Consumers pocket watch out for High Def televisions that cannot be repaired.

What’s not to like about a High Definition television? They put up a better picture than the tube televisions, and by law, television stations nationwide must radio in digital transmissions in just nine months. That’s why people like Greg Canady are upgrading to slimmer and more costly HDTV’s. “They’re real expensive,” Canady said. “The more tag brand you get of course the higher the TV.

” You could easily spend $1,000 or more buying a untrained TV, but a 49 News Investigation found not all are made equal. Best Buy Home Theater Senior Derek Raine says when some HDTVs intermission they can not be repaired. “A lot of your off brands that you’re not gonna watch everywhere just because depending on the company that makes it, they may or may not devise additional parts for them,” he said. “If you can’t get parts for them, you can’t deep down fix them.

” Warranties If you do get an off-brand HDTV, Raine says make persuaded you get a warranty. That can protect you from some of the problems that may come up. However, depending on the warranty policy you may be paying shipping charges for that 42″ TV, which can also be expensive. And some stores that trade off-brand televisions only volunteer warranties for a certain amount of years without any way to extend them. Parts aren’t the only aspect needed to fix the television.

Local TV repair man Rao Gandu told 49 News even if a house does make parts, he may not be able to fix off-brand televisions. “The only path we can troubleshoot any TV, either HDTV, Digital TV, Analog TV, is (when) we have the schematics and the parts at one’s fingertips too,” he said. The parts may all look the same, but Gandu says he can’t even sculpture out what is wrong with an off-brand television like TruTech or Vizio unless he has the plans to predicament it. Canady said having a brand IQ was something he learned in our investigation.

Gandu and Raine put Brand Names like Sony, Samsung, LG and Panasonic are a better buy. They reveal they are simply made better and are less likely to break. “Your Sony and your Samsung brands are gonna be more of an extravagant TV because the parts are gonna be a little better made (and) a youthful more reliable,” Raine said.

And even if they do break, both Raine and Gandu say name brands are easier to fix.

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