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Transporting my new plasma TV flat on its back?
by nacho1162 - 6/4/09 6:35 AMJust bought a new Samsung PN63B590 at my local video store last night but I need to borrow my buddies truck to get it home. The problem is in order to transport it standing up we will need to remove his camper shell. However, the sales person said it's perfectly safe to transport a plasma TV flat on its back (screen side up) as long as you let it sit vertically for a minimum of 24 hours before you turn it on. Any thoughts on this? I Googled this question and got various answers.
Thanks.
Try the Samsung forum (link to)
by R. Proffitt
- 6/4/09 6:47 AM
In reply to: Transporting my new plasma TV flat on its back? by nacho1162
http://forums.cnet.com/5204-13973_102-0.html?forumID=146&tag=rb_mtx;f06-fd
your asking for trouble
by givemeaname - 6/4/09 3:23 PM In reply to: Transporting my new plasma TV flat on its back? by nacho1162Do not do it that way!!! All Plasmas are ment to be ship up right and if the screen brakes when moving it, it is not covered under the warranty. Best to pay the extra $50 for them to deliver it and if they brake it they pay it.
You can also get some shipping straps to hold it in place in the truck and then some wood to displace the force from the straps so it not put undo stress on the tv it self.
I'm bringing it home standing up
by nacho1162 - 6/4/09 3:35 PM In reply to: your asking for trouble by givemeanameThanks for your input every one. My friend who's truck we will be using basically said the same thing and he will be taking his camper shell off to bring the TV home up right. I just didn't want to inconvenience him to much but he said it would be no problem.
Stand it up!!
by jbeck918 - 6/4/09 4:12 PM In reply to: I'm bringing it home standing up by nacho1162I work for a distribution center where we handle hundreds of plasma and lcd tv's every day. When a truck arrives at our facility we ALLWAYS inspect the shipment before unloading. Any and all plasma or lcd tv's that are lying down (either shipped that way or fell over) are refused. No exceptions!! I would never suggest to anyone to lay one down even for a short time.
My stand-it-up experience
by eddieferro - 6/6/09 7:59 AM In reply to: Stand it up!! by jbeck918I bought a 32" LCD over a year ago. I laid it down flat in my SUV (I didn't pay any attention to whether it was screen up or screen down). I didn't have any problem.
Perfectly safe
by 3rdalbum - 6/6/09 3:14 AM In reply to: Transporting my new plasma TV flat on its back? by nacho1162I used to work at an electronics store in Australia. I've transported many, many plasmas and LCDs sitting on their back, and some even on their front. I've set them up and turned them on straight after unloading, with no ill effects.
In the early days, plasmas had to be transported upright. These days they don't. I've even seen in a Panasonic manual, an instruction to rest the TV on its screen (on a cushion) in order to put the stand on. If that's not a green-light for putting your plasma horizontal, then I don't know what is!
I know American-market TVs aren't as advanced as Australian-market TVs, but I don't think the Americans are three years behind :-P
LoL
by jbeck918 - 6/6/09 1:29 PM In reply to: Perfectly safe by 3rdalbumNow Now .. 3rdalbum.... we all know everything in Australia is upside down!!! so laying down there is standing up here!!
upside down vertically a problem??
by pana50 - 6/11/09 7:54 AM In reply to: Perfectly safe by 3rdalbumhi all, i am finding this discussion interesting...just bought a pana th-50pz850a, so heavy i had to turn it upside down (vertically) to fix the stand, and later on i started to worry about maybe i shouldn't have done that.........too late anyway, i did it already, although i did not notice any damage anyway, but am still a bit concerned if that would have done something bad to the set (such as colour, clarity, etc. etc. etc......), can anyone help?
also, those who think it must sit upright, can you give further technical explanations (such as the gas inside might leak or get out of place etc....therefore affecting viewing quality) apart from purely for transporting safety's sake?
thanks!
ray
pressure against the screen not adequately supported
by Pepe7 - 6/11/09 11:57 AM In reply to: upside down vertically a problem?? by pana50Think of how gravity works, along with how it is designed to be viewed/positioned. Is it flat on it's belly or upright? See what I mean. Keep in mind it's a fairly delicate piece of electronics if you factor in how it's intended to be used.
To the person from Oz who mentioned they transported it home in other than an upright position>
Let's use an analogy of your friends who jumped down from the balcony but didn't sprain their ankles. Does this mean you won't necessarily sprain (break) yours? Now you get it, I bet.
-Pedro
Bottom line
by jbeck918 - 6/11/09 4:14 PM In reply to: pressure against the screen not adequately supported by Pepe7Well... right side up ,,, upside down ,,, lay flat,, or dragged behind the car, if treated rough you will damage this delicate instrument.The fact is they were meant to be transported in the up rite position.When they first came out, there were little liquid filled tilt meters on the boxes so you would know if they were ever layed down. We at our dist. center had to refuse any that had the tilt meter empty. We are still told to refuse any flat t v that is laying down. they are expensive so better to be safe.We were told it had to do with the panel coming disconnected or loose.
Pay attention
by samkh - 6/11/09 5:44 PM In reply to: upside down vertically a problem?? by pana50to the descriptions of how LCD and PDP screens are made, especially the cathodes, in following articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCD_TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display
It doesn't take much bowing of the glass panels to stress the cathodes and affect their conductivity. You may not see any ill effects immediately or even forever, but a damaged cathode(s) could someday fail and you'll wish you paid attention to handling advise. Simpler TV failures as in defective electronics and connectors are relatively cheap to fix, but a screen ... unless you're under warranty.
if in doubt, check the manual...
by pana50 - 6/11/09 7:38 PM In reply to: Pay attention by samkhhi samkh, that's a lot of reading, but thanks, i guess, the short answer is, leave it upright at all times if and when possible and never do anything that is different to what is recommended by the manufacturer (the box says, and later on i found the manual also says, transport it in upright position only, and do not lay flat)...i turned it upside down to fit the stand thinking this is not "transporting", and not "flat" anyway, and it's only for 5 mins so it wouldn't matter, but later on i got a bit concerned....anyway, if that turned out to be a stupid thing to do, i have myself only to blame, would be an expensive lesson 
You do realize...
by Pepe7 - 6/11/09 5:59 PM In reply to: Perfectly safe by 3rdalbum...there's a difference between turning it for a short while to install a stand vs. letting it bounce around under pressure for an extended period??
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