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tiktak · Guest

hello.
I am about to purchase a second hand toshiba pdr-m71 digital camera. all is
well with it except for the LCD screen which 90% of the time is all black
and white. (menus, viewfinder, pictures, everything) there are no other
problems with the camera besides this, and the pictures/movies come out in
good and okay colors despiting showing most of the time b&w on the lcd
screen.

before I pick this up, could someone comment on my chances of fixing this,
what the problem may be, could it get more serious (maybe lcd disappearing
altogether)... I don't mind the b&w color, I just don't want to be a sign
and a start of other more serious problems. I am paying $50US for this
camera. because of the defect, I hope you'll find just like me that this is
a decent price for this quality of camera.

any input on this would be appreciated.

thanks.

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CSM1 · Guest

"tiktak" <hikoryERASETHISPART@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[quote]hello.
I am about to purchase a second hand toshiba pdr-m71 digital camera. all
is
well with it except for the LCD screen which 90% of the time is all black
and white. (menus, viewfinder, pictures, everything) there are no other
problems with the camera besides this, and the pictures/movies come out in
good and okay colors despiting showing most of the time b&w on the lcd
screen.

before I pick this up, could someone comment on my chances of fixing this,
what the problem may be, could it get more serious (maybe lcd disappearing
altogether)... I don't mind the b&w color, I just don't want to be a sign
and a start of other more serious problems. I am paying $50US for this
camera. because of the defect, I hope you'll find just like me that this
is
a decent price for this quality of camera.

any input on this would be appreciated.

thanks.

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[/quote]
Run from this deal!

The cost of repair from the factory is almost the same as buying the camera
new.

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tiktak · Guest

hmmm
geez, this is some news your telling me.
I am closer to buyin this than I am to my own mother.

now... let me just run that by you again... the camera is fully functional
but only with the LCD apparently runing in black/white and not color. and I
just read on google that this can happen when there is not enough light
around.. though I do not think the person was silly enough not to test it in
bright daylight.

but anyway.. am I to conclude from your comment that a b/w lcd is a signe
of something gone terribly wrong or a sign of problems ahead?

let me just clarify, I do not mind/care about lcd running b/w, and will
never ever try to repair it. I just do not want it to be an indication of
another problem which could make surface when I buy the cam.

this is still a great cam I think. and at $50 with this tiny defect, I
think its a steal. well, almost a steal.

no?
:)

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[quote]"tiktak" <hikoryERASETHISPART@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4VV2f.35784$0Y5.852207@weber.videotron.net...
hello.
I am about to purchase a second hand toshiba pdr-m71 digital camera. all
is
well with it except for the LCD screen which 90% of the time is all black
and white. (menus, viewfinder, pictures, everything) there are no other
problems with the camera besides this, and the pictures/movies come out
in
good and okay colors despiting showing most of the time b&w on the lcd
screen.

before I pick this up, could someone comment on my chances of fixing
this,
what the problem may be, could it get more serious (maybe lcd
disappearing
altogether)... I don't mind the b&w color, I just don't want to be a sign
and a start of other more serious problems. I am paying $50US for this
camera. because of the defect, I hope you'll find just like me that this
is
a decent price for this quality of camera.

any input on this would be appreciated.

thanks.

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Run from this deal!

The cost of repair from the factory is almost the same as buying the
camera
new.

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Marvin · Guest

tiktak wrote:
[quote]hmmm
geez, this is some news your telling me.
I am closer to buyin this than I am to my own mother.

now... let me just run that by you again... the camera is fully functional
but only with the LCD apparently runing in black/white and not color. and I
just read on google that this can happen when there is not enough light
around.. though I do not think the person was silly enough not to test it in
bright daylight.

but anyway.. am I to conclude from your comment that a b/w lcd is a signe
of something gone terribly wrong or a sign of problems ahead?

let me just clarify, I do not mind/care about lcd running b/w, and will
never ever try to repair it. I just do not want it to be an indication of
another problem which could make surface when I buy the cam.

this is still a great cam I think. and at $50 with this tiny defect, I
think its a steal. well, almost a steal.

no?
:)

[/quote]
I doubt anyone can tell you for sure whetther the way the camera works now will be the
same in a month or a year. If you are a gmabler, you might take the risk.

tiktak · Guest

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"Marvin" <physchem@cloud9.net> wrote in message
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[quote]tiktak wrote:
hmmm
geez, this is some news your telling me.
I am closer to buyin this than I am to my own mother.

now... let me just run that by you again... the camera is fully
functional but only with the LCD apparently runing in black/white and not
color. and I just read on google that this can happen when there is not
enough light around.. though I do not think the person was silly enough
not to test it in bright daylight.

but anyway.. am I to conclude from your comment that a b/w lcd is a
signe of something gone terribly wrong or a sign of problems ahead?

let me just clarify, I do not mind/care about lcd running b/w, and will
never ever try to repair it. I just do not want it to be an indication
of another problem which could make surface when I buy the cam.

this is still a great cam I think. and at $50 with this tiny defect, I
think its a steal. well, almost a steal.

no?
:)

I doubt anyone can tell you for sure whetther the way the camera works now
will be the same in a month or a year. If you are a gmabler, you might
take the risk.
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I understand.
unless your name is nostradamus, you prolly cannot predict if a fully
functional camera will work in X months from now.

however, I was hoping that to say whether a camera with this specific defect
has better chances of failing me shortly. I suppose all I'm trying to find
out at the root of it all is what may be causing this problem. maybe from
this I can draw my own conclusions as to whether this problem could spread
to other parts. etc.
thank you for your comments.

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