toshiba sucks

[racerx]

got me a 42in. toshiba plasma last week. couple days ago, when i turned it on. i had sound but, the top half of the screen was green and nothing on the bottom. thought, great, whats wrong with the cable now? hour or two later, turned it on, no probs. following morning, same thing. checked tv in bedroom, was fine. got to playing with it and it wouldnt switch channels. turned it on and off a couple of times and it started working. today, same thing cept it never started working. unplugged it for a few and no it wont even turn on. wont do anything!

the kicker, when i called best buy, turns out that since i spent an extra 400 bones on the extended warranty i have to send it in for repairs. cant exchange it for another one. cant get my money back. cant even upgrade and pay the difference. all of these things are store policy, unless you buy the extended service plan! then ur srewed.

this is gonna be expensive cause i am taking this tv back as soon as jennifer wakes up to watch the baby. they will give me my money back or i am going to do my best to shove that tv up someones... well, lets just say someonesgonna have one hi-def bum! so, undoubtedly, i will be going to jail today. not good, since i just had court yesterday for assaulting a police officer (long story). i beat the rap but, pretty sure the judge not gonna be happy to see me again so soon! wish me luck.tx

[charlie_the_tuna]

macojoes right! you are trouble!

[racerx]

mom? is that you?

[Stinky_Hooker]

macojoes right! you are trouble!


Down here they just call em Crazya$$ Rednecks!!!

I call em "Brother". 8)


Go get em Racer!! And take a camera with you!!! We will title the thread "hey yall, watch this!!!" ;D

[racerx]

k guys, off to best buy. jen gonna go with, to "keep me outta trouble". but, she made me give her my wallet in case she needs bail money,lol.

[TheTinMan]

I've had my 50" Toshiba HDTV for about 4 years, no problems at all (knocking on wood). Good thing cause I never buy extended warranties.

Good luck!

[ebol5]

Been There, Done that Racer. about two years ago toshiba 50" wide screen, had it three weeks and audio went out. If I remember right, they (the service company) came and picked it up...stole my high bit Patriot DVD too. in August. Couldn't get parts for it... blah blah blah. Bottom line, after 3 months and no TV back I told Best Buy to keep it, I did not want it back.. thay did not like it, espacially since my Discover card credited me the whole amount pending outcome. Went out and upgraded to better model at BrandsMart for $400 less. never heard from BestBuy again.. No problems with this one so far. Best of Luck and call your credit card co.

[turbinedoctor]

k guys, off to best buy. jen gonna go with, to "keep me outta trouble". but, she made me give her my wallet in case she needs bail money,lol.

Well its been 4.5 hours and no report from Racer. Im betting hes in jail and his wife cant pail him out because shes in the cell across the hall.

Never mess with a redneck and his tv.

[racerx]

got me a brand new tv! no drama. when i got there the manager i talked to told me that the manager that works mornings is proof that affirmative action doesn't work. had the geek squad look at it. the guy seemed very surprised that a toshiba broke. said they are the most trouble free unit they sell. toshiba and hitatchi. the manager told me i could have another of the same, or another model (i pay the difference), or i could just have my money back. i got the same one cause when i bought it i could not decide between it and the hitatchi so i flipped a coin. i mean, who am i to mess with fait? they also gave me a $50 dollar gift card since the other manager did not offer to come and pick up the tv and deliver the new one. realy, he did offer to schedule a pick up but, i didnt say anything. again, who am i to mess with fait! it was a inconvenience that the tv broke but, all in all, best buy treated me good. i was invited to come back in the morning and put nots on the other managers head. was told they all would love to see it!

[turbinedoctor]

Well looks like I lost that bet.


Only got treated so well cause he walked in wearing a straw cowboy hat, flannel shirt with sleeves cutoff, holey blue jeans, work boots, drinking a Bud and carring a TV.

Yes SIR anything you want. Say you want to hit someone, come back in the morning and we'll hold him for ya.


Great to hear you got it straight and treated well Racer.

[TheTinMan]

Good deal. I did tons of research when I bought mine and found the same thing, Toshiba and Hitachi the best. My Toshiba was right next to A sony and the Toshiba's picture was so much better.

To maximize the most of that set, don't skimp on wires. I have all monster cables and a monster cable power/surge box, big money but it definately gives the best picture.

[racerx]

a straw cowboy hat? dude, this aint texas! i had my hendrick racing hat spun round backwards and a metallica tshirt with the sleaves cut off. give me SOME credit. and i went in lookin for a fight so, of course, i was barefoot!

[racerx]

oh yeah, drinkin bud light and, my wife was carrying the TV!

[willy]

That's cool Racer now about hitting a cop whazzup I feel a need to know

Also according to the TV repair center here, guy been fixing them for thirty years says if you open up a Toshiba and compare it to any other brand you will be surprised to find they are the best engineered TV's made, and have been for a very long time.

