Consumer Reports: First Ever Brand Repair Rates for LCD, Pla

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For the first time ever, Consumer Reports has brand repair rates for flat-panel and rear-projection TVs. CR's data reveals that flat-panel LCD and plasma TVs have been highly reliable, requiring few repairs during the first three years of use. The report, featured in CR's December issue, reveals that on average, rear-projection TVs were much more repair prone than LCD and plasma sets. These results are based on Consumer Report's National Research Center's Annual Product Reliability Survey which covers almost 93,000 TV sets bought new between 2004 and 2007.

Consumer Reports' new reliability data provides consumers with more detailed information for...

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