polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

2023-01-03 12:32:11

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d"Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

This TV was a spontaneous purchase for me and my girlfriend. We decided to go HD and what better place to do so than our friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart Supercenter.

We eventually purchased the Polaroid TDA-03211C on September 9, 2007 as a seemingly good value buy and at least in name an American company, so much for economic patriotism. Out of the box the TV worked, looked, sounded, and once again, seemed great. It went kaput on October 17, 2007 and after 16 calls, 8 different customer service reps, 3 repair techs, and three wrong parts, I am officially going to warn every person that I can of this TV and the Polaroid Corporation.

To state that I feel cheated, lied to, and downright robbed is an understatement. There is a known problem with what they call the control-box, which is the key component of the television. Customer service sent us a new one initially without even taking a look at the TV. I inferred that there is probably a known design flaw with this part if Polaroid automatically sends new ones without actually first trouble shooting. If the part is in backlog, which it was for me, it will take about 1 month for the part to arrive from China. You will have to wait for the "independent tech" to contact you to schedule an appointment for repair. Polaroid outsources the repair of their product.

Polaroid does not want to give you a new TV nor does it want to refund your money. WARNING!!! Polaroid does not want to give you a new TV nor does it want to refund your money. It is their tactic to lie, give the customer the run around, and avoid resolution. Not a timely resolution, essentially no resolution whatsoever. I am now approaching the half-way point of the Polaroid 1 year warranty. This TV worked for 5 weeks and has become a 4 month headache. Do not purchase any Polaroid product. I personally believe that the restructuring after their bankruptcy has corrupted their capacity to manufacture quality products. Avoid this brand.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

I as well have had my 37" Polaroid HDTV and it has gone out in just 3 years time. It started making a hiss noise to start out then a few days later the TV would not turn on. I was able to get it on at one point but then I could not turn it off without unplugging the set. This is the worst TV experience I have ever had to deal with and feel I should be compensated part of my $700 I spent as this seems to be everywhere and not just isolated. I will never buy another Polaroid product ever again including as little as film. I am **! I had to buy a new TV and spend another $700 to replace a TV that went out in just over 3 years.

Bought a 42" Flat screen TV from Best Buy in 2007. Less than 3 years later, every time the picture comes on there is a high pitched and loud whirring noise coming from the TV. It is very noticeable, even when my surround sound system is turned up. The issue used to only come up if the TV had been on a while, then someone turned it off then back on. Upon restart, if hot, the TV would make this same noise. Sometimes I could even tap the TV to get it to go away.

Now it is on permanently. I don"t even use the TV"s audio ever, so it is something to do with the lamps and/or fans in the TV. Going to try and take the back panel off to see if it is something I can fix. If not, I guess it is time to trash the TV since judging by the comments here, I don"t even want to deal with the nightmare of Polariod"s customer service, or lack there of.Read full review

I bought a 32-inch Polaroid TV from WalMart less than 3 years ago and now the TV went black but we can still hear the sound. Will never buy another Polaroid TV if it only last less than 3 years. Don’t buy another Polaroid product!

Today our Polaroid 42in HDTV went black while we were watching it. It still had the sound but just no picture. I guess by seeing all of these complaints I understand what has happened. Let"s just keep sending letter to the economic branch of the government.

I purchased a POLAROID LCD TV from Wal-Mart in June of 2008. Over the last week the TV has decided to stop working. The screen is entirely blank and there is absolutely no sound. I have been purchasing electronic equipment for more than 50 years and I have never encountered a problem like this. How after spending $300 does a TV stop working after three years and when it"s out of warranty. There appears to be no recourse from Wal-Mart or Polaroid for these lemon TV"s. There needs to be a class action lawsuit to the consumers whole ASAP!

I purchased 32-inch HD Widescreen TV at Wal-Mart on 11/24/07. It has been less than 3 years and as I was watching, I heard a hissing sound and a cloud of white smoke billowed out the back of the TV and the screen went black. Still had audio. I pay $500 for a TV and it lasts less than 3 years. Sounds like a class action suit to me. I guess that the co. went bankrupt. Can anything be done?

I purchased a 32" Polaroid HDTV/DVD television 2.5 years ago. The DVD went out on it about 6 months ago it didn"t have 40 hours worth of use on it. Now, the family was sitting down watching TV and the picture went black, there was still sound no picture. I tried turning it on and off and then I didn"t get anything. I thought Polaroid was a good product. Wal-Mart said it was a bad component and they quit selling them. Well too bad for those of us that thought Polaroid products were good. Now my family is out of a TV and finances aren"t that great since I"ve lost my job, I can"t just go out and buy a new TV and spend another $700. I"m really disappointed in the Polaroid company.

