LG - 42LB5D LCD TV Review

We purchased the LG 42 LB5D LCD TV from BEST BUY but did not get the extended waranty. Well within (12) twelve months we started haveing problems and just as you would think it will cost more to repair than to fix. It starting going dark on the picture but the sound worked fine. Then it would just start to shut down. Other times it will work fine. Well paid about $1200 as best I can recall for this tv. and I am very unhappy needless to say. I feel like it was money down the drain. What can we do? They say nothing because we did not get the extra