Earlier today I tripped and hit my head on my plasma tv. The outer glass is cracked now. Can this be fixed or is the tv ruined and has to be replaced? Its a 42in. Hitachi.

 

sorry didnt notice the home theater section. mods please move if necessary.

 

Sorry to hear. That sucks.

From what I understand, if the glass cracks, you might as well buy a new one as the cost to fix it will be as much if not more than the cost to replace it.

 

Homeowners? I don't know but might be worth a call. Ouch, sorry to hear it.

 

If the TV still works, maybe you can buy another TV on ebay for parts and swap the glass out. otherwise I think you may be SOL.

 

42 lcd at Costco right now for 1199

great deal 1080p hdtv and it has great color

 

Note to self: step away from tv...when rubbing one out to Tera Patrick.

 

Its just the front panel glass, the inside panels are not cracked. The picture still works perfectly fine. So maybe the tv isnt ruined and the front glass can be replaced. But I don't know much about the internal chemistry in these things.

 

On plasma TVs, the pixels (along with others elements such as the display electrode) are compressed between two sheets of glass. So it's not as simple as just removing the front plate and replacing it. You're basically taking the display apart, which is why it's so expensive to repair.

But perhaps you should call Hitachi and ask.

 

Yeah, but who makes it?

I mean Sam's had a 60" Plasma for $2300, but it was a Vizio...

 

Vizio isn't bad for the money. But like they say: You get what you pay for. Personally, I pay just slightly more to get a Panasonic, or perhaps even for a very similar price, get last year's Panasonics.

 

Ok, so I called Hitachi and they said it could be fixable. They are sending out some technicians within the next week to look at it.

 

Good luck. Let us know what happens. I'm interested in how much they say it will cost.

 

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that's good to know... I have a Hitachi also


I'm also interested in how much they'd cost.

 

The techs just called me and they will be here tomorrow afternoon. They are local techs that Hitachi recomends in my area. Ill let you guys know what they say. Hopefully they can even fix it. BTW, I never knew how fragile these tvs are, until now.

 

Well you probably haven't head butted any other tv's before. Maybe your old fashioned tube tv will bite the dust with a nicely placed cranium cracker.

 

I hear that so many times.

"so and so has a plasma for $1200, good deal"

Take a look at the specs and they are typically on par for a 1995 Dell computer LCD monitor. Vizio is fine, for a low end entry level flat panel tv. To those that have not seen too many flat panels it may look fine. It may even look outstanding. To people with a little more of a trained eye and the difference is immediately noticeable between that set and a higher end set.

 

I have a tube tv hooked up to the PS2, and my bro sometimes gets mad at the games and hits the screen (I know sounds lovely), and after a few times hes done that, the tv is still running perfectly. So I am used to the durabulity of tube tvs.

The techs came today and looked at the tv, and they said they have to research on how the tv is built. The glass might be molded into to rest of body of the tv, or it could be a separate piece. They are going to call me back to let me know they way its built and could it be fixabe. Im guessing that if the glass is a separate piece, I have a better chance of the tv getting fixed.

 

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