On July 16, 2007, we purchased a Polaroid 19-inch HDTV. It does not work. I can get sound but no picture. I paid Dish to come out because I thought it was a problem with Dish. It was not and was told it was the TV. I can"t believe it would only last 3 years as we have had TVs for 20 years or more and they work fine. I am upset and will not buy another Polaroid product again. By the way, Rex"s is out of business. I wonder why. Of course, it was made in China. What happened to good old USA products?

We bought a 32" flat screen TV/DVD combo at Wal-Mart in 2008. After about a year, the DVD quit working. Now, the TV is smoking and we have lost the picture. After reading 71 pages of complaints about the exact same thing happening, we are exasperated.

We waited several years to be able to afford a flat screen, and now we have no TV and can"t afford to buy another. Mad and retired in OregonRead full review

I have a Polaroid LCD TV. It is only 3 years old. It is making a ticking sound and the picture is blinking after I have it on for 30 minutes. I have read all the complaints about these TVs so I will not waste my time and money on these inferior products that might cause a fire and burn everything I have. There should be something that the law can do to make these companies pay for the losses people have to deal with.

I purchased a 42" Polaroid TV in November 2007, which now has a black screen but still has volume. I called Polaroid and they told me the same thing they told everyone else that it was the control box. It would cost $300.00 and we would have to install it ourselves. Once we installed the new control box, we could notify them and get a hundred dollar credited back. They told me to remember the price they gave me so when I am ready to order the control box, they would honor that price. They stated that they would also put a note in their system so when I called back, they would have all the information. I also asked if I purchased the control box and that wasn"t the problem, could I return it for a refund? They said no, you will only get your hundred dollar credit back.

I just can"t believe that this happened to so many people that have Polaroid TVs and they are getting away with this. Polaroid does not stand up to their product and I will never recommend anyone to purchase a Polaroid TV. I am very disappointed and I don"t have the extra money to go out and buy a new TV or risk putting out money for a control box that"s not guaranteed that it is the problem.Read full review

My 42" Polaroid TV was bought in 11/2007. A couple months ago, the TV would be running and all of a sudden, I would lose the picture. The first call to Polaroid, determined the problem to be the control box. The cost to have a tech come out & install it would be $250. Even though I gave them the serial #, they need a number from inside the TV which they said I could see without taking the back off. Of course, by the time I check this, the support office is closed. So, the next day, I called again. I tell the agent the numbers I can see.

Apparently, these aren"t the right ones. So, I look again. Call #3, I still can"t see any numbers like they want. Finally, call #4, someone who figures out what control box I would need. Again, reiterates the cost of $250 which at that time, I was hesitant to spend. I had other TV"s so I wasn"t in a hurry. Fast forward to today, 8/9/2010, a couple months later. I"m ready to get the TV fixed so I call Polaroid. Now the price has jumped to $500 or $300 for just the part! And remember, this TV isn"t even 3 years old! I asked to speak to a supervisor and they can"t speak to me, can I call back. I said no. I am done with Polaroid. My advice to everyone, stay away from Polaroid TV"s! They are crap! And the customer service is no better!Read full review

We bought a Polaroid TV with a DVD player on Aug.17, 2009 and got the 2 year extended plan. Well on July 16, 2010, the TV went out and thanks to Walmart not telling us that they were no longer allowed to sell those TVs, we now have no coverage. Polariod won"t fix it and neither Walmart wants to and nothing is being done about it. After we paid $698 for the TV and $119 for coverage, what should I do? This is so wrong of Walmart and their people to do this to customers.

I purchased a combo TV/DVD polaroid TV 3 yrs ago. I gave the TV to my grandmother whose old TV went black. Then she called me today to say the TV that I gave was smoking and went black on the screen. I told her I would go online to do research and, wow, 71 pages of the same problem!

I purchased a Polaroid 32" HD LCD TV/DVD combo. In less than 1-1/2 yrs ago, the DVD stopped working and now the TV does not work. There is no picture but the volume works. I called the customer support line and was told that a lot of TVs do the same thing. We have a lot of different brand of TVs and they have all lasted a lot longer than 1-1/2 years, some are at least 10 years old. The support said that they had parts that we could purchase. We asked if there was a main number that we could call to complain about the product and were told that the product was made by Preview and that the office in California had closed and the only office that we could call was in China. Well, so much for that except that we will never purchase another Polaroid product of any kind and we understand that the company really does not care. I cannot believe that with all the complaints that the company is not made to make good for such a worthless product.

