After 20 months and not a great deal of use, my 42" Magnavox HDTV (42mf230a) screen is now blank. It has worked great until one day the screen had a shower of multicolered pixels then just went blank. "Color Card" has gone out? I would like to know why the new expensive TV's that are supposed to be great are bult with Sh*^#y parts. The saddest thing is that the company knows of this problem, because they sent us a letter to buy an extended warrenty because they stated that the screen going out is likley to happen! Its all a sham.

I bought a Magnavox 42 plasma tv . Maganavox will not repair or replace this tv. Any one who is in the process of planning a class action suit against them email me at [email protected] I think we should all have our tvs replaced for free.

My Magnavox converter box stopped working after 6 months. The consumer help line will replace it 3-4 weeks!!! When I told the floor manager batch # 2041 that 3-4 weeks is too long he was not helpful at all. Do not buy from Magnavox or Philips.

6/2/9 Dave Andrewfe48

37" HD LCD-TV<br />
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First one lasted two days, then died with burning smell. This, in life, is what is called a 'clue'. I should have spent the extra $150 for the Sony or Panasonic, or samsung, sharp...<br />
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New one seemed fine for about a year. Has two software bugs...there are two channels with weird numbers you cannot delete. Numbers like 87.65532 (not your normal qam channel number). Firmware reset/update did not help. Also the TV refuses to sleep and/or wake up if these is a signal on the HDMI port (satellite box).<br />
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Two weeks ago, sound started getting hissy, and you can hear a capacitor singing. <br />
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Now the sound has stopped working altogether (alas, the capacitor sings no more). <br />
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Don't waste your money on Magnavox junk.

03/07/09 I purchased a Magnavox LCD 37 HDTV in Dec. of 2006 from Sears in Houston Texas. The model # is: 37MF231D/37. On the morning of June 12th, 2008 I turned the TV on and got no picture or sound only a red blinking light for about 5 minutes and then the TV turned on. I unplugged it from the wall for about 10 minutes, plugged it back in and got the same response. I called Magnavox customer care and explained everything. We attempted some routine troubleshooting which I had already done. Then she informed me that the TV was out of warranty. She suggested a repair shop VTS in Houston and said there was nothing else she could do. She gave me a reference # and the conversation ended. After taking the TV to the repair shop they told me that main circuit board had to be replaced which would cost $400.00. It's costing over half what I paid for the TV just to repair it. There's something that just doesn't add up with that.
Since that time I have read up on a lot of problems that other consumers who purchased the same or similar LCD TV's from Magnavox have experienced. Mostly all of these problems have occurred after the warranty expired and 2 years or less from purchase of the TV's. I feel that there is some type of defect in these types of TV's that Phillips is aware of. I called Phillips again today to ask to speak with someone in the complaints dept. I was informed that there is no complaint dept where they are, but gave me an address in Marietta, Georgia. Which after reading all the complaints on the internet I know that won’t accomplish any good. I have since then, e-mailed my complaint to the Better Business Bureau. I am awaiting their reply. I think more people should complain to them, maybe something will get done.

I am very disappointed in Philips products with the slow service on their products. I will probably never again buy any Philips or Magnavox product in the future or recommend to anyone. I am looking at the option of getting my money refunded by Philips for the TV or will be filing a small claims suit at the local court for the damages and waste of my time.