Insuring LCD

I am about to buy a Toshiba LCD 32WL48. The salesman asked if I wanted to extend the 2 year warranty in case the set suffers from pixelation in the future. The cost for 5 years is 10% of the purchase price. Should I extend to 5 years?

Not for the reason the salesperson gave you. Pixelation in the future? Pixelation is due to the quality of the signal and/or connection type used and not the aging of an LCD. I wouldn't bother...

borromini, I may not have expressed mysef clearly. What the salesman meant was with time the LCD could lose pixels to the extent that it could be noticeable. I would have thought that this would occur within the first two years and hence be in the warrantee period. He stated that it could happen after two years.

Thanks for clearing that up...as to LCD dead pixels due to aging, I doubt that happens in the first two years. Dead pixels are usually something you get right after manufacturing. Your LCD should work close to flawless for 5 years. They've come a long way since the days of the first PC LCD monitors. The extended warranty is more piece-of-mind than anything else...if it's money you won't miss. :)