Comments on: Polaroid 4241-TLXB Review – 42-inch LCD HDTV

By: Mandy Jo

Mandy Jo — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:13:41 +0000

I own a 42 in. Poloroid HDTV which I acquired at Wal-Mart (Boo sucky china long time till WW3 erupts) for a mere $860. It has an amazing picture and keeps us entertained…if it were any larger we would just be spoiling ourselves too much as we drool and pass out on the couch each night. The xbox is a fantastical device (although I hear the PS3 is better because it plays the Blus), and I never have to use my “HD” DVD player anymore because the picture quality in the xbox is crisper than celery….Anyway, I heard about the malfunctioning TVs and inspected mine a bit closer. I found that it may be possible to fry eggs on this TV. I have had it for almost 3 years, however, it still works just fine, even after its been on for a couple days straight (at which point this device could double as both TV and heater). I see plenty of references to “luck” in the posts above, so to those people I’m asking, if I break my HDTV will I have 7 years of bad luck? Or will I just be stuck watching network television (i’m not sure which is worse) forever until the end of time.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:39:41 +0000

I bought this Tv 2 and a half years ago and have never had a single problem. I love the picture and is the best purchase I’ve made for the price. you people must have bad luck. Ive played countless hours of video games and watched hdtv and can never complain. it’s the loudest tv in the world but my friend has a sony and it looks just as good or better. top brand names are just way too overpriced. jsut because something says sony or samsung does not make it better.

By: Britta

Britta — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:18:17 +0000

I purchased our Polaroid in 2009 on Black Friday. It’s never given me one issue. In fact, it was recently stolen and recovered just yesterday. It still works great.

Reminder: most people who write reviews are people who have issues with their product/service. There are probably far more satisfied customers out there than dissatisfied.

By: George

George — Sun, 23 May 2010 10:40:44 +0000

The DVD player went out on my 18.5 inch TV . It is a year old and played maybe 10 movies at the most. It quit right in the middle of a movie and started making some wired noises. I agree that Polaroid is a butt sore.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:32:05 +0000

This tv does not support 1080P. For all of you that think you are receiving 1080P, you are not. Polaroid’s tech support will even tell you that this tv does not support 1080P, I ordered a 1080P movie from Direct tv and this is when I found out 1080P is not supported for this tv. Order a pay for view 1080P movie and hit your format button and you will see it is only 1080I. Polaroid and Walmart refust to do anything about this, so I am seeing an attorney next week about a class action lawsuit. If anyone else discovers this and want to be apart of this lawsuit, please send me your email infomation to gnosker@aol.com. As a matter of fact, when you go into the menu to check what boxes this tv supports, it will not let you check the 1080P box. The screen goes blank for about a minute, and then will come back on and say this tv does not support 1080P. So we all got ripped off on this Black Friday deal. Please, check it out. This is not a 1080P tv!!!!

By: Marty

Marty — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:36:29 +0000

To all unhappy people. This is a cheap tv! However I am a tech and have seen this brand in my shop many times for the same failure. As you have stated, high frequency buzzing in the audio, no picture, cracking popping then no power…These are all related to the power supply module. I can repair this for you. I would be willing to repair your power supply, or replace it . I do not see posting rules, so I will stop here for now.

By: Kelly Hook

Kelly Hook — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:21:30 +0000

I bought the Polaroid 40244B at Walmart on Black Friday 11/28/09. It worked great until last night. 03/23/10. We were watching tv as a family and all of a sudden the picture went out and we could smell something had just burned up. So, before I try to get ahold of Polaroid to see what they can do, are there any suggestions besides throwing the damn thing in the river? Did anyone get resolution with Polaroid? Please let me know. capem@swift-stream.com

By: Clint

Clint — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:13:01 +0000

My wife bought me a 42″ Polaroid 1080P at a black friday sale in 1997 at Circuit City. I don’t know the model. We have had nothing but a great picture and great sound from it. Maybe I got lucky. But I’ve always had great luck with Polaroid products. If I’ve ever had a problem (1 with a digital camera a few years ago) a single email had me a new camera in 2 months. My wife is watching that tv now, and we are fixing to upgrade to a 55″, that 42″er will be going to my shop as my PC/XBOX/Playstation monitor (God, I love the man cave now).

By: George Morgan

George Morgan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:19 +0000

Purchased 42 ” Pola”roid” from Circuit City two and a half years ago. Great picture but in about a month started buzzing loud- couldn’t fix problam. Had a warranty (4 years) so I told them to do something they did nothing. Last month TV went completely out -no picture. Assuranty picked up warranty for Circuit City. called them and in three weeks sated tV no good. Assuranty was pretty nice but stated they had to pro rate the warranty offered me a 42 in Sylvania or 599.00. Took the money and looking for a good TV within my price range. Still waiting for the money to come before I buy. Looking at a 46 ‘Toshiba – hope it is longer lasting. I feel I paid about 400.00 a year just to own the TV from Circuit City

That’s Life..

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:03 +0000

I bought this TV on Black Friday Special from Walmart in 2008. I am glad I did not pay extra for the extra warrenty for 1 year, we had no problems until 2 weeks ago. Just over one year after we purchased the tv. Now when you turn the tv on half the screen is black for the first 10-15 minutes. Once the TV ‘warms’ up the full screen works again…for now. I assume this problem will continue to get worse until I have no picture at all. I am guessing it will be cheaper to replace then fix it. I would not suggest this TV or Polaroid unless you only want a TV that last 1 year.