 JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2
 ·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | reply to KA3SGM
Re: Continuing Picture Quality Degredation In Philadelphia Well-
I'm now convinced I have shit luck with companies ending in "izon".
Right as I was about to leave for the shore today (with friends' housesitting the dog the next 2 days) - I noticed the Central air wasn't turning on.
Turns out my compressor blew (after only 2 years of a brand new $4500 Trane AC) from Horizon.
So, now my AC from "Hor-izon" is f'd, as is my TV from "Ver-izon" - and i'll be out $1100 - and w/o air conditioning (with 4 days of 90+ degree weather coming) until the part gets in and they install it.
The joys of being a home owner. 
So, I sat and watched a DVR'd episode of Top Chef w/ my friends - the Bravo picture from the other night was so bad it jumped all over the screen. My friends were like, what's wrong with your TV? Exactly...
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 KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
·Verizon FiOS
 ·Cricket Broadband
| WOW Jeep, don't they provide a better warranty??
I had a new Carrier system installed last fall, Heater and A/C. The heater has a 20 year heat exchanger warranty, the A/C coil and compressor a 10 year warranty.
That was the standard warranty. I didn't pay for an additional one. The optional service contract is something like $180/year.
I looked at other systems from other manufacturers and the warranties were similar.
Sorry to say, it sounds like you really got a bad deal. 
Can you trace it back to a power surge? Lightning?
Your homeowners policy might even cover it. Less of course whatever your deductible is.
OK, I've taken my own thread off topic now, PM me when you get the A/C running again. |
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 matcarlPremium
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | Compressors are guaranteed for 5-10 years. Trane is a good brand too. |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
1 edit | If anyone wants an idea of HOW BAD our TV actually is.
Right now, on USA - Sweet Home Alabama is on.
You can't even make out Reece Witherspoon's face. It's like an Atari 2600 video game.
This is the SHIT we've dealt with for 4 weeks now. And VZ supposedly can't find the problem. And you wonder why KA and me are pulling our hair out???
No wonder i'm drinking so much! 
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matcarlPremium
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | I just put USA on now and it looks like it's in HD it's so clear.  |
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 CeeZee
join:2007-04-11
Wynnewood, PA | reply to JeepMatt
Clear as a bell here too. But when I checked USA at 7:00, exactly when you posted JeepMatt, and Sweet Home Alabama isn't on. Had you recorded it? |
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matcarlPremium
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | I found that odd too that he said that. That wasn't what was showing. Maybe that hot temperature in his house with the broken A/C has him seeing things on his broken TV. |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 | It was on UP TO 7:00pm. |
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KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
·Cricket Broadband
| reply to matcarl
said by matcarl: "Maybe that hot temperature in his house with the broken A/C has him seeing things on his broken TV" matcarl, I don't think Jeepmatt has a broken TV, as the video problems are more widespread than you might think.
But he obviously has a broken Air Conditioner.
I can't seem to find AirConditionerReports.Com, so he has a right to bitch about it somewhere.
Tomorrow and into the next week, we are looking at +90 temperatures. So no A/C sucks.
Jeep, Trane(cheap version of American Standard), has a 10 year compressor warranty on their A/C systems.
They have offered that for many years. So it looks like you are covered!!!
Please don't let some 3rd rate Trane distributor shove the cost of a compressor failure down your throat.
Unfortunately, the parts are covered for 10 years, but the Labor is NOT. The labor cost should not kill you though.
4 bolts and some copper tube brazing should not = $1000+
They can still reclaim the refrigerant, be it R-22 or R-410, so they should not have to charge you for that either.
Just consider an annual maintenance contract going forward.
It offers a little piece of mind.
Sorry, but in the end, the *.*-IZON companies have you.
You have been assimilated.
Thank you for choosing the BORG!!! |
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matcarlPremium
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | KA,
I'm well aware of the problems both you and Jeep are experiencing. I know it's not his TV, I was joking with him. I have IM'd both of you with my support of your problem and hope it gets resolved soon. |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | You guys crack me up!
Yeah KA - the parts are covered by my warranty - apparently the labor is that much! No worries, i'll be negotiating that estimate...
At least my TV pic still looks the same this morning...
Every morning I wake up and see they've made no attempt at late-night maintenance, it sickens me more and more.
