The consumer watchdog has released it’s result on the reliability of plasma, lcd and projection tv and has said that plasma and lcd tv are as reliable as your CRT.

It stated that there are no repair issues during the first year or two of use for LCD TVs from major TV manufacturers - including JVC, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba. (Dell LCD sets have had higher than average repairs).

In plasma, there have been no repair issues for Fujitsu, Hitachi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Sony or Toshiba. Plasma tv from Philips and Vizio however, has been higher than average.

When it comes to rear projection tv, the results have not been so encouraging.

It stated that rear-projection TVs using CRTs have been much more repair-prone than conventional picture-tube sets, with double the rate of repairs for five-year-old sets. The repair rates for the four brands for Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Sony, and Toshiba are comparable.

With the exception of Toshiba’s DLP, rear-projection microdisplay TVs using LCD, DLP, or LCoS technology have been even more repair-prone than CRT-based rear-projection TVs during their first year of operation. JVC’s LCoS is one of the worst performing set in this category.

So, the results are now in. Which set do you have, and do you agree with this findings?

Consumer Report Website