I bought a 32" flat screen/LCD TV as a Christmas present for my husband at Walmart in November 2007. Yesterday afternoon, while I was watching television, it started making a hissing noise. Smoke came barreling out of the back of the TV and the screen went black. The sound is the only thing still working. This TV is less than 3 years old and I do not have the money to replace it. Polaroid ripped me off. And from what I have read, I am just one of many. Polaroid should be held accountable for this. I will never buy another Polaroid product again.

We purchased the 32" Polaroid LCD TV/DVD combo less than 3 years ago from Walmart and now, all of the sudden, you go to turn the TV on and after a few seconds, the screen goes black but you can still hear the sound. I started searching the web for a possible fix, thinking that maybe something just wore out on it, but it is pretty obvious, after finding this site, that this a common occurrence with this TV. I am enraged that Polaroid has not taken responsibility for the defect in their TV and sent out a recall. What a waste of money. I guess I have definitely learned my lesson and will never buy another product from Polaroid again.

I bought a 36-inch Polaroid HDTV in 2007, now the TV comes on and off by itself. I have to keep the television unplugged in order to keep it from turning on and off. I have a 3-year old television that I can"t use. I took it to a TV repair shop and I was quoted $485.00 to have it fixed. Now I have a television that I can"t watch and it is a electrical safety risk to keep it plugged up.

I purchased a Polaroid Television 32 inch flat screen and within two years the screen went completely black. I took the TV back to Wal-Mart and they told me since the warranty was no longer valid that I had to called the Polaroid Center. I called the center and they said I needed a control board that cost $250. I will never buy another Polaroid brand of anything. It is totally a rip off.

I too bought the Polaroid 46" TV on Wal-Mart Black Friday "08. It has had a few hiccups that didn"t cause much of a problem. Now though, it will turn on, the home screen will come on then the TV will start. It could last 30 seconds, or all night but it will shut off on its own. I was trying to do something nice for my family and get them a "big" TV from Santa. Well, after reading so many people having the exact same problem and hearing that they have been ignored by Polaroid, it is very distressing. We have no warranty, and have been out of work for 11 months. No way we can afford to buy a new one or even get this one repaired. I too feel that a class action lawsuit should be filed against Polaroid since they have used lousy parts in the manufacturing of these TVs. A local electronics store had a SONY 50" HDTV on sale a few weeks after I bought this one for $50 more that I paid. I just couldn"t squeeze any more money out to get that one. Too bad for us.

I bought a 32-inch LCD flat panel TV at Walmart for the price of $683. It is a Polaroid TV/DVD combo. I still have the receipt of purchase. The date of purchase was 3/20/08. I did have a problem with the DVD part of the TV approximately one month after I bought it. Polaroid did send me the replacement part and it worked fine for about two or three months. Then it quit working again so I contacted Polaroid again and they informed me that they could no longer help me with this problem but if I wanted, Polaroid would send me another DVD replacement part but I would have to pay for it.

Now on 8/2/2010, the TV screen went black on me and I do have volume. So now all I can do is listen to it like it"s a radio. I called Polaroid on 8/3/2010 and they said there is nothing they could do except sell me the part that they think it is and it will cost me $289. The TV is only 28 months old and I paid a lot of money from my social security check to get this TV that should have never been sold with the problems it has. I would like to get this TV replaced to me at no cost whatsoever. Thank you for your understanding of this situationRead full review

We bought a 32" Polaroid Flat Screen with DVD less then three years ago. We have had the picture go out twice already. The first time it was under warranty and this time it is going to cost us $225 to fix it! The control box has gone out again. The customer service area is not helpful nor do they care that you have a faulty product and I have to wait 12 business days to even get the part. This is ridiculous and reading the others complaints infuriates me that Polaroid has not recalled and made this right with their consumers! I have a TV that does not work again.

I purchased a Polaroid 32 inch LCD TV/DVD combination at Walmart. After a few months of use, the DVD player started making a buzzing sound and no longer worked. The TV worked fine until a couple of weeks ago, the screen went black. I have sound but no picture. I called Polaroid customer service and was told to check the back of the TV to see if I could see a white light shining through. I said no.

The rep then told me that I needed a control panel which he would send me for $225.00. Once they receive my defective part back they would send me $100.00 back in the form of a rebate. The problem is that this TV is less than 3 years old and I do not have another $225.00 to invest in this piece of junk. What a rip off! I have been trying to escalate my concerns within the Polaroid company, but it appears that they have gone bankrupt. I have no idea as to what else I can do.Read full review

I purchased a Polaroid 42" LCD on Nov. "08 from local Wal-Mart. Recently, it started to have a black screen on left side when coming on. There are many lines running up, down and back and forth across the screen, with distortions. Turning off and on doesn"t do much, but it will come on, stay on with picture at this time. If it"s turned off for a few hours and turned back on it again, it has a black screen etc. My wife tells me she has noticed a strong burning plastic or electrical odor after it has been on for over an hour. (I have a poor sense of smell and can"t detect the odor).

