Pioneer Plasma Thread

taho · Dec 29, 2009

petetherock said:
Unlikely.

Bro - can you take down the serial no of the unit and post it - in case they try and pass it off as new to others.

Cheers

Yup, agree with you. Will take down the s/n and post it later in the evening when I'm back home after work.

faruk55 · Dec 29, 2009

Good idea. That way, it helps other forumers in this thread.

meqwerty · Dec 29, 2009

have a bit of a dilemma here. looking to buy the krp500a oso leh... i dun mind a 1 yr warranty and i dun really need a blue ray player, but it seems there isn't any to be had near that $3333 price anymore.

moving around march, so can wait a while for prices to drop, but dunno if the stock will just run out or not. dun really need the tv now also since my current place no space and concerned that will damage it when moving in march.

sian... should i go AH and try my luck and buy for that 4k price or just wait it out, hope for price drop and risk it? not sure if go AH still can get that 4k deal anyway...

petetherock · Dec 29, 2009

meqwerty said:
have a bit of a dilemma here. looking to buy the krp500a oso leh... i dun mind a 1 yr warranty and i dun really need a blue ray player, but it seems there isn't any to be had near that $3333 price anymore.

moving around march, so can wait a while for prices to drop, but dunno if the stock will just run out or not. dun really need the tv now also since my current place no space and concerned that will damage it when moving in march.

sian... should i go AH and try my luck and buy for that 4k price or just wait it out, hope for price drop and risk it? not sure if go AH still can get that 4k deal anyway...

You want the price to drop some more???
I hope you don't lose the chance to own this just to save a few dollars...

Many paid a few thousand more.

game goondu · Dec 29, 2009

meqwerty said:
have a bit of a dilemma here. looking to buy the krp500a oso leh... i dun mind a 1 yr warranty and i dun really need a blue ray player, but it seems there isn't any to be had near that $3333 price anymore.

moving around march, so can wait a while for prices to drop, but dunno if the stock will just run out or not. dun really need the tv now also since my current place no space and concerned that will damage it when moving in march.

sian... should i go AH and try my luck and buy for that 4k price or just wait it out, hope for price drop and risk it? not sure if go AH still can get that 4k deal anyway...

unless you die die must buy the pioneer...
else if i were you, i would wait till my new house is ready then i try to re-look on the tv available then... there may be newer model out by then...

in the meanwhile, i will keep a look out on the price of the pioneer... it may or may not dropped further... it could even be out of stock, no more new stock, all left display set....
if it really happen, i would not lose sleep over it, just buy other tv brand....

i for one would not spend 4k to buy it and just left the tv in the box waiting for the new house to complete... it is the same as just leaving 4k on the table.

taho · Dec 30, 2009

The pic as promise.

game goondu · Dec 30, 2009

wow... that green line is really obvious.. good that pioneer is changing a new set for you....

btw, what is the manufacturing month for your krp500a?

petetherock · Dec 30, 2009

Hmm....
That green line is not normal.

taho · Dec 30, 2009

game goondu said:
wow... that green line is really obvious.. good that pioneer is changing a new set for you....

btw, what is the manufacturing month for your krp500a?

Where is the manufacturing month pasted at? If is at the rear, unlike i will unmount it to check on it.

AH is coming again on 4 jan to do a one to one exchange. And later the pioneer agent, to mount it.

petetherock · Dec 30, 2009

For recent buyers
Some setting guides: http://www.avforums.com/forums/7309350-post2.html

petetherock · Dec 30, 2009

What is ISF

petetherock · Dec 30, 2009

The Kuro experience

Try this on your Kuro:

game goondu · Dec 30, 2009

taho said:
Where is the manufacturing month pasted at? If is at the rear, unlike i will unmount it to check on it.

