Sylvania Buy their televisions they will break in a year and the company will not honor their products. You are left with junk Torrance, California

Sanyo, Philips and some other off brands sell at a "bargain" price. It's not that the companies are just benevolent.Something in the sets isn't up to the same standards as sets selling for much more.

It's a trade-off, you need to be able to live with.Other sets can fail just out of warranty too, but the odds are much better they won't.

Consumer Reports lists expected failure rates on TV's (and other products).  Check them out.

Sorry your set failed, that's indeed frustrating and it's probably not worth putting any repairs into it.

Sylvania is no longer an actual company, but only a brand name put on electronics by a South Asian manufacturing company.  And, yes, Panasonic is known worldwide as a very reputable company with outstanding customer service.  Add to that their award winning line of plasmas, and you can't go wrong.