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Problems with the Sony 30 Wegas?
Hello,
Have any of you had experience working on the newer 30 in Wegas? Are they problematic? My dad wants a 30 inch wide screen, preferably flat, but I've heard lots about problems with the wegas. Are the new ones any better? Thanks. |
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I've got Wega 24" and 32" TVs and neither have had any problems since bought
new several years ago. "oddvark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, Have any of you had experience working on the newer 30 in Wegas? Are they problematic? My dad wants a 30 inch wide screen, preferably flat, but I've heard lots about problems with the wegas. Are the new ones any better? Thanks. |
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As I recall there were two different classes of Wega TVs. I believe one was
a cheaper version (possibly the F or FV series?) I have had only one problem with my 5-year old 32" model and that is with the clock. It runs several minutes fast each month making it basically useless. Seems they did not take advantage of the stable 60 Hertz AC power current for clocking and instead have a cheap free running oscillator instead. Given the price of the set, this seems almost ludicrous. But, the good news is the picture still seems as bright and sharp as the day we bought it. Bob "testortool" wrote in message ... I've got Wega 24" and 32" TVs and neither have had any problems since bought new several years ago. "oddvark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, Have any of you had experience working on the newer 30 in Wegas? Are they problematic? My dad wants a 30 inch wide screen, preferably flat, but I've heard lots about problems with the wegas. Are the new ones any better? Thanks. |
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I have had a 32FX65 for five years and no problems whatsoever.
Jan -- jankro (@) saunalahti (.) fi Please notice my new address! "oddvark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, Have any of you had experience working on the newer 30 in Wegas? Are they problematic? My dad wants a 30 inch wide screen, preferably flat, but I've heard lots about problems with the wegas. Are the new ones any better? Thanks. |
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"oddvark" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, Have any of you had experience working on the newer 30 in Wegas? Are they problematic? My dad wants a 30 inch wide screen, preferably flat, but I've heard lots about problems with the wegas. Are the new ones any better? Thanks. Would you like the good news or bad news first? What the heck, here's the bad news: I had to immediately return the first unit I brought home because the timer/clock chip was faulty and the convergence was absolutely horrendous. Edge and corner convergence is generally pretty crummy on WEGAs (or at least was) considering they cost (or did when I got mine) much more than the competitors. The second unit I brought home had much much better convergence throughout, so factory alignment isn't very consistent, either -- even given a generous misconvergence allowance. I'm comfortable making a blanket statement such as this regarding the convergence, as I visited numerous retail stores which had these on display, both in and out of town -- yes, I had too much time on my hands, but I also had other things I needed to go pick up, so... Every last one of the units in the stores, plus the two I brought home, had varying degrees of misconvergence in the edges and corners. All were highly noticeable and I'd go so far as to say unacceptable for Sony. Maybe they've improved with tighter tolerances since I got mine. shrugh Before people jump all over me for this, let me say that I've done my fair share of yoke/convergence adjustments over the years and am well aware of the difficulties in obtaining "perfect" (it's in quotes for a reason) corner and edge convergence, particularly with larger CRT's, and especially when rushed to do so (as factory techs would be). But that awareness doesn't make it any less disappointing in a premium product that demands a mucher higher price than its competitors (at that time anyway). I compared the WEGAs side-by-side with other sets and some of the competitors had far better convergence, but the overall pic quality was inferior for other various reasons, which explains why I ended up buying the WEGA anyway. So why am I complaining then?!? Because I (unreasonably perhaps, so what) expect more from Sony. ahh, looking through the flyers, I see WEGAs are downright cheap nowadays compared to 5 years ago, so I'm still annoyed. :P Yeah yeah, I hear you folks.. if I want zero misconvergence, buy a freakin LCD or plasma set! That's a good idea. When can I expect you to cut me a check? Here's another prob an LCD unit would remedy: this WEGA's flyback started squealing about 8 months or so after purchase. That is far too soon in my view, and it's highly annoying. This thing is heavy heavy, so I haven't bothered pulling it from my entertainment center to open it up and dope the FBT and/or check solder joints, etc. It has sufficed thus far to simply tap the cabinet or shut 'er down for a while and power 'er back up and experience blissful FBT silence. Why not take advantage of the warranty then? Well, it's HEAVY.. and frankly, the prob isn't severe enough to be worthy of hauling it 40 miles out of town and damn sure not worth the cost of shipping it. Besides, I don't want to risk getting a unit returned back to me that's in worse shape than what I sent in, or worse a new unit with far worse convergence. And now, for something completely different (the good news): My 27" WEGA is still going strong after 5 years, requiring no "actual" repairs. While the factory alignment tolerances are annoyingly generous and the flyback transformer prematurely sings, WEGAs are obviously designed to produce a like-new pic way past the warranty period. |
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ok, well, thanks everyone for the reply. Ray, thanks for the
information. I hope that I dont have the same problems as you do...also, my dad doesn't even know what convergence is, so perhaps he will not be too dissapointed. I believe that overall picture quality is what matters to both of us, so hopefully that will be ok. As long as its not obviously bad. Anyhow, I hope they have improved things over the last 5 years. The ones I see at Fry's look pretty good. So I guess I'm gonna go for the plunge.. nervous time! |
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