We bought Samsung 52" TV 1080 LCD in Dec. 2007, right before the warranty ran out which was in November 2008, we had a long white vertical line appeared on TV and SamSung said it was defective panel caused problem so they replaced the entire panel with warranty. Again, little over a year after the replacement of the panel (in early part of this year0, the screen has distorted images which was pronounced by Samsung technician as defective panel. This time, we are out of warranty and it will cost close to $1, 500 to put new panel... read full review »