After finding this site and reading of others similar problems, I am quite angry and concerned. Wal-Mart hasn"t carried this particular TV since the "08 holiday sale. Now I know why! I believe all of us need to contact Polaroid and really let them have it. What"s going to happen if one of these catch on fire in the middle of the night and burn a house down? It"s a crime that companies today can produce and sell such inferior products! We have not tried to contact anyone about the problem as we figured no one would even try to do anything. Funny, at the time I bought this, my wife said I shouldn"t buy Polaroid! I guess it does pay to listen to the ladies!Read full review

I brought the TV from Black Friday on Nov. 2008 and about 3 months ago, the TV screen went black but the sound still works. I think that they need to look more into the customer"s complaint and do a recall on the TV. In the future I will never purchase anything from Polaroid again.

My TV just started smoking from the top of the TV 32" Polaroid w/DVD player flat screen (TDA-03211C). I just purchased it from Walmart 1 1/2 or 2yrs ago. This is **. This needs to be a recall due to all the complaints on this TV. I will never buy a Polaroid again because they do not stand by their name/products when things go wrong. I bought it from Walmart on Roxboro Rd. in Durham, NC 27704 which has now moved to Geer Street in Durham, NC 27704

In November 2007, I purchased a Polaroid 27" TV from Wal-Mart. Several months after purchasing the TV, the screen went black, had sound and no picture. We contacted Wal-Mart, they informed us that they did not do TV repair or warranty work, we had to contact Polaroid. Polaroid contacted after several days of run around. They informed us that they would send a repair person to our home. A week or so later, a service man from Sears arrived and told us Sears did service for Polaroid. He checked the TV and informed us that we needed a computer board and we would have to order it from Polaroid. we did this and several weeks later, the part showed up. Sears contacted and several days later, the service man returned and replaced the part and the TV still did not work, service man said that was all he could do.

After several calls to Polaroid and getting the run around, we contacted Wal-Mart and after several threatening and very heated conversations with several managers at Wal-Mart, they contacted us and said Polaroid will be replacing the TV with another one. After several weeks, the new TV arrived in early Janauary 2008. Great TV and nice picture, we thought.

A week ago the screen went black and no picture, same problem as the other TVs. After searching the Consumers Affairs web site, we noticed hundreds of other ** that were ripped off and robbed by Polaroid. If the common person had done something like this, they would be in court and jail, and lose everything they had. What or who gives Polaroid the right to rob and cheat the honest hard working person that wants to provide something for their families.

If any class action suits come up against Polaroid, I hope I have knowledge of them. I have several cents worth of hatred to supply to them. This TV was purchased from a small inheritance from my wife"s mother. She is very upset to think the last thing she received from her mother is a [bad product]. With the bad economy and lost jobs, replacing the TV is impossible.Read full review

I too bought a Polaroid TV from Wal-Mart on black Friday of 2008. I also had the TV go to a black screen and it smelled like something electrical was burning. Now the TV will try to come on with the Polaroid start up screen only flashing and then going blank again.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

With no visible cords or wires connecting the DVD player to your LCD, this TV provides the highest performance with a space-saving, hassle-free connection. Other exciting features make this TV/DVD Combo an incredible value.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

One of today’s modern technological wonders is the flat-panel liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, which is the key component we find inside televisions, computer monitors, smartphones, and an ever-proliferating range of gadgets that display information electronically.What most people don’t realize is how complex and sophisticated the manufacturing process is. The entire world’s supply is made within two time zones in East Asia. Unless, of course, the factory proposed by Foxconn for Wisconsin actually gets built.

Liquid crystal display (LCD) screens are manufactured by assembling a sandwich of two thin sheets of glass.On one of the sheets are transistor “cells” formed by first depositing a layer of indium tin oxide (ITO), an unusual metal alloy that you can actually see through.That’s how you can get electrical signals to the middle of a screen.Then you deposit a layer of silicon, followed by a process that builds millions of precisely shaped transistor parts.This patterning step is repeated to build up tiny little cells, one for each dot (known as a pixel) on the screen.Each step has to be precisely aligned to the previous one within a few microns.Remember, the average human hair is 40 microns in diameter.

