Your new HDTV comes with a Limited Warranty. This is truly a limited coverage, and it only applies to parts for one year, and labor anywhere from 90 days to one year from date of purchase. Your TV warranty might have a separate time frame for the tube but it will only be two years at most. This doesn't sound like much when you figure to have your new TV for a much longer period and you certainly expect to keep it working longer than a year. There is a way to have better coverage and even additional benefits besides. You can extend the original warranty and upgrade to a more exclusive policy for just pennies a day.

If you bought the HDTV in a department or electronics store you perhaps remember the salesperson asking if you wanted an extended warranty. You probably said "No" because you wanted to avoid any extra cost while making your best deal. Well If this did happen to you, there is still plenty of time to get that extension plus more benefits besides. You can buy an extended warranty from a third party on most brands. I will explain how these work and where they are available.

First, let's examine what the original warranty covered. When shopping for the extended warranty, we would want the same terms of agreement (everything the manufacture covered originally) and maybe a few more bells and whistles. The extended warranty may overlap the original, but will cover a longer period.

The cost depends on the price to replace your TV, and will run from 0 to 0, or more. Typical plans are for 2 years or 4 years. Most contracts cannot extend the original warranty for more than 5 years. These can be purchased in a store or online. You may have to buy an extended warranty within the first 90 days or before the last 30 days of your original warranty.

Next, consider what risk you expect the TV to be subjected to. Some policies cover preventative maintenance and others cover little or none for simple repairs. Look for an option for In-home Repairs, a big savings when it comes to shipping a heavy large screen HDTV.

Finally you must decide if the additional 0 to 0 or more, is worth the investment.
HDTV's are an exception to avoiding the "extra expenses" such as an extended warranty,
because the newer technologies have many "black boxes" and "Niche" designs that require factory trained technicians to work on. Just like the new cars, they usually cannot be repaired by just anyone. Keeping this in mind, it usually makes sense to spend a few hundred dollars extending the warranty.

So, no matter where you bought your HDTV and as long as you do not wait to long, you can extend the manufacturers warranty and also improve the benefits with an extended warranty plan for just pennies a day.