Originally Posted by Winston_1:
“Wrong. Anyway it is not a rant. It is stating facts about a manufacturer that has got things wrong umpteen times and is not prepared to admit it or compensate its customers.
Other companies, when they get things wrong, admit it and offer compensation. And before you ask for examples, what about LG and their 7700 series that could not get I player. LG gave their customers Humax Freesat boxes.
These forums are about helping others and warning of potential pitfalls not about slagging members off.”
I'm sure someone else posted that Panasonic did provide them with a Freesat box to address the ITV HD issue?
But the other stuff you complain about generally falls into one of the following:
(i) irrelevant to UK users - e.g. non compatibility with Eire or other European countries tv systems - the sets are sold and marketed as working in the UK - that they do.
(ii) relates to long passed issues - the split NIT one was some time ago now and affected relatively few devices, even fewer of which will still be in use now
(iii) irrelevant to 99% of the UK population e.g. the supposed issues caused by Powerline adaptors.
Whether you like it or not, Panasonic still produce some of the best TV / AV kit with excellent reliability, good picture and sound quality and well designed features. Yes they charge a premium over the budget brands or over LG & Samsung, but usually because their sets are better engineered.
And Panasonic have, in general, enjoyed far better reliability over the last 20 or 30 years than most other manufacturers. Yes, they have produced duff products, but so has every other manufacturer. The difference is Panasonic have produced far fewer duff products to begin with.