Brehs, are TVs the 1 electronic item you should definitely get an extended warranty on?

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Reading reviews for the TVs on Reddit/Amazon/Best Buy/Wal-Mart websites & the amount of complaints about TV failures within a just few a years or TV delivered damaged/or with failures is mind-blowing. I got a 2009 120hz Toshiba Regza still going strong. WTF happened to reliability of TVs nowadays?

 

[Rekkapryde]

TVs, Appliances are a MUST.

Anything over 300 was my rule of thumb. Been saved like a mufukka on multiple occasions having one.

 

[winb83]

I have savings and I’ll take the chance my device fails because of that.

Extended warranties don’t usually work out. Usually a device either fails inside the manufacturer warranty period or so far outside it an extended warranty won’t cover it.

I’ve owned a lot of TVs and in the past I bought an extended warranty on an OLED and was never able to use it. My LG C9 I recently sold failed inside the manufacturer warranty period and they fixed it. The next 4 years it was fine. I also had an extended warranty on a Sony W900a that never failed.

 

[TripleAgent]

Only if starts after the manufacturer's warranty ends. Only on high end TVs like OLEDs.

 

[winb83]

Only if starts after the manufacturer's warranty ends. Only on high end TVs like OLEDs.

Exactly and if your OLED makes it past the first year odds are it’s not going to fail for reasons a warranty will cover in that time. Unless you have a really generous warranty that covers stuff like accidental damage or burn-in you’ll probably be SOL.

I don’t even have an extended warranty on my new as of March 2025 car. The 3 year bumper to bumper 5 year gas motor 8 year hybrid components seems fine to me.

You’re better off taking the money you’d spend on extended warranties piling it all together and putting it in a high yield savings account or brokerage account in an index fund.

 

[jdubnyce]

Yes
Costco has goat tier warranty
We only buy our tvs, appliances from them

 

[-DMP-]

Why? All that bytch do is sit there. I’ll take my chances.

 

[StretfordRed]

For for free with the TV from LG (C4) and should be covered under my house insurance.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

The place that I buy my expensive TV/AV equipment comes with an automatic 6 year warranty. It came in clutch when my Samsung went squiffy, 4 years after I bought it.

 

[Peter Parker]

Get the warranty on your headphones you fukking moron, you're either going to 100% lose or break them

also, PC parts, shyts will randomly die for no reason. If you got kids, a warranty on tablet will save you 100s

 

[International Playa]

I buy midrange TVs, the warranty that comes with it is enough.

 

[ORDER_66]

Extended warranty for a TV????

 

[Return of the Jedi]

Maybe for OLEDs because these things are getting so thin they ripple when you touch them.

I never really get extended warranties on anything...maybe apple care for iPhones? That's about it.

 

[Chris Cool]

I've only had one tv fukk up on me. It took like 8 years. I was happy because it gave me a reason to upgrade.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

I have an oled no warranty