I think the only engineers looking into this are the ones that drive Septa trains. |
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JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to JeepMatt
said by JeepMatt:If anyone wants an idea of HOW BAD our TV actually is. Right now, on USA - Sweet Home Alabama is on. You can't even make out Reece Witherspoon's face. It's like an Atari 2600 video game. This is the SHIT we've dealt with for 4 weeks now. And VZ supposedly can't find the problem. And you wonder why KA and me are pulling our hair out??? No wonder i'm drinking so much! Ok, now I know we're definitely not seeing the problem you are. I watched a chunk of that movie at the same time yesterday, and it looked fine to me. As good as a movie on USA can look.
Edit - wait a sec... maybe it wasn't that showing I was watching... they've been showing that movie so much lately that I lost track - I remember seeing it on the guide yesterday, but I think I watched it on Friday night... not yesterday. Still everything I watched yesterday looked great. We went to a friend's house last night for a graduation party. They have Comcast with a 50+" HD TV. He had the Phillies game on CSN HD, and it looked dull - if it wasn't in widescreen I would never have known it was in HD. I came home and just started flipping around - my SD looked sharper and clearer than his HD. |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | said by JPL:Ok, now I know we're definitely not seeing the problem you are. You got it JPL - they're not seeing it in Wayne either. The person that came by my home Thursday verified that as well. So as I said earlier - it's definitely an issue between the VHO and me and KA and whoever else is seeing it - and NOT everyone out of the Philly VHO. (See my Points A,B,C,D explanation above)
As KA mentioned earlier, they keep stressing to us that "it's being taken seriously" - but we don't get any updates at all - unless we bitch and prod for one - and those updates are merely, "we're still trouble-shooting". |
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JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1
1 edit | One thing that really surprises me is that both me and K are in West Chester. Granted the WC area is a little spread out, and really encompasses more than just the city itself, so I guess it's technically possible that you and he are both fed out of the same office, while I'm fed out of a different office (if I understand how all these feeds work, that is - I'm basically talking out of my you-know-what on this). Some of what you've described in this thread really sounds horrible. For example when I have folks come over I usually get "man you're picture looks so CLEAR" not "what the hell's wrong with your TV, dude?"
I have to say, I REALLY noticed it last night coming back from my friend's house. He has a really nice TV, so I don't think it's that - it's gotta be that Comcast is still that crappy. I swear my SD looked better than his HD. In fact, while the game was on at his house, the feed flipped to SD mode - during a commercial, or it may have been highlights of another game during a break. You know I could see zero difference between the HD feed and the SD - the HD was THAT bad. When I put on my HD it's obvious. It smacks you upside the head - especially on channels like Discovery HD, and NGC HD (even, ironically, CSN HD, which I think has a really nice picture) - it's so clear. The difference is obvious - you KNOW you're watching HD, and it's not just because it kicks into widescreen mode (some of those channels have the annoying habit of stretching their SD commercials to fill the screen. I really wish they would stop that). |
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JPLPremium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:1 | reply to JeepMatt
said by JeepMatt:Yeah KA - the parts are covered by my warranty - apparently the labor is that much! No worries, i'll be negotiating that estimate... No worries... except for the fact that it's going to be in the 90's for the next couple days  I'm sure they'll cover it, but you may be waiting a while for the repairman to come out to fix it - I get a feeling they're going to be really busy over the next couple days (like the time my furnace gave out, when the temperature plunged to close to single digits a couple years ago - that was the longest 2 days I'd been through). I hope they're faster at fixing your AC than Verizon has been at fixing your TV. |
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 ThespisI'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.Premium
join:2004-08-03
Keller, TX | reply to KA3SGM
quote:
Trane(cheap version of American Standard)
Sorry for the hijack, but Trane has been around for over 60 years and was acquired by American Standard in the 80's. Trane doesn't make a cheap version of anything. In fact, the American Standard brand is going away in favor of the Trane brand.
Again, my apologies. Back to your discussion... |
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JeepMattC'mon the UPremium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
| Thanks Thespis.
Another hijack - is anyone seeing MAJOR pixilation this morning on ESPN2 HD?
Lol..i'm glad I laugh!
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 GeekNJPremium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ | said by JeepMatt:Another hijack - is anyone seeing MAJOR pixilation this morning on ESPN2 HD? I'm not but it's after 11am so it's showing some SD program now. |
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matcarlPremium
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | Ka & JPL:
Why don't you two exchange addresses? JPL could see the bad reception you are experiencing so he knows what you are talking about. |
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Been following the saga of pixelation the past few weeks and just wanted to let you know that everything's fine here in the Exton/Chester Springs, PA area. I haven't noticed any signal degradation since I had the service installed in April. |
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