Re: Long backorder on Panny plasma parts - anyone else?

I considered the supply/demand issue, too, but being an 8 week back order is ridiculous. Almost makes it sound like they completely ran out of their warehoused supply of boards and are having to fire up a new production run to restock.

Anybody talk to Panasonic directly yet to get more specific info?

My Panasonic plasma 55GT30 got the 7 blinks. Since I was still under credit card extended warranty, I called a local service shop and they identified the SC board (TXNSC1NVUU) as bad. That was on Jan 30. They said it would be 2-3 weeks on back order. Later, they said it would be March 8th. They've now called Panasonic again at my request and Panasonic is saying another 3 weeks minimum!!

Anybody else having this long of backorder?

Is it know what is the cause of the backorder? Are they actually fixing a design problem and having new boards made? Or, do they plain just...