Opinions on extended warranty?

[Neutron82]

Originally Posted by slimdude

I wouldn't had anything repaired! Evidently, the TV was defected when you've bought it, and you should have returned it, and exchanged it for another one completely, (instead of having it repaired) especially if you've just purchased it. You've bought a defective item, and kept it! As far as your warranty is concern, Samsung have a reputation of having many problems with their products so, an extended warranty may come in handy.

they did replace it, sorry I said panel and meant tv haha... I did some research at that time on the different panels samsung used and I had an aa01 originally which were the problematic ones made by another company... I requested an sq01 which is made by samsung and as I said it has looked great since... their customer service was good to me and I haven't had any mechanical issues (other than the above) with any of their products I've owned so far (2 lcd tvs and a bd player)... the warranty is offered by samsung directly and not by amazon (where I purchased it) if that matters... I'm kind of on the fence about it but it does seem a little high... according to the link provided by the poster above the warranty should be around 10% of the cost of the tv which would come out to $3250 and I paid about half of that for the tv lol