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

By: darlene

darlene — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:43:29 +0000

yeah panasonic sucks i was so happy as a single parent and grandmother to be able to purchase my first flat screen tv dont get me wrong i worl hard everyday as a business professional key word hard. So when buying electronics and saw Vizio who I know sells alot of TV’s but they are new to the game and then I saw Polaroid someone that I knew stands by their products I decided to purchase Tv’s 7 months ago key word Tv’s. Well as all of your stories go I have…….. SOUND AND NO PICTURE!!!

Polaroid being in the business world this could hurt you really bad as we continue to get the word out . Your product sucks. Go back to the design room and figure out who voted on buying the cheaper parts and ……FIRE THEM!!!!
SO ..for the people who tell their friends ,who tell their friend ,you know how it goes When it comes time for a upgrade they will never consider you and as for us who will be purchasing again it will definitely not be YOU!
You are going to lose in the HD battle so don’t even go back to the lab for the next level of TV’s you have eliminated yourselves

VIZIO VIZIO VIZIO OH HELL ANYONE BUT YOU POLAROID

By: Niel

Niel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:25:50 +0000

Whatever you do not buy a Polaroid TV. It’s OK when it works, but when it breaks down after only 8 months of use; the adventure begins. Don’t believe the literature or the reviews that say the over 30” TVs will be repaired in home. This won’t happen, and if you did not save all of the original box, they will charge you $150 for a new box. Then take a month to ship it to you. Then if you call customer service, you will get to talk to unfriendly and unhelpful people. My TV is still not repaired, and I’m losing hope that it ever will be repaired. It was an OK TV at a good price, but it was not worth it.

By: bob scott

bob scott — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:33:57 +0000

i have this t.v i have had this t.v. for two years,i have ,no problems,i have surround , system ,of which is bose plus,dvd,plus blue-ray,my vcr works great,the only thing i wish at times i tell my wife i should have bought a bigger screen,for the price i paid,of which was black friday at wal-mart,was great of which at half price .it would cost more to replace,today,,i would buy again,so all of you go get a sony,samsung,viziou,and pay for the name,for they have problems,just look at the refur,market no polariod to be found

By: khalil

khalil — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:37:40 +0000

i bought 4241 tlxb from circuit city in 2007 after few days start having noises try to return it to store but they said after 30 days they sending a tech home
i’m still waiting . when cicuit city went out of business i called polaroid and told them the story but no help on there end they want to charge me
i work for a tv satellite provider and every customer that ask me which lcd to buy
i tell them stay away from polaroid
this is garb……………

By: Planez

Planez — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:47:15 +0000

Just wanted to leave a review about this HDTV. I’m really suprised that so many people have had issues with their TVs, and it seems a shame. I’ve had mine over 1 year and 7 months now (bought it during the Black Friday deal in 2008) I have had no issues with popping or the TV giving out, and I put alot of time on it since it is my monitor and my TV as well. I LOOOVE the HDTV for the price point, and the visual quality is amazing, though the black levels do suffer a bit. For the A/V enthusiast, the TV has a great response rate, and the brightness as well as the viewing angle is exceptional, considering the price, this is worth considering as a 2nd TV. If you buy primary do buy the extended warranty, as this TV seems to have bad luck with failures.

By: Netta

Netta — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:02:13 +0000

This TV SUCK (TLX 04240B) I bought this tv on black friday 2008 and now im getting the black screen of death. I still have sound but no picture… Great ! NOT

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:05:20 +0000

My 42″ Polaroid lasted 5 DAYS!!!! We purchased our TLX04243B on Black Friday (11/28/08) and on December 5th started calling Polaroid. The TV would turn off after 1-1/2 hours. Well, two weeks ago the tube went out. Polaroid has the most HORRIBLE customer service. They have given us such the run-around. Everytime we would call they would tell us they never received our faxed receipt. Well, after faxing and calling (holding for HOURS to speak to someone) for months, we were told in May we need to call a different number that handels this model. REALLY? So we call this ‘new’ number. We fax the receipt AGAIN and I hold while I confirm that they receive the fax. I was told they would mail me a box so I can ship my POS TV back to them so they can ‘fix’ it. Well, after two weeks and no box, I call back and hold for an hour to talk to someone AGAIN! Well, I find out they didn’t have my address. REALLY? Because I gave them my address when I found out they would MAIL me a box. So, I give them my address AGAIN and am told I am going on a WAITING LIST to get a box. Approx 2-3 week to get a box so I can mail my piece of junk tv back to them. I will NEVER purchase a single product Polariod makes ever again in my life. Horrible products and horrible customer service. RUN as fast as you can and do not purchase a TV from them.

By: David Furches

David Furches — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:35:37 +0000

I stood in line on a black friday for hours to purchase this television because it was a good deal. As with most everyone else this TV only lasted a year and a half and supposely the board went bad in the back. I had it priced for $728.00 to be repaired. This TV is defenitley a P.O.S! Save yourself alot of grief and do not purchase one.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:34:58 +0000

My Polaroid 42″ made it 4 months and then started to give a sharp cracking sound. It then started to “black out”, even though the power indicator was still on. After shutting it off for 10 minutes or so, it would start workink ok for about 5 minutes and “black out ” again. I managed to get a in store credit after much discussion and will be buying a different brand soon. NO MORE POLAROIDS!!!

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:51:42 +0000

We bought this tv about 2 years ago and loved it up until 6 months ago. The picture is great and we thought we had scored a great deal. All of a sudden it started a making a shrill buzzing noise. Luckily we had bought the extended warranty. Well, 6 months later the problem is not fixed. When we finally got a technician to show up for the appointment (3 tries over 4 months) it took 6 weeks to get the part in. The part was defective and the noise is even worse. Now it has been another 6 weeks and the replacement part still hasn’t been sent by Polaroid. The noise is so unbarable we can barely watch it. The parts lady at the service department told us that they can get every brand but Polaroid in within 5 days, while Polaroid can take months. I’m losing hope this will ever be resolved. I would not buy Polaroid again, which might explain their bankruptcy.