I'm buying an apartment and the seller is offering a 50' Plasma TV (Panasonic TH-50PZ700U Television). I'm considering making an offer on that. How much? My Yahoo! search is telling me the new buy price would be $2300-$2800.
2007-12-19 06:12:49 · 9 answers · asked by drdave 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
not much, you get no warranty and its a pig in a poke
always think of this on used items... there is always a reason someone sells something and generally its not because they loved it so much and it never gave them a moments problems the time they owned it.
2007-12-20 19:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
First thing I would ask is WHY the people are getting rid of a basically brand new plasma tv. Vizio is an off name brand - a mongrel if you will. The manufacturer's warranty will not follow the tv if they already registered the tv (or refuse to give you a copy of the sales receipt) so you would be responsible for any repairs the set needs. The next problem would be to FIND a service center that will even look at that brand tv. You don't have any sort of recourse if something happens a week after the tv is bought from these people. Have you watched the tv? On what kind of signal? HD or standard analog? How long did you watch it? There are many things to consider when buying a "new" tv like this. Especially one that is not a brand name set. If the set does have a problem and they tell you it is an "easy" fix - RUN in the other direction. I would save whatever you are going to offer them and put it towards the cost of a better made set.
2016-05-25 01:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by myung 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it is 2 years old, so it probably has about 1-3 years left. Plasma's don't last that long compared to an LCD or Projection TV. They also run hotter and last about 5-6 years, but it can be lower than that. I would say just go buy a new LCD TV for the same price as you would pay for the 2 year old Plasma.
2007-12-19 06:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by c2953lm 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the price for new would be in the low 2000 so given that it's 2-yo and plasma prices have dropped considerably since ... I'd offer 500-1000 for it and the convenience of not having to move it out.
Also the post about plasma (and LCD for that matter) lifespan
is offbase -- "half-life" (when brightness is less than half) for most plasmas is ~60,000 hours so you can expect 10-20 yrs of service depending how much you watch TV.
2007-12-19 08:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by haysu_christo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have the model number wrong, or this is not a 2 year old TV. The model number you give is a 2007 Panasonic 1080p plasma model which would still be under warranty and worth perhaps $1200-$1400 used.
2007-12-19 09:15:40 · answer #5 · answered by AWolf 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
its worth $1500 if he used over 10,000 hours. older models last about 20,000 hours. new plasmas can get 100,000 hours now. plus screen burn-in is a possibility with older plasmas. you cant view some plasmas from certain angles when light glares on the screen. and if it does not have a HDMI input plug-in, its not going to display the best HD signal (1080p) on the market.
skip it and get a new HD LCD which will last longer and its lighter (but LCD's use more electricity watts).
2007-12-19 08:00:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
$3000
2007-12-19 06:19:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
depending on usage and condition it would be worth about $1500.
2007-12-19 06:47:09 · answer #8 · answered by tony c 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOTHING!
2014-08-19 14:04:56 · answer #9 · answered by Alethia Newby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