AH is coming again on 4 jan to do a one to one exchange. And later the pioneer agent, to mount it.

its pasted at the box and the rear of the plasma display...
nevermind, check the date when they came and replace it for you...

cscs3 · Dec 30, 2009

Yurikaze said:
Should be old stock la. Pioneer don't manufacture plasmas anymore. Does it matter new or old stock? Brand new never touch ok ma.

Sure it matter. If someone keep a good for 1 years and tell you never touch and good condition. Do you believe?

It is unlikely stock in aircond room right? and during the year. it may be move here and there even it was not opened before. So storage environment count.

For those get the year 2008 manufacturing date one. It has to be display set lah. So the price is not cheap anyway. More over you have to take a risk of warranty and spare part coverage from the agent as they are not more selling it.

Yurikaze · Dec 30, 2009

cscs3 said:
Sure it matter. If someone keep a good for 1 years and tell you never touch and good condition. Do you believe?

It is unlikely stock in aircond room right? and during the year. it may be move here and there even it was not opened before. So storage environment count.

For those get the year 2008 manufacturing date one. It has to be display set lah. So the price is not cheap anyway. More over you have to take a risk of warranty and spare part coverage from the agent as they are not more selling it.

So u claiming all kuros manufactured in 2008 must be a display set?

petetherock · Dec 31, 2009

cscs3 said:
Sure it matter. If someone keep a good for 1 years and tell you never touch and good condition. Do you believe?

It is unlikely stock in aircond room right? and during the year. it may be move here and there even it was not opened before. So storage environment count.

For those get the year 2008 manufacturing date one. It has to be display set lah. So the price is not cheap anyway. More over you have to take a risk of warranty and spare part coverage from the agent as they are not more selling it.

You have made unsubstantiated claims in the past with no proof. You will need to post some evidence of this statement.

game goondu · Dec 31, 2009

i was trying to respond to cscs3 posts... but after a while, what the heck... this kind of ppl just ignore... no need to waste time asking him to post evidence...

cscs3 · Dec 31, 2009

petetherock said:
You have made unsubstantiated claims in the past with no proof. You will need to post some evidence of this statement.

Just google and find the diagnostic devices to check power on time.
Or just look around in the market to see which brand is selling stock of more then 1 year old!

BTW. I did not say in my post it is a display set. Just telling people that it is a old stock. Otherwise you should be getting full 3 years warranty from manufacturing. At the monement you do not get full warranty, you should know what happen to the good you buy!

This applies to all brand. In fact some warranty card now a day specially print about cross and date of issue on warranty card (ie warranty card date). This is to prevent old stock sell as new and still carry full warranty period.

See following link
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/24/pioneer-gives-up-no-more-kuro-plasma-tvs-from-may/
http://stuff.tv/news/Pioneer-ceasing-Kuro-plasma-production-in-May/12078/

Last batch of production for 50" is in APR/2009, some news claim to have about 3000 unit. So if you are getting new stock. It should be around year 2009. My friend in Australia gotten the APR/2009 one.

Take note, initially Pioneer announced they will only produce plasma TV 50" and above last year (2008). In first Q of 2009, they announced they will close down the whole plasma production. But will provide service support to 2017 IN JAPAN market.

petetherock · Dec 31, 2009

cscs3 said:
BTW. I did not say in my post it is a display set. Just telling people that it is a old stock. Otherwise you should be getting full 3 years warranty from manufacturing. At the monement you do not get full warranty, you should know what happen to the good you buy!

The fact remains that you did call the sets our members own display sets. You still did not show proof of this.

For those get the year 2008 manufacturing date one. It has to be display set lah.

petetherock · Dec 31, 2009

I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, but this remains a technical forum, where we try our best to stick to the facts, unless it is an opinion on the quality. Eg, if someone says Brand Z is awful, thats ok. It is a personal opinion.

But when a statement that says all sets are displays or the like, then it needs to be backed up with some degree of proof.

That is only fair, or you add a lot of distress to others who may think that the post was fact.

So please think before you post.

Cheers

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