[turbinedoctor]

oh yeah, drinkin bud light and, my wife was carrying the TV!

Wife carrying the 42in plasma? Then it wasn't you who they were worried about. LOL :o

Hendrick racing? Who's your driver, Gordon or Johnson.

For me its in that order Gordon then Johnson.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Good stuff Racer. Im glad they took care of you. I know what brand to buy in the event that I grow up and can afford a Plasma. I want one bad!!!


But I have started wanting in one hand and crapping in the other...guess what I learned?

Im full of crap. ::)

[turbinedoctor]

I cant afford a plasma so I had to settle for a 36" tube job.

Short story. The misses and I were looking at a 32" to replace the old console. I did most of the research and liked Panasonic. What I really wanted was the 36" but I know she wasnt going to agree to the extra $200.

So we go the Boscovs ready to purchase the 32", it just so happens that they had the 32 sitting next to the 36", WOW what a difference. As we are looking at the 32 the wife starts trying to talk me into the 36". "Were getting older and our eyes won't be getting any better" .

I let her go on for a while and then gave in to her. To this day I have not told her any different.

Got the TV home sunday afternoon, plugged it in, grabbed a beer and sat down. Turned on the tube, found the race and the first shot I saw was the front end of the 24 car doing about 180 mph, took up the whole screen, made me spill on beer.

That was three years ago and havn't had any problems with it yet.

[racerx]

been a gordon fan since he ran sprint cars. used to watch him and kinser battle it out and was amazed that a rookie could skool a wiley old veteran like kinser. in 93, when davey allison died, he quickly became my new favorite driver.

k willy, here ya go.
when my wife was pregnant we were on our way to the hospital. i cut through a shopping center parking lot that the exit came out +/- 100 ft from the hospital entrance.when i got to the road thier was an auto accident. just a fender bender. this is a 3 lane road and the accident was in the lane farthest from me. so thier were still 2 lanes clear. a officer was directing traffic, what little thier was. it was 11 at night and not many cars. the cop directing traffic was, when i got there, yelling at a car, "c'mon you stupid mfers, i said go" i pulled up and he flagged me to go right. the hospital entrance was to the left. i tryed to holler at him what was up but, he wouldn't shutup long enough to hear what i was saying. i proceeded left anyway and he jumped in front of the truck and starting screaming. thier is this thought that goes thrue my head from time to time, "great, i'm fixin to go to jail" just so happened another cop with a little sense walked up to the truck before i could get out. i told him what was up and he saw my wife crying in pain. he hollered to the cop to let us thrue. that we were having a baby. mace, as i like to call him, slammed his hand on my hood and said "i dont care if thier having a f'in cow. I SAID GO THAT WAY". i replied "i bet you move" i brought the 350 to life and well, he moved.
i was so close to the hospital that we were already inside b4 he showed up.we called ahead so we were alread on our way to the elevator when he caught up. he started cursing me immediatly. i told him to watch his language cause thier were kids present. he rode up on the elevator with us,yap yap yap. he walked down the halls with us, yap yap yap. when we got to the maternity ward he was told he could not enter. he cursed the nurse and came in anyway. all the way down the hall, yap yap yap. jen said "i wish he would just shut the hell up" i told her "he's a little b!tch and he aint gonna shutup till somebody knocks his teeth down his throat" so he told me to lay face down, i was going to jail for threatening a police officer. i said "i did not threaten you, i called you a little *****" he started to reach for his gun , yes, in the maternity ward. the hendrick hat spun around and i asked him :thiers 4 feet between us how fast are you" he promptly moved his hand away from his gun. thats when the nurse said thats it, i am calling security. she had told him to leave many times. my wife stepped between us and told him he had better leave me alone. so he pulled out his mace and threatened to mace us both and for us both to lay face down. i told him if he sprayed that mace the only person getting hurt was him. this was not a threat. it was a warning. i noticed in his shaking hand that the tip was pointed directly at his face,lol. secutity came over and the nurses led us to our room. he still wouldnt leave and was parked outside our door arguing with security and the nurses. one of the nurses informed us that they had already called the police and would be rid of him soon. i told her lt. chapman was a close friend of the family and was already on his way. he was riding with my mom and step dad to see the baby. then she took my wifes blood pressur and said we gotta get her pressure down or we may have a prob with the baby. that was it. i exploded out the door and before he could finish his little girly shriek he was toast. i was right, he was a little b!tch! cause he fell right to sleep. i was hoping to put at least a couple nots on his head. actualy, i wanted to beat him till the white meat showed! but, like i told the judge, i wanted him to shutup, and at that point, he was. i went back into the room and jen's blood pressure came down almost immediatly. thats all that matters.

oh yeah, i never saw the inside of a jail cell and he is looking for a job!

