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Apr 4, 2011 Alan     3-1/2 years old and picture went out today. Going to the trash and then I'm goin...

Nov 2, 2010 Guy     Got this during the Black Friday Blitz. Miraculously it is still working. The s...

May 17, 2010 Gary     I have had good luck with this tv until I tried to order a 1080P movie from Dire...

Mar 7, 2010 dnt buy POLAROID     DONT BUY!!...i bought after thanksgiving day sale on 11/08, today, 3-6-10 the sc...

Jan 5, 2010 TT1611     I have had the exact same problem reported by a number of people on line. The ma...

Oct 2, 2009 jdgkorn      I also Bought On Black Friday Nov 23, 2007 from Wal-Mart...$831 after tax...at ...

Aug 26, 2009 Z28John     I also bought this unit at the Wal Mart Black Friday sale in Nov. 2007. I have ...

Aug 20, 2009 cainok     What a POS also got it on a black friday. 2007. must say mind lasted longer tha...

Jul 4, 2009 Msdontplay     This TV SUCKS the screen went black after 6 months and polaroid wont replace it....

Jun 22, 2009 Jeremy     My Overall Experience with this product is summed up as a complete nightmare... ...

Jan 8, 2009 Joe     My super good buy went from Black Friday to Black Screen. It is too expensive to...

Jan 2, 2009 Melanie     I also bought my tv Black Friday (Nov 23) 2007 at Walmart. I did not purchase th...

Jan 1, 2009 Watson     I got my tv black friday 2007. It's been a good tv up until now Dec. 2008. Deali...

Jun 27, 2008 JB     I have heard some negative reviews about Polaroid LCDs. I bought this one on Bl...

Mar 25, 2008 jungle jim     Bought at Black Friday sale. Lasted 2 hrs. took back for exchange. New set last...

Mar 7, 2008 Sam     Stay away from buying this TV. It is poorly constructed and the customer servic...

Mar 3, 2008 jamj     We bought this as a black friday special. The picture is awesome if you are also...

Mar 1, 2008 Sam     Bought from Wal-Mart for black Friday special. Sounded like a good deal but I r...

My Experience: I have had the exact same problem reported by a number of people on line. The main problem is that after continued use (i have seen ranges from 6 months to 2 years for mine). The screen suddenly goes black. The power light is still blue and there is still sound from the speakers. This appears to be a known problem and as iof 1/4/2010, Polaroid are trying to charge a whopping $250.00 to get someone to come out and "replace the damaged control box". I ended up finding this crazy considering a)where do you get this kind of free money after Christmas and b) why would Polaroid sell a product a known defective part that I have also read is from a cheap manufacturer that has gone out of business.

Most people say its the capacitor and have gone on to change it. It seems to resolve the problem for about 3 days then the screen starts going of again. So i found a fix on a forum courtesy of a user (cdmc). Opened my and now everything work great. PLEASE NOTE...I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH INTERNAL TRANSISTORS AND THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IF YOU FEEL CONFIDENT OPENING THE BACK OF THE TV. Like i said, I went word for word as per the instructions and mine now works fine

Problems: 1. If you look through the top of the set when the picture is on you can see some white light at several locations, when the screen goes blank the white lights go out and a red LED light can be seen.

2. If you take off the plastic cover on the back (3 screws) and
3. then take off the metal cover (3 screws) this red LED light is on the upper circuit board in the lower left corner.

4. Just a little to the right of the LED light is a small switch block that has 4 tiny white switches.
5. I turned my set off and took the bottom switch (#4 and had the letters BURN by it) to the right "ON" position, turned the set back on and, so far so good.