I've had several problems with this television since I purchased it in 2007. Shortly after purchase, the HDMI board went out. It was under warranty but it took four visits for the repair service to get the correct part from Toshiba. Now, after twenty-two months, it has developed several vertical lines across the screen, one in the middle and one down each side about a third of the way in. While not overly intrusive in dark scenes, once you know the lines are there you can't NOT see them, especially when a scene pans horizontally. Of course this happened shortly after the warranty expired. Luckily I bought this with my SIGNATURE VISA which doubled Toshiba's warranty. The service technician diagnosed the panel (for a $95.00 service call) as needing to be replaced at a total cost of over $2000.00. Heck, I only paid $1700.00 for the TV to begin with. Looks like VISA will be reimbursing me my original purchase price. You can be sure I will NOT be buying a Toshiba.