On the other sheet of glass, you make an array of millions of red, green, and blue dots in a black matrix, called a color filter array (CFA).This is how you produce the colors when you shine light through it.Then you drop tiny amounts of liquid crystal material into the cells on the first sheet and glue the two sheets together.You have to align the two sheets so the colored dots sit right on top of the cells, and you can’t be off by more than a few microns in each direction anywhere on the sheet.The sandwich is next covered with special sheets of polarizing film, and the sheets are cut into individual “panels” – a term that is used to describe the subassembly that actually goes into a TV.

For the sake of efficiency, you would like to make as many panels on a sheet as possible, within the practical limitations of how big a sheet you can handle at a time.The first modern LCD Fabs built in the early 1990s made sheets the size of a single notebook computer screen, and the size grew over time. A Gen 5 sheet, from around 2003, is 1100 x 1300 mm, while a Gen 10.5 sheet is 2940 x 3370 mm (9.6 x 11 ft).The sheets of glass are only 0.5 - 0.7 mm thick or sometimes even thinner, so as you can imagine they are extremely fragile and can really only be handled by robots.The Hefei Gen 10.5 fab is designed to produce the panels for either eight 65 inch or six 75 inch TVs on a single mother glass.If you wanted to make 110 inch TVs, you could make two of them at a time.

The fab is enormous, 1.3 km from one end to the other, divided into three large buildings connected by bridges.LCD fabs are multi-story affairs.The main equipment floor is sandwiched between a ground floor that is filled with chemical pipelines, power distribution, and air handling equipment, and a third floor that also has a lot of air handling and other mechanical equipment.The main equipment floor has to provide a very stable environment with no vibrations, so an LCD fab typically uses far more structural steel in its construction than a typical skyscraper.I visited a Gen 5 fab in Taiwan in 2003, and the plant manager there told me they used three times as much structural steel as Taipei 101, which was the world’s tallest building from 2004- 2010.Since the equipment floor is usually one or two stories up, there are large loading docks on the outside of the building.When they bring the manufacturing equipment in, they load it onto a platform and hoist it with a crane on the outside of the building.That’s one way to recognize an LCD fab from the outside – loading docks on high floors that just open to the outdoors.

LCD fabs have to maintain strict standards of cleanliness inside.Any dust particles in the air could cause defects in the finished displays – tiny dark spots or uneven intensities on your screen.That means the air is passed through elaborate filtration systems and pushed downwards from the ceiling constantly.Workers have to wear special clean room protective clothing and scrub before entering to minimize dust particles or other contamination.People are the largest source of particles, from shedding dead skin cells, dust from cosmetic powders, or smoke particles exhaled from the lungs of workers who smoke.Clean rooms are rated by the number of particles per cubic meter of air.A class 100 cleanroom has less than 100 particles less than 0.3 microns in diameter per cubic meter of air, Class 10 has less than 10 particles, and so on. Fab 9 has hundeds of thousands of square meters of Class 100 cleanroom, and many critical areas like photolithography are Class 10.In comparison, the air in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA is roughly Class 8,000,000, and probably gets substantially worse when an MBTA bus passes through.

The Hefei Gen 10.5 is one of the most sophisticated manufacturing plants in the world.On opening day for the fab, BOE shipped panels to Sony, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Vizio, and Haier.So if you have a new 65 or 75-inch TV, there is some chance the LCD panel came from here.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

As a consumer, you are responsible for ensuring that this product is disposed of properly. To ﬁ nd out how to properly dispose of this product, please go to www.polaroid.com and click on “Company“ or call the customer service number for your country listed in the instruction manual.

How to remove the TV Stand If you prefer to mount your new Polaroid TV on a wall instead of attaching it to the stand, please reference the instructions included in the wall mounting kit (sold separately). Verify your TV’s model and be sure to use the wall mounting kit speciﬁ ed for your TV model only.

Chapter 1 Introducing the LCD TV How to setup the TV Use a supplied antenna cable to connect the VHF/UHF signal to the LCD TV’s ANT. terminal (refer to page18-22). Connect the AC power cord at the back of the TV and connect the power cord to wall outlet. Insert the 2 batteries supplied in remote control.

Chapter 1 Introducing the LCD TV Right Side View and Controls VIDEO1 IN Connects to the composite Video and Audio output jacks on external video equipment. VIDEO VIDEO1 IN HEADPHONE Connects to the external headphone for private listening. Allows access to digital content stored on a USB storage : MP4/JPEG BUILT-IN SD CARD READER Allows access to digital content stored on a...

