I purchased a 50" Hitachi TV 11-22-05 along with a 5 year extended warranty. It quit working Feb. 2008. It's been in the shop twice & returned twice, without being fixed. After a year of phone calls, it's getting picked up a third time. It hasn't powered-up in over 18 months, and ABC insists they can continue providing service calls for as long as they wish, until a Repair shop submits in writing that it's "unfixable". The last shop, Universal TV, refused to do it...saying "it's a cash-cow job"... read full review »