I bought a vizio 42 " plasma TV June 2006 and it broke about 3 weeks before the one year warrantywas up, june 2007. the symptoms black screen with sound. I got a replacement June 2006 and that worked fine for 1 year and ten months until the screen went black with sound, again, mind you this is a second tv set. Since my warranty was up I paid 435.00 to repair it in April 2009 and now 3 months later July 2009 the same problem occured. This is quite upsetting since I paid about 1300.00 for the TV, now it is trash. Anyone out there thinking of buying a Vizio because the price looks great think again because it'll cost you more than that later, mind you I had 2 sets with same problem. If you buy a vizio make sure you buy an extended warranty after your 1 year warranty expires.