Syntax Olevia LT30HV
March 30th, 2005 | by Mike Bell
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Average user rating from 36 users |
Never again!
by Rich on Jun 19th, 2008 at 3:40 PM:
Do not ever buy product from this manufacturer. If your set died just like so many of us, do not pour more good money into it. Suck up your loss and move on to quality. If you fix it, in short order it will die again, and the board replacement guy will get richer off you. Sounds like a scam since it comes from one and only one supplier with a high price. Can you say "SONY"?
2nd Inverter failure, get what you pay for
by PaulDBey on May 25th, 2008 at 5:01 PM:
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS buy the extended warranty with new technologies, especially poorly made imports with knock-off gadgetry inside. I'm on my second inverter failure...sent it to Syntax the first time, paid $600 the first time to get repaired. Fixing it myself this time - the part, A CCFL inverted by Darfon, is replaced akin to a PC card in a tower. $179 to fix. However, when this one dies in 12-24 months, this TV is going into the GARBAGE to be recycled, where it belongs. Syntax/Olevia is nothing more than an import/export holding company who bought a website on goDaddy - it is NOT a TV manufacturing company, and that's the quality and service you get for the low price. Other so-called 'name' brands have the SAME parts, made by the SAME component manufacturers, so buying a Samsung or Sony will not solve your problem necessarily. Do a search for popular LCD/Plasma TVs and you will find full message boards, just like this one :)
Same problem after two years can be fixed
by oms112 on Mar 13th, 2008 at 6:02 PM:
Listen, the LT30 HV is a nice TV but the HDTV maybe hard to adjust. I to had the same problem after two years. When you turn on the TV you would get a fast blue screen then a black screen. You will hear the sound but no picture. Forget trying to contact Olevia for help. You will get the run around.
The web site you need to go to fix your flat screen is:
http://www.lcdparts.net/howto/techsupport.aspx
If you can fix or play around with PCs; you can fix your set for about two hundred dollars. I did, and I saved a lot of money on a new flat screen. Good Luck.
Stay away from Syntax Olevia
by Sunny Chow on Mar 5th, 2008 at 12:19 PM:
Same problems. 2 years after I bought the TV, blue screen would turn on, 1-2 seconds shut off later, and nothing would make the TV respond after that. Sound still continues however. Tech support experiences that I've read are not positive at all. Would not buy again.
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I'm so aggravated that they can get away with this.
by Shelly on Jun 24th, 2008 at 12:51 PM: