[QUOTE=terriferrell, post:14, topic:378075]
Is there any warranty of any kind provided with this 42" Refurbished TV?
What recourse, if any do I have if I get it & it does NOT work properly or I I have it 6 months and it stops working?
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The warranties for today’s offer are covered for 90 days of sale by SANYO.
Here is the Woot FAQ page for our return policy: WOOT FAQ
I think we somehow still hope something will change to make it like it was.
I got two 42" units in July via Woot. One had problems after thirty days Still not fixed. After looking on line, I find this is typical of refurb Sanyo’s. great pix, when it plays but it doesn’t stay on long.
Buy an extended warrantee such as Square Deal if you get one.
[QUOTE=robertds, post:23, topic:378075]
I got two 42" units in July via Woot. One had problems after thirty days Still not fixed. After looking on line, I find this is typical of refurb Sanyo’s. great pix, when it plays but it doesn’t stay on long.
Buy an extended warrantee such as Square Deal if you get one.
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Pops, that was after 90 days not thirty.
[QUOTE=drgonzo1962, post:20, topic:378075]
Actually, I for one have decided to go cold turkey and to delete my Woot bookmark.. Sniff.. I have finally accepted the fact that Woot is no more. RIP.
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Good for you! It won’t be an easy transition by any means. Just don’t get tempted by the overly complicated woot.com url and fall off the wagon by typing it into your browser’s address bar. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Mine arrived yesterday. Unpacked it today and sound is HORRIBLE. Severe distortion on all inputs. Contacted warranty company. Not happy that I have to pay shipping back to same place it shipped from…Not a happy camper. 
[QUOTE=craigs93, post:26, topic:378075]
Mine arrived yesterday. Unpacked it today and sound is HORRIBLE. Severe distortion on all inputs. Contacted warranty company. Not happy that I have to pay shipping back to same place it shipped from…Not a happy camper. 
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Sorry for the issues. Before you send it back, contact Woot customer service to see if they have any other options: support@woot.com. Include your Woot username and order number for faster service.
I bought this here sanoy 42" tv .It arrived this week and in good condition.It works great as a tv but I can’t get the blasted remote control to work. Tested new battarys and their good.How do you tell if remote is sending out a signal ?any body got a idea. Thanks—Roger
Too late… I had already sent it back to the refurb warranty company (at $92.00 shipping!!) when I saw your message…now I just have to wait to see what they do.
We posted earlier about the 42" sonyo.I purchased the first part of feb. TV worked great but remote wouldn’t work. We received a new remote today from Sohnen the tv rebuilders and everything works great. I’m happy. Will buy from them again-----
Bauers
The good folks at Sanyo make a lovely television set. I had one in my home for a year (a friend was faced with a sudden “relocation” to State-run housing - wink-wink - and asked me to keep it for him until he was rel…until he moved back.
Anyway, the one I had - I cleverly stored it in my bedroom - was the 39" LCD. I found the colors to be lovely, the picture perfect and sharp, with no degradation around the edges of the screen. This set didn’t have any bad pixels, which was delightful, and the technology in the set contained something called PixelShift - so that the pixels in use are imperceptibly moved a scosche every so often, so things like sub-titles, captions, and those damn TV Channel “ID Bugs” in the lower right corner don’t cause a burn in the screen of your lovely set.
The IR remote supplied was more than capable and included controls for other units that you could program. The remote controls were duplicated on the TV itself (the important ones, like sound/volume, channel up/down, input source, and of course, power!), so you’re not totally hosed should the remote fall behind the bed or under the sofa. The time from power-on to first picture on screen was about 7 seconds. Changing from channel to channel is brisk enough to not try your patience, and whether the content was movies, baseball games, cartoons, or standard TV shows, the images on-screen were beautiful and a pleasure to watch.
When operating the set, it didn’t get red-hot like some TVs do - it stayed pretty cool - and it also had no annoying hums, rattles or high-pitched whines. All of this makes for a fabulous television set!
And then there’s the sound.
My ONLY beef on this was with the quality of the sound the set produced. There are two speakers, so you’ll get stereo out of it, but it sounded to me like there were two AM radios on either side of the set - the speakers sound cheap, tinny, just awful, really. So, what to do?
You can buy this set anyway at this tremendous bargain price, but do what I did - add an affordable, external sound device to upgrade that set to near-theater quality. There are soundbars made by Bose, Onkyo, Vizio (affordable and great sound - I’ve seen them as low as $79)), or you can look at a ZVOX unit. ZVOX makes a home theater system that fits in a single platform-style base that actually goes BENEATH your television! ZVOX puts a 5" subwoofer along with two 3" full-range speakers, and some very impressive, user-tunable phase cueing technology that lets you shape the “surround” to your listening room. It’s Bose-level sound and quality at RCA prices, and for an even better deal, hit Ebay - that’s where ZVOX sells their B-stock, scratch-n-dent, and closeout merch. I just bought a $299 XVOX base unit for $125, will a full warranty and a 30 day listening period after which you can make a return for a full refund. With Woot!'s liberal returns policy, and ZVOX giving you a month to decide, how wrong can this equation go?
It feels like a confusing mess out there to try and find that one TV with everything you want - and the more features you add, the higher the price climbs. Maybe this is a better alternative to either then endless searching or the doing without - treat it like a CHinese menu - one from column A, one from column B, and enjoy your dinner!