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Keep it until it breaks; or, until something "better" comes along - even if the old one is still working. That seems to be the current thinking.
About two weeks ago, when I was at china-mart, there were two broken flat screen TV's being returned. One was a 19" Sanyo and the other was at least a 46" Sanyo. I wonder how those TV owners made out. Saw another woman with a 19" Sanyo in her shopping cart and we warned her not to buy that brand; but, she acted like we were nuts. Maybe she'll remember our conversation when it breaks after the 3rd power up.
As for me, I've never bought a new TV and don't plan to do so as long as I can pick up something old and fix it. There is one flat screen in the house; but, that wasn't my doing. At least the place where my Mother bought it has their own service department. Of course, that could change at any given time.
A friend's 37" Dynex (BB store brand) LCD set went south while under extended warranty. They had him take it to a local shop for warranty service only to find out that the part needed to fix the set was NLA. BB ended up giving my friend his money back for the TV, which he took and bought a 42" Insignia and still had money left over. Before he got the first flatscreen, his daily watcher was a '92 25" Sanyo that had been on for 12-14 hrs. a day since it was new.
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