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drew · 08-02-2007, 12:07 PM

my girlfriends dad has a 60" sony plasma with a huge scratch in the screen ( shore house was broken into and they ripped the TV's off the wall ) anyways, is it possible to get the screen repaired? i ment to find out for them a while ago but forgot

andru1313 · 08-02-2007, 12:20 PM

How deep is the scratch you can get some toothpaste polish like colgate and q-tip and try to remove the scratch..

drew · 08-02-2007, 12:28 PM

i know how to do that, im talking a serious scratch.. very deep

CleanNeon98 · 08-02-2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by drew

i know how to do that, im talking a serious scratch.. very deep

Is the picture output effected?

grimm · 08-02-2007, 12:38 PM

i'm sure you can send it to the manufacturer and they would repair/replace the screen, but it's probably not too cheap.

andru1313 · 08-02-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by drew

i know how to do that, im talking a serious scratch.. very deep

then you probably would need a pro to fix it or replace. I don't think it is a DIY...

Broken5hift · 08-02-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

Is the picture output effected?

....................... no. thankfully the screen on a tv has nothing to do with the picture.

drew · 08-02-2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

Is the picture output effected?

[sarcasm] no it's fine aslong as you don't mind the 2 foot long gash in the middle of the picture [/sarcasm]

JET02WRX · 08-02-2007, 01:29 PM

I would say insurance claim? If it was damaged in the burglary, shouldn't somethign like that be covered?

CleanNeon98 · 08-02-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Broken5hift

....................... no. thankfully the screen on a tv has nothing to do with the picture.

Dont do that

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Originally Posted by drew

[sarcasm] no it's fine aslong as you don't mind the 2 foot long gash in the middle of the picture [/sarcasm]

I dont know how plasmas work, but for our projection TV, there is a cover on the front of the screen that is just a piece of plastic. If your TV was the same way you could just replace the cover, but im not sure how the setup is on plasma tvs

drew · 08-02-2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JET02WRX

I would say insurance claim? If it was damaged in the burglary, shouldn't somethign like that be covered?

they got new TV's, this one was recovered damaged but they got to keep it. the other one wasn't recovered

SovXietday · 08-02-2007, 05:18 PM

You'll need a new screen. The screen for that plasma is probably in the $1500 range + $3-400 per hour labor from Sony.

Eh, have fun.

The "screen" is two panes of glass with a vacuum of air inbetween to keep hazing and things like that from happening. They will need to completely dissasemble the whole TV and reassemble it with the new glass in place. It's not an easy nor cheap adventure.

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08-02-2007, 12:20 PM	#2
andru1313 Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: with my true love or my Garage which ever is warmer Member #717 My Ride: 2004 VW R32/2006 WW Evo IX MR iTrader: (1)	How deep is the scratch you can get some toothpaste polish like colgate and q-tip and try to remove the scratch..

08-02-2007, 12:38 PM	#5
grimm Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Member #3058 iTrader: (2)	i'm sure you can send it to the manufacturer and they would repair/replace the screen, but it's probably not too cheap.