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[Bootsman]

For me, it has to be the Legend LSD2 SD STB

What about you lot??

[delbz]

Homecast HD STB - totally unwatchable due to constant picture breakup. Returned for full refund.

[JoshH]

Panasonic QTR2140 HD - constant picture breakup and audio drop outs

[nelsonp]

WORX A4, on Jun 13 2005, 09:43 AM, said:

Panasonic QTR2140 HD - constant picture breakup and audio drop outs

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Panasonic anything esp. set tops and VCRs.  My first Panasonic HiFi VCR cost $1299 and had recorded sound so low you hardly hear it.  And Panasonic could not fix it after 3 tries!!  Set tops fail a lot in forum here.  (I saved myself the agony by mostly avoiding the P Brand)

[datvman]

Agreed. Panasonic anything. Had the TU-CT20A - biggest piece of crap

[lance]

No doubt

     DGTEC 2000A

I have one and it is the biggest load of crap ever.

I also have a Topfield 5000pvr (great) and a Strong SRT 5390 (also excellent) in the lounge, and a Lenoxx in the bedroom.

[Dork(original)]

datvman, on Jun 13 2005, 07:14 PM, said:

Agreed. Panasonic anything. Had the TU-CT20A - biggest piece of crap

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The collingwood football club.LOL

[mtv]

Mojo/LCD Fan  

[Santa]

GWB!    :ph34r:    

[captainatomic]

Konka 51cm TV.  Pure Shite... Its mentally retarded...

[<<AJ>>]

got a panasonic 68cm TV that cost $1500 a few yrs back and is a piece of crap!!!

tuner is screwed every few mins it makes these big flickers!! real annoying - but this only happens on TV channels and not AV channels so definalty the tuner - am too lazy to have i fixed to have been watching tv through the vcr for the past few yrs - lol!

[nelsonp]

<<AJ>>, on Jun 14 2005, 10:30 PM, said:

got a panasonic 68cm TV that cost $1500 a few yrs back and is a piece of crap!!!

tuner is screwed every few mins it makes these big flickers!! real annoying - but this only happens on TV channels and not AV channels so definalty the tuner - am too lazy to have i fixed to have been watching tv through the vcr for the past few yrs - lol!

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68 cm TVs are not worth fixing now as the new pure flats are now slipping below $400.  Panasonic charges a lot but puts in a lot of cheap boggie components.

[nelsonp]

BTW I got a Pana VCR with a bad tuner too!!  A JVC VCR bought about the same time still running a year after the Pana failed.

[Vzzzbx]

Weird.  I have two Panasonic VCRs [one's about 12 years old], both used excessively and both still charging along nicely.  The remotes are a joke though, made of cheap plastic.

[nelsonp]

Vzzzbx, on Jun 15 2005, 10:29 AM, said:

Weird.  I have two Panasonic VCRs [one's about 12 years old], both used excessively and both still charging along nicely.  The remotes are a joke though, made of cheap plastic.

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I have 4 Pana VCRs all dead now!  You must be so lucky?
One was a replacement for the one that died in warrantee (after fighting Pana in Fair Trading).

The only reason I bought them was in the hope that I was just unlucky and they had a rigid alum diecast chassis that gave perfect stills.  Well.. not worth it for the still, don't you think.  Anyway I just got a LG HiFi with 6 heads for $99 that beats the hell out of those over-priced Panas.  Even my JVC was better.  So no more Panas and hope to be lucky for me.

[datvman]

My panasonic VCR that i bought 18 months only worked for 10. It does nothing now

[Bootsman]

I've had my Pana VCR for 8 years.....still going strong after many years of abuse........sounds like in recent years they have become very crap??

[Zetter]

I'v got a Panasonic VCR that has similar issues to what is being reported here too... sound volume really low, recordings play shocking on other VCRs (could just be the tracking).  Remote is really crap cheap plastic and is now broken and held together with sticky tape.

My girlfriend also has a Panasonic VCR which has similar problems as well.

[nelsonp]

Bootsman, on Jun 15 2005, 10:20 PM, said:

I've had my Pana VCR for 8 years.....still going strong after many years of abuse........sounds like in recent years they have become very crap??

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Looks like you were lucky.
My 4 bad VCRs started with the first in 1987.  So they were bad then.  Two VCRs failed with exactly the same fault even when the model was improved from a Model #70 to a new #66.

[Maverick]

The Mrs

[JoshH]

Maverick, on Jun 16 2005, 11:55 PM, said:

The Mrs

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LOL!!!!!!!

[rkelly]

i can see this is a bit of a panasonic hate thread, but i must say we get very few complaints about the panasonic gear we sell, the odd fax machine and cordless phone here and there, but nothing major. but, as a company they are very up themselves when you try to deal with them.

I have to agree that the TUCT20 sd set top box is a bit of a lemon, not because of faults, but extreme lack of features campared to similairly priced units. currently in the house we have 4 pana tvs, ranging from an 11 y/o 68cm unit to a brand new 76 hd, 2 pana vcrs and 2 pana dvd players and 3 stereos, all have worked fine since the day we bought them.

But it's like anything, you can get a dud here and there, dont get me started on LG.

[zorg]

anything made by Holden or Fisher and Paykel.. oops wrong forum...  Can't say I have ever had a dud when it comes to audio visual gear, only problem ever had was with my Sony receiver, blown power supply fixed under warranty!!!

[nelsonp]

rkelly, on Jun 19 2005, 02:57 PM, said:

i can see this is a bit of a panasonic hate thread, but i must say we get very few complaints about the panasonic gear we sell, the odd fax machine and cordless phone here and there, but nothing major. but, as a company they are very up themselves when you try to deal with them.

I have to agree that the TUCT20 sd set top box is a bit of a lemon, not because of faults, but extreme lack of features campared to similairly priced units. currently in the house we have 4 pana tvs, ranging from an 11 y/o 68cm unit to a brand new 76 hd, 2 pana vcrs and 2 pana dvd players and 3 stereos, all have worked fine since the day we bought them.

But it's like anything, you can get a dud here and there, dont get me started on LG.

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You seem offended.  We just related the duds we find, I can see that it can only help the guys deciding on the stuff & duds.  Stating duds will always appear bad to the companies and usually is associated some with bad responses from the companies themselves.

If only the guys at Panasonic handled customers with better results then I am sure there will not be the corresponding complaints, I guess.  They make lots of other stuff good ones too but the bad ones appears the pits + their attitudes do not seem good either in some cases.  C'mon I am sure they know the duds, but at least do some right things for customers when this happens, huh?

If LG has bad stuff do state the items as we all learn from it, not just sanitised comments.  All duds should be identified for the benefit of all!!   And bad companies/responses too because they are linked... usually!

[TerenceJ]

Hi, I bought my first Panasonic NV-F70 VCR in 1989 for Linear Editing of Video its still going strong only problem since was losing its LCD display (now fixed),also have NV-HD100A stiil Ok over 10 years, now using a NV-HV60 for copying VHS tape to DVD via PC 3 years no problems, so what you are all saying is not correct as far as im concerned