SET UP CAB/ SLEEP DVD MENU PAGE MUTE ASPECT LAST LIVE TV MENU GUIDE EXIT INFO PQRS WXYZ INPUT ENTER Eff ective range: The remote can control the LCD TV from up to 5m away, if pointed directly at the receiver. Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV Other device function key MENU...

Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV Controlling The Built-in DVD Press the TV button once to activate the built-in DVD control keys, the following functions are preset to operate the built-in DVD: SET UP CAB/ SLEEP DVD MENU PAGE MUTE ASPECT LAST LIVE TV...

Controlling The USB Storage and SD Card Reader Press the TV button once to activate the built-in USB and SD Card Reader control keys, the following functions are preset to operate the USB Storage and SD Card: For more information on setting up your USB storagnd adn card reader, please see the “Using the USB Storage and SD Card Reader”...

Use one of the following two diagrams when connecting an outdoor antenna. A: Shows how to use a VHF/UHF combination outdoor antenna. B: Shows how to use a separate VHF and/or UHF outdoor antenna. A. Combination VHF/UHF antenna B. Separate VHF and/or UHF antennas Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV VHF/UHF Antenna...

Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV Cable TV (CATV) Connection This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code (NEC) that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, speciﬁ es that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building accurately, or as close to the point of cable entry as possible.

Use a supplied antenna cable to connect the TV signal to the LCD TV’s TV CABLE terminal. HDTV/TV AIR/CABLE VHF/UHF IN Connect the AC power cord at the back of the TV and connect the power cord to wall outlet. HDTV/TV AIR/CABLE VHF/UHF IN...

Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV button on the remote to display the Input List. Use the ▲▼ buttons to Press the INPUT select TV and press the OK button. Main TV(CABLE/AIR) VIDEO1 (SIDE) VIDEO2 (REAR) VIDEO3 (S-VIDEO) VIDEO4 (YPbPr1) VIDEO5 (YPbPr2) CARD READER VIDEO6 (HDMI1)

Chapter 2 Installing the LCD TV Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of the LCD TV or other connected equipment. Press the button on the remote to turn on the LCD TV. To watch a DVD, press the INPUT button on the remote to select VIDEO2( METHOD A), or VIDEO3 ( METHOD B), or VIDEO4/VIDEO5 (METHOD C).

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV 2. Press ▲▼◄ on the remote control to move the light bar to the image you want to play, and press the OK button to play the ﬁ le. Slide Show: Press ▲▼◄ to highlisht Slide Show and press the OK button, to display all the images recorded on the SD card/USB storage.

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV TV MENU: Allows you to edit and label channels. Channel Scan Tuner Mode Cable Channel Skip Time Zone Eastern Time Select Exit SETUP MENU: Allows you to set up a variety of features: Language, Closed Caption, factory reset, Parental Control, sleep timer.

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV Color temperature Adjusts color components independently to achieve a warm or cool effect: Cool/Middle/Warm/User ▪ Warm: ▪ Nature : ▪ Cool : ▪ User : Noise Reduction Select to reduce the noise level of connected equipment: Off/Low/ Medium/Strong.

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV SPDIF Type Allows to selection of the digital sound format: PCM/OFF/Dolby Digital ▪ PCM: The external audio system is connected to the AUDIO OUT (L/R) of the LCD TV ▪ Dolby Digital: The external audio system is connected to the AUDIO OUT DIGITAL (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) ot the LCD TV ▪...

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV Press the ▼ button to select the desired channel, andpress the OK button repeatedly to select show ( ) or hide( ) Time Zone Allows selection of regional TV systems of USA: Eastern Time/ Indiana/Central time/Mountain Time/Arizona/Paciﬁ...

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV ▪ T1/T2: Display station information presented using either half or the whole screen ▪ T3/T4: Extended Data Services. For example: Network name, program name, program length, etc. Digital Closed Caption: Press the◄►buttons to select the digital closed caption option. Note: The setting here will be applied to each DTV channel Caption Style: Press OK button to customize the settings for digital closed...

The Parental block menu includes the following options: U.S. TV Ratings Selects to activate the TV Rating programs. U.S. Movie Ratings Selects to activate the MPAA Rating programs Canadian English Ratings Selects to activate the English Rating programs of Canada. Canadian French Ratings Selects to activate the French Rating programs of Canada ▪...

Chapter 3 Using the LCD TV U.S. TV Ratings The U.S.TV Rating has 2 rating methods: Content-Based Rating and Age-Based Rating. The U.S.TV Rating includes the following options: TV-Y TV-Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA Allowed Rating Blocked Rating U.S. TV Ratings Set OK Select Exit AGE-BASED...

