at Circuit City Corp made a mistake in allowing this price. The manager, Eric, whom I do not hold at fault, has offered several replacements, though they are either significantly more expensive or less capable and smaller TVs.

I purchased a panasonic pt-50lc13 on Dec 14, 2004, in November of 2005 bad pixels started to show, took it for warranty and panasonic fixed for free, later on January, 2006 Lamp went bad, tv was out of warranty I purchased a lamp for 375.00, it worked fined untill April, 2006, then Ballaster went bad had it change, after ballaster was changed the technician said that the lamp was bad also. Since then I have the TV sitting on the living room, since I am out of money to keep buying lamps.

I have a Panasonic PT-45LC12 Projection TV and have had constant problems with the TY-LA1500 projection bulb burning out. I have had the set for 3 years andhave just burned out my 4th projection bulb. The cost of the bulb is is approximately $250 which means when I buy this one, I will have spent about $750 for replacemnt bulbs. I do see where Panasonic has recently setteled a Class Action involving their PT-50LC and PT-55LC type projection TV's that use TY-LA1000 projection bulbs.

On January 19, 2004 I purchased a 50 panasonic LCD TV Model #PT50LC13 from ABT, approximately 6 months ago the pictures flashed a few times and turned black. I called ABT they said it was probably the bulb. It would be a $179.00 service charge to come out and about $300.00 for the bulb. I could not understand how such an expensive T.V. could now start costing me additional money. I paid $2686.00 for the T.V. I recently learned that I am not alone.

Purchased TV 6/29/04 paid $600 to have bulb replaced 11/05, sent in paper work for law suit and since the bulb is out again 11/06- so no t.v. and have not been reimbursed for 1st repair yet.

I am having the same problems with my Panasonic PT-50LC13 TV as everyone else. The TY-LA1000 bulb blew out way too early. I replaced the blub, and the TV only worked for 4 days, and then the Balast went out.