Why do you ....

[jbudgie]

Have to keep plasma TV's upright , when transporting ?

[dundarach]

do you - oops - well mine is still going strong

[headcase]

You dont.

[pies]

When panasonic engineers collected mine they layed it down in the van so i guess you dont

Edited by pies on Wednesday 19th January 17:48

[hornetrider]

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[jbudgie]

You are supposed to -as it says in the Panasonic manual I got with mine.

Bought another last week and guy in the shop (Richer) reminded me to keep it upright.

[jbudgie]

Also just checked the box it came in--says "only transport in upright position"

[Luke.]

Is this the same with LCDs? Only ask as moving in a couple of weeks and was going to sling it (gently) in the back of the car and lay it flat.

[RobDickinson]

jbudgie said:

Have to keep plasma TV's upright , when transporting ?

Because a plasma screen is effectivly 2 pieces of reasonably fragile glass sandwiched together, unlike an LCD tv.

Lay it down and its much more likely to break.

[jbudgie]

Just found this in AV forums, seems quite a bit of a discussion about transporting them.


"The risk is that the glass could flex sufficiently to touch some of the electronics mounted very close behind it. Glass stressed by flexing is ultra brittle."

Edited by jbudgie on Wednesday 19th January 19:52

[jbudgie]

pies said:

When panasonic engineers collected mine they layed it down in the van so i guess you dont

Edited by pies on Wednesday 19th January 17:48

Engineers you say ?

[SplatSpeed]

jbudgie said:

pies said:

When panasonic engineers collected mine they layed it down in the van so i guess you dont

Edited by pies on Wednesday 19th January 17:48

Engineers you say ?

3 year degree to collect your telly?

times must be hard!

[pies]

Some things here never change

[headcase]

Ive moved thousands of Plasmas over the years, mainly stood up as they fit in the van better, believe me when I say they are more likely to break if they fall over. If ive only got one or two in the van because of this then I lay them down, never had one break that I have lay down.