Specifi cations U.S. Movie Ratings The U.S. Movie Ratings is used for original movies rated by the Motion Picture Association of America(MPAA) as broadcasted on cable TV and not edited for television. U.S. Movie Ratings includes the following options: PG-13 NC-17 Allowed Rating Blocked Rating...

Searching for your Code If your device does not respond to the remote after trying all codes listed for your brand, or if your brand is not listed, try searching for your code: Press a device key once. Press and hold SET UP until the red LED blinks twice; then release. Enter 9-9-1, then the device group number (0= Cable, 1= TV, 2= VCR, 3= Audio).

Penneys 0195, 0039 Philips 1189, 1269, 0891,1266, 0189, 0391, 1120 Pioneer 1023, 1384, 0531, 0014, 0150, 0630, 0080, 0801, 0244, 0346 Polaroid 1508 Polk Audio 0189, 1289, 1414 Proscan 1254, 0054 Quasar 0039 1023, 1609, 1254, 0531, 1511, 1390, 1074, 0080,...

Philco 0054, 0463, 0030, 0145 Philips 1454, 0054, 0017, 0000, 0030, 0171, 1254, 0690 Pilot 0051, 0060, 0030, 0178 Pioneer 0166, 0866, 0679 Polaroid 0765, 0865, 1523 Portland 0451, 0092 Precision 0236, 0180 Prima 0761, 0783, 0815, 0817 Princeton 0700...

Programming Your Remote Control Manufacturer Code RadioShack 0000, 0035, 0037, 0048, 0047, 0162, 0240, 0104 Radix 0037 Randex 0037 Realistic 0000, 0035, 0037, 0048, 0047, 0162, 0240, 0104, 0121 ReplayTV 0614, 0616 Ricavision 1972 Runco 0039 0042 SV2000 0000, 0072 0000 TT Nokia 0240, 0041...

0672 Panasonic 0503, 0490, 1762,0703, 1362, 1462, 1490, 0571 Philips 0503, 0539, 0675,1267, 0646, 0854, 1354, 1260 Phonotrend 0699 PianoDisc 1024 Pioneer 0571, 0525, 0631 Polaroid 1061, 1020 Polk Audio 0539 Portland 0770 Prima 1016 ProVision 0778 Proceed 0672 Proscan...

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

The ideal viewing distance for your Polaroid television depends on the screen size. As a rule of thumb you can assume that approximately 2.4 times the screen diagonal is the ideal viewing distance.

If your television has no signal, you can check the following: - Check whether your television is set to the correct source. - Check if your TV receiver is properly connected via the HDMI or SCART input.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

Once upon a time Polaroid reinvented photography as we knew it with the instant camera. The tiresome task of waiting days to develop film was reduced to a few shakes of the wrist and a minute-or-so wait. After spending a few minutes trying to get an accurate picture out of the Polaroid FLM-2601 LCD television I wanted to shake the TV with the same vigor I would an instant Polaroid photo print.

Polaroid began selling TVs manufactured by Petters Company under the Polaroid brand, slid into bankruptcy, and was bought out the Petters Company in 2005. LCD TV Buying Guide tested a smaller Petters-manufactured model earlier, the 20-inch Polaroid 2000 LCD TV, and was unimpressed. The larger Polaroid FLM-2601 LCD TV, Polaroid"s 26-inch LCD television that we review here today, left us disappointed too. Polaroid also offers a 32-inch model, the FLM-3201, which we haven"t gotten our hands on yet. Given our bad experience with the rest of the Polaroid TV lineup, we won"t be rushing out to buy the FLM-3201 anytime soon.

Polaroid TVs cost approximately $400-600 less than similarly sized models from Sharp and Sony, and it"s easy to see where they cut corners. Cheap materials, a poor user interface, and a sub-par picture detract from the Polaroid FLM-2601"s attractive price.

The FLM-2601 LCD TV has an appealing design. A black plastic frame surrounds the screen, helping the viewer"s eye to perceive contrast better. Silver speakers fan out from both sides of the screen and the TV is supported by a silver, tilting table stand. A purple power-indicator on the bottom of the screen melds well with the TV"s overall design. Unfortunately Polaroid chooses to clad the bottom of screen"s frame with HDTV, SRS, and DCDi logos, cluttering an otherwise clean design. The row of logos make the economy-TV look like it was suped-up by a teenage boy-racer who had gone crazy applying decals. Basic channel and volume controls are located on the back of the TV, an inconvenient location.

