Polaroid And Circuit City Broken TV, terrible warranty service Internet Nationwide

I too have one of these tv's. I found an easy and cheap kit. It seems that polaroid is not as much at fault as we all thought. 4-5 years ago some one stole the "recipe" for an electrical component called a capacitor. Basically it stores power and discharges it at a very fast rate. These "caps" were put on the manufacturing market , unknown that the stolen info was flawed. The caps go bad....fast. The good news is that the parts are cheap and easy to replace.
the part is a 1000mf capacitor rated at 10 volts dc. You will need 2 of them. Do a search for a 1000mf 16v and you will get a better rated cap. These are located on the upper left back of the main control board. The tv needs to be unplugged and laid flat , screen side down. You will see a square flat plastic panel. Remove the 3 screws . Remove this panel. Now remove the metal panel under it, 2 more screws.
What you are now looking at is the main boards. The one on top is the one with the problem. All the way upper left are a pair of small black battery looking things. These are the offending objects. You can get a kit from radio shack for 10 $ and order the caps from e-bay. Even if you never did this before it is easy. NOTE.... Buy the caps rated for 16v rather than the ones at 10 v they will last longer. Also , buy a good name like rubicon . The tv will work flawlessly, even start up faster .

I too have one of these tv's. I found an easy and cheap kit. It seems that polaroid is not as much at fault as we all thought. 4-5 years ago some one stole the "recipe" for an electrical component called a capacitor. Basically it stores power and discharges it at a very fast rate. These "caps" were put on the manufacturing market , unknown that the stolen info was flawed. The caps go bad....fast. The good news is that the parts are cheap and easy to replace.
the part is a 1000mf capacitor rated at 10 volts dc. You will need 2 of them. Do a search for a 1000mf 16v and you will get a better rated cap. These are located on the upper left back of the main control board. The tv needs to be unplugged and laid flat , screen side down. You will see a square flat plastic panel. Remove the 3 screws . Remove this panel. Now remove the metal panel under it, 2 more screws.
What you are now looking at is the main boards. The one on top is the one with the problem. All the way upper left are a pair of small black battery looking things. These are the offending objects. You can get a kit from radio shack for 10 $ and order the caps from e-bay. Even if you never did this before it is easy. NOTE.... Buy the caps rated for 16v rather than the ones at 10 v they will last longer. Also , buy a good name like rubicon . The tv will work flawlessly, even start up faster .

I too have one of these tv's. I found an easy and cheap kit. It seems that polaroid is not as much at fault as we all thought. 4-5 years ago some one stole the "recipe" for an electrical component called a capacitor. Basically it stores power and discharges it at a very fast rate. These "caps" were put on the manufacturing market , unknown that the stolen info was flawed. The caps go bad....fast. The good news is that the parts are cheap and easy to replace.
the part is a 1000mf capacitor rated at 10 volts dc. You will need 2 of them. Do a search for a 1000mf 16v and you will get a better rated cap. These are located on the upper left back of the main control board. The tv needs to be unplugged and laid flat , screen side down. You will see a square flat plastic panel. Remove the 3 screws . Remove this panel. Now remove the metal panel under it, 2 more screws.
What you are now looking at is the main boards. The one on top is the one with the problem. All the way upper left are a pair of small black battery looking things. These are the offending objects. You can get a kit from radio shack for 10 $ and order the caps from e-bay. Even if you never did this before it is easy. NOTE.... Buy the caps rated for 16v rather than the ones at 10 v they will last longer. Also , buy a good name like rubicon . The tv will work flawlessly, even start up faster .

I too have one of these tv's. I found an easy and cheap kit. It seems that polaroid is not as much at fault as we all thought. 4-5 years ago some one stole the "recipe" for an electrical component called a capacitor. Basically it stores power and discharges it at a very fast rate. These "caps" were put on the manufacturing market , unknown that the stolen info was flawed. The caps go bad....fast. The good news is that the parts are cheap and easy to replace.
the part is a 1000mf capacitor rated at 10 volts dc. You will need 2 of them. Do a search for a 1000mf 16v and you will get a better rated cap. These are located on the upper left back of the main control board. The tv needs to be unplugged and laid flat , screen side down. You will see a square flat plastic panel. Remove the 3 screws . Remove this panel. Now remove the metal panel under it, 2 more screws.
What you are now looking at is the main boards. The one on top is the one with the problem. All the way upper left are a pair of small black battery looking things. These are the offending objects. You can get a kit from radio shack for 10 $ and order the caps from e-bay. Even if you never did this before it is easy. NOTE.... Buy the caps rated for 16v rather than the ones at 10 v they will last longer. Also , buy a good name like rubicon . The tv will work flawlessly, even start up faster .

for $900 that is somewhat larger than yours. The picture has failed to appear about two times, just like your complaint. I unplugged the unit from the wall AC and waited a minute. Then I plugged it back in and everything was fine for many months. I think powerline fluctions cause some problems with the TV's internals, and I have to unplug it to "reboot" it just like a computer.

PS If your Polaroid is HD, get an OPPO OPDV971H and watch all your DVD's in HD. ($200)