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Sep 3, 2013 Robbi J     2010 class action lawsuit, to replace light engine. Zenith Support via LG is now...

Mar 30, 2011 blackhawk6     I purchased this TV in NOV 2004, with the Best Buy extended service plan. Had i...

Jan 21, 2011 Tiger B.     I bought this TV in the summer of 2005. I have only had to service the ventilati...

Jun 11, 2010 elliot63     Good at first. Poor down the road....

Dec 20, 2009 bill     4 years old and will not start frequently.. Also Picture is green with no reaso...

Apr 3, 2009 SteveW     Bought this in Nov. 2004 and have had no problems to date. The HDTV is just as ...

Dec 30, 2008 timt     have had the light engine repaired two times under warranty and now i have the l...

Nov 24, 2008 sammy     i've had this tv for over 3 years and it has been great. no problems at all. g...

Jul 13, 2008 triumphsprint     just found this site. my problem is similar to the blue line except that the blu...

Jan 1, 2008 Fitz     Purchased this TV 2.5 years ago, worked great for the first year then the dreade...

Dec 16, 2007 Stephen baton rouge     I bought this TV February of 2005 and I haved no problems at all. The picture is...

Oct 6, 2007 Ronnie     Be prepared to replace the TV often....

Apr 17, 2007 Tammy     This tv was purchased Sept '05 had no problems, loved it!! Till Jan. '06 light s...

Apr 12, 2007 tg     great picture, especially in HD,...

Apr 4, 2007 Bearchluck     This TV was a waste of money, no wonder it was on clearence. A month after the ...

Dec 5, 2006 Scott     My wife & I purchased this Zenith E44W46LCD in July of 2004. Initially we were v...

Sep 17, 2006 Invex     I must have gotten really lucky. I've had this set since July of 2003 and haven'...

Sep 9, 2006 Latinbear     The TV was originally great. We were impressed with the picture quality and by h...

Jul 4, 2006 California     My experience? Well, it was fun while it lasted; 18 months to be exact. I bought...

Jun 25, 2006 mwall04     Originally I really enjoyed the TV and picture quality. However, after less tha...

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Dec 3, 2005 eric     I bought it in October 2004. About a month after usage I noticed there were inte...

Nov 21, 2005 TriodeGuy     I purchased this set back in July of 2004. The picture on this set is awesome. ...

Oct 13, 2005 Paul     I purchased this TV 14 months ago and it has been a joy to own until 1 month ago...

My Experience: I purchased this set back in July of 2004. The picture on this set is awesome. There are some issues with "blocking" similar to when a PC's video card dithers colors. It's mostly noticeable when displaying white images. Even so the picture quality is still very high contrast and vivid. After about 7 months of my purchase, I saw a bright blue horz. line appear at the bottom of the screen. This line got thicker over time to where it wound up convering the bottom 6" of the sceen. An additional 1 to 2 inches of yellow line gradually appeared on the screen's top. When I initially tried to go thru Zenith for service/repair, the factory authorized repair shop that was referred by Zenith basically told me that the problem wasn't covered under warranty and that I should "dump the set and buy another one". Research online led me to a forum where there had been many people having the same problem. An LG employee on that forum figured out that the problem was due to an overheating issue in the "light engine" in the set. This causes a lens to pop out of place. The LG employee sent me a pdf file with the repair procedure. This repair can be done by a novice if the set is out of warranty.

I was eventually able to schedule a repair, but if I had it to do over again I would steer clear of this set.



Problems: yellow and blue horz lines across the top and bottom of the screen. Slight green tint with default settings.