Wednesday, February 15, 2006
PSA: Over 400,000 Sony Bravia TVs Defective
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 12:00 PM
"If you bought a Sony Bravia LCD or rear-projection screen TV within the past year, you may have a little bit of a problem on your hands. Roughly 400,000 of the TVs which were sold in North America, South America and Asia cannot be turned off or come of out standby mode once they pass 1,200 hours of use. According to a Sony, users of affected Bravia models can go to its website where they will find instructions on how to have materials sent to them to update their TVs. Owners of Grand Wega models must use that same website to schedule a Sony authorized technician to come to their home to perform the update (all on Sony's dime of course)."
Oh man, when I read that, my heart sank. With my track record with Sony TVs, I was sure that I was going to be affected. But it turns out that I am ok, at least according to the serial number test. Of course, it may turn out that 1200 hours from now, I will find out otherwise, but for now I guess I am ok. Here's hoping that all you Bravia owners also aren't affected, but if you are, the fix appears to be relatively straightforward.
Oh man, when I read that, my heart sank. With my track record with Sony TVs, I was sure that I was going to be affected. But it turns out that I am ok, at least according to the serial number test. Of course, it may turn out that 1200 hours from now, I will find out otherwise, but for now I guess I am ok. Here's hoping that all you Bravia owners also aren't affected, but if you are, the fix appears to be relatively straightforward.