[turbinedoctor]

I'm with ya there Racer. There is just something that happens to an expecting father when taking the wife to the delivery room.

In my younger years I had trouble with my temper, but that would not have ended any nicer if it happened with my to trips to the hospital.

With my first child, the wife went into labor and called the doctor to see how long we should wait. He said when the contraction get to 10 minutes apart come on down and well be waiting. My wife replied to him they were 5 min apart now.

Welllll I guess you better hurry. I started out doing about 5 over the limit, but with each contraction I bumped the cruise up 2 MPH. Aint no way I'm delivering this thing my self. This was in 1995 so cell phones wern't very popular.

By the time I reaches the town where the hospital is I was doing 85, even through the 45mph zones. Got to the hospital and started walking into the entrance when her water broke.

A nurse standing by grabed a wheel chair and in one movement, scooped her up and took of for the elevator.
I remained at the check in to fill out some papers, the whole time the receptionest was saying " almost done, you can go shortly", she was in a great hurry. I informed her that I wasn't in such a hurry now, I got her here and now the pressure is on you.

Stayed with the wife through the delivery. Man what a wonderful thing to see first hand a child being born. What a miracle.

[phester]

when my wife went into labor it was kinda sudden, called the Dr., they were ready for us at the hospital....I thought to myself "perfect, I had always wanted to do that frantic mad dash to the hospital w/ a baby moments away". At the time we had, my favorite car, a BMW 535i and man that car was built for the open road. It was about 10pm so the typical parkway traffic was non existent. Cracked her up to about 105 and in 10 mins we were there. [105 in that car feels like 60] Two hours after that I had my boy....your life feels like it has completely changed from that point onward. That was six years ago. There is no writers embellishment to this story, I have a JVC 36", its been great, and I didn't get to punch out any cops on the way....... RX, that guy sounded like a complete idiot, he got what he deserved.

[willy]

Sounds like you ran into a problem child not a cop.

And you know what Racer, there are bad astronauts, bad carpenters and bad priests, you are going to have a bad cop once in awhile. Glad it all turned out well for you.

[phester]

and certainly no disrespect to you Willy....I know you're one of the many "good guys"

[willy]

I'm a sweet heart wouldn't harm a fly 8)

[turbinedoctor]

I said it in a earlier post that I respect cops and am thankfull for there service and I meant it from the bottom of my heart. :)

But like willy said, there are some bad ones out there that gives the rest a bad rap.

I have a cousin who is a deputy for the county. Nicest person you ever wanted to meet as long as you put forth an effort to cooperate.

[racerx]

no doubt, i have much respect for the law and the men and women who enforce it. but gulfport cops are known! what used to be a few bad apples is now about half the force.they drive like idiots. rarely does a day pass without seeing a cop turn on his emergency lights, haul but through an intersection just to turn rhem off when they get across. bout 8 months ago, in the lockup, a few officers were beating on an inmate, as they are known to do. they got carried away and beat the guy to death. got the whole thing on video. the guy was arrested , i think, for driving while suspended. the main officer involved who is the most known for his brand of justice is named teal.his daddy is a judge. no charges have been pressed and he is currently suspended with pay. the prob is a gulfport cop, last i heard, makes 8.50 an hour. why would you want that job. they power trippin. cops should make at least 50 g's a year. but, they should have to have a college degree to get the job. would solve a lot of probs. i could be prejiduced cause my dad, a new orleans p.d. investigator was murdered by orleans parish deputies when i was 12. over there half the cops are crips, the other half bloods. not half but, you get my drift

[Blue_Runner]

Dang Racer, I just checked into this post and caught that story about you and the cop! Wow!

That was a good read and I don't blame you - had it been me, that guys teeth would'a been in his belly when he slammed his fist on the hood.

;D

[Stinky_Hooker]

The story was much more studly and manly when he told me in person. ;D

Of course we were in the Baby's R Us parking lot, that helped a little. ::)

[racerx]

yeah, and i kept mentioning how sor i was but, he never rubbed my shoulders like i was hoping. by the way, toshiba sucks again. bought some monster cables ($175) to get the hi-def up and running. when i run the dvd thrue the colorstream cables, everything pink. works fine with standard a/v jacks but cant get hi-def that way. everything else works fine. just no hi-def dvd. think i got a burnt input.best buy gonna bring me another tomorow. gonna go ahead with the hitatchi this time. cost $400 more but best buy gonna deliver and set up for free. i dont even have to pay the difference. those guys have been great so far. i was hot, then buy the time i got off the phone, i was a happy man. ALL milk men should have to shop there!

[TheTinMan]

Japan's quality control is really go down hill, been in the news lately. Toyota's recalls have gone up %300! Sony also has been having it's issues, all those laptop battery recalls, mines been replaced.

Too bad about the Toshiba but Hitachi supposed to be a great set too.