Out of the box the Polaroid FLM-2601 LCD Television has the reddest picture I have ever seen on a television. Watching pro-wrestling using our cable connection using the built-in tuner I saw lobster-red-wrestlers slamming each other into the mat. During the faux interviews between body-slams I saw wrestlers and hosts engaging in dialog only slightly less convincing than the TV"s color. To improve the TV"s picture I started with the soft picture setting, which gives the best blacks of the 3 presets. I turned down the color to about 30 to curb overly red skin tones. I adjusted the brightness to 45 and put the contrast between 50 and 60 too keep blacks dark. Turning down the sharpness improved picture quality. Tint is the only setting that didn"t need tweaking. Adjusting individual color channels is not possible on the FLM-2601 LCD TV. Two other presets bright and nature do not work well for the majority of video sources.

In Catch Me if You Can, Frank Abagnale, Sr., played by Christopher Walken, had hair that looked like it was dyed black in an inkwell and pink rosy cheeks - I know he has neither. After adjusting the TV to display the indoor scenes with accurate darks, the TV rendered the women clad in 1960s, psychedelic bikinis that surround Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) in washed out and drab colors. The Polaroid FLM-2601 never seemed capable of simultaneously producing accurate blacks and accurate colors in both dark and light scenes. Furthermore, when I adjusted the picture controls to get true-to-life color no setting would yield dark blacks in my well-lit viewing room. Outside of a 70-degree angle glare from bright natural light sources reflected off the screen and colors began to wash out.

The television can zoom, or horizontally stretch 4:3 sources to fit on the 1366 x 768 HDTV screen. Native 4:3 sources are displayed in a dark black frame that suggests the display"s 600:1 contrast ratio is no lie. Too bad the in-picture blacks do not gently graduate to the blacks we saw in the picture frame.

The television comes with 3:2 and 2:2 pull-down filters to help curb noise. The LCD panel has a response time of 16 milliseconds. Eyestrain from motion artifacts wasn"t pronounced when we turned down sharpness but we observed annoying streaking across the screen when a light object moved across a dark space. The streaking problem seemed to lie in the TV"s electronics since no amount of waiting would clear the lines. Only disconnecting an input source and reconnecting the source would clean up an image on a paused frame.

The Polaroid 2601 LCD Television comes with more features than you would expect for its price -- though none of the features are executed with polish.

The FLM-2601 comes with two sets of component inputs, two sets of composite inputs, one DVI input, one VGA input, and one coaxial input. Inputs are housed in a tinny metal strip on either side of the back of the television. The jacks and cables are concealed under plastic covers and cables are routed through a clear-plastic coral at the base of the tilt stand. The plastic cable coral does not match the rest of the TV and looks like it was screwed on as an after-thought. Fortunately you won"t have to look at it from the front of the TV. The 7-watt speakers deliver respectable sound for a television this size. Component audio out jacks allow you to listen to the built-in tuner through your stereo or home theater system.

The built-in NTSC tuner was snappy, but picture quality wasn"t anything to write home about. It does not include any fancy features like station ID and this TV does not have a CableCARD slot. There is no picture-in-picture support for displaying two video sources but you can watch a video source in a small window when using the VGA or DVI inputs, most likely with a computer. Since there is no built-in ASTC tuner you will have to connect HD sources via the component or DVI jacks.

The on-screen menu and picture adjustment controls could use refinement. At their default size all on-screen menu fonts and controls are too small and occupy the center portion of the screen. One alternate font-size can be selected but it is enormous. Users will probably want to squint to see the smaller font size and reposition the menu controls to one corner of the screen. Since this TV was very difficult to get accurate color out of, and necessary adjustments varied widely depending on which input was being used, we would have liked to have seen per-input picture controls, not a TV-wide setting. At least providing separate controls for the built-in tuner and the A/V inputs would have been a step in the right direction. The remote control rates average in terms of design, functionality, and comfort.

The television is 32 inches wide, 20.3 inches tall, and 9 3/4 inches deep with the stand and just over 4 inches deep without the stand. The FLM-2601 LCD TV weighs about 42 lbs and is assembled in China. Even after several hours of operation the television was not hot. Power consumption is 140 watts.

The Polaroid FLM-2601 sells for about $1100. It is several hundred dollars cheaper than competing products from Sharp and Sony and a couple hundred dollars off JVC and Toshiba"s offerings. While the FLM-2601 LCD TV doesn"t fail at anything, it doesn"t excel at anything either. For absolute bargain-basement shoppers it might be worth a look. For shoppers looking to stretch their dollars a larger, better EDTV plasma would yield better overall picture for about the same money—so would a smaller, better LCD.

polaroid tv tda-03211c lcd panel made in china

You Might Also Be Interested In