Yeah, this is sad to hear, but did any of you get insurance on it? I have one that hasnt crapped out yet but I have amazon insurance that costs about $50.
Hopefully if/when mine dies, I'll be able to just swap it out. On Feb 18, 2008 9:14 PM, David Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad I read these posts on the Xacti. Im selling all my cameras but > would like to have a > smaller cam that I could catch things on from time to time. Reports like > these have > certainly changed my mind about getting a Xacti. > > Sorry to hear you are all having troubles however Im glad to get this info > before I put out > money for something that is going to crap out. > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Halcyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yikes! > > > > I just sent TWO Xacti cameras to be repaired. One was 40 days old, the > other > > about 7 months. > > > > I hope I can report back with good news soon. > > > > -halcyon > > www.pinkbroadcasting.com > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM, ryanne hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > just to add to this > > > yeah, both our xactis LCD screens died after exactly 6 months of use. > > > one of them just flat out showed a weird green and purple image > > > and the other just degraded over 3 days from a weird solarized image > down > > > to > > > complete black screen. > > > > > > i've sent one to the Skokie Repair place > > > http://www.skokieservice.com/ > > > (call them, and send them your reciept with your camera, these are > still > > > under the 1 year warranty) > > > > > > BUT > > > it's been there for 2 months > > > and it seems sanyo won't call them back > > > so i've been calling them every other day to see if sanyo has said > > > anything > > > to them. > > > > > > i've also been in contact with some folks at sanyo (the fellow we met > at > > > the > > > SF Xacti party) who are going to take a look at our other camera. > > > we're sending it to them in japan tomorrrow. > > > and hopefully they'll talk to someone at the skokie repair shop as > well??? > > > > > > hopefully if more people speak up they will pay attention to this > issue. > > > > > > -ryanne > > > > > > > > > On Feb 18, 2008 1:06 PM, Jay dedman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<jay.dedman%40gmail.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been having trouble even getting through. There > > > > > is nothin on the web to open a ticket or to email > > > > > support. Looks like I will end up quite litterally > > > > > making a call this afternoon. Unfortunatly I don't > > > > > really have time. What a pain in the rear end. > > > > > > > > By the way, the official Sanyo repair shop in the US is > > > > http://www.skokieservice.com/. > > > > one of our cameras is currently there being fixed. > > > > (isnt the picture crazy) > > > > > > > > by the way, here's a short video of the Xacti designer talking about > the > > > > camera: > > > > > > > > > > > http://semanal.org/2008/01/27/week-5-2008-video-commenting-is- > live/#comment-413 > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > > > > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > > > > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Me ----> http://RyanEdit.com > > > Twitter------>http://twitter.com/Ryanne > > > Documenting Green ---->http://RyanIsHungry.com > > > Educate ----> http://FreeVlog.org > > > iChat/AIM ----> VideoRodeo > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > (((((((((HUG))))))))) > > > > http://www.HugNation.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
