Hi fellers,
just thought i'd give you some news regarding my 42WH36 bought last November from TV & Vido Direct.
About 3 weeks ago, my wife came home and informed me that from now on she would be switching the TV off at the on/off button on the front. This is because she had heard that tv's still use a lot of energy whilst in the standby mode. Now, I don't really know whether this is true or not, but just to keep her happy, I agreed. I mean, what does it cost to press a button on the actual Tv at the end of the evening, hey? anything for a quiet life. Well, after about a week of this, one morning when I went to switch the TV on, the button jammed. In the on position. Red light glowing on standby. Now, this wouldn't normally affect me in the slightest, as that is probably the position the switch would have been in to start with, but the wife has started getting a little...how to say...annoyed, because something that she wants to happen, isn't happening.
Well I phoned Mike at TV&Video Direct (a helpful chap) who advised spraying furniture polish to loosen the switch (I was a bit wary at first, in case it destroyed the silver finish, But Mike reassured me that that wouldn't happen), but it hasn't helped, the button isn't for moving and is still in the I'm-jammed-tough-sh!t mode. I phoned Mike again this afternoon, who is going to arrange a service call, though whether that involves someone from his company to come out and repair or from Toshiba. Could be an issue as I live in Swansea!
Anyways, I'm doing this since I have noticed that a lot of people have been buying 42WH36's recently, and I have crowed the virtues of it in the past. Only fair that I share any faults of it as well!
has anyone experienced something similar to this?
just thought i'd give you some news regarding my 42WH36 bought last November from TV & Vido Direct.
About 3 weeks ago, my wife came home and informed me that from now on she would be switching the TV off at the on/off button on the front. This is because she had heard that tv's still use a lot of energy whilst in the standby mode. Now, I don't really know whether this is true or not, but just to keep her happy, I agreed. I mean, what does it cost to press a button on the actual Tv at the end of the evening, hey? anything for a quiet life. Well, after about a week of this, one morning when I went to switch the TV on, the button jammed. In the on position. Red light glowing on standby. Now, this wouldn't normally affect me in the slightest, as that is probably the position the switch would have been in to start with, but the wife has started getting a little...how to say...annoyed, because something that she wants to happen, isn't happening.
Well I phoned Mike at TV&Video Direct (a helpful chap) who advised spraying furniture polish to loosen the switch (I was a bit wary at first, in case it destroyed the silver finish, But Mike reassured me that that wouldn't happen), but it hasn't helped, the button isn't for moving and is still in the I'm-jammed-tough-sh!t mode. I phoned Mike again this afternoon, who is going to arrange a service call, though whether that involves someone from his company to come out and repair or from Toshiba. Could be an issue as I live in Swansea!
Anyways, I'm doing this since I have noticed that a lot of people have been buying 42WH36's recently, and I have crowed the virtues of it in the past. Only fair that I share any faults of it as well!
has anyone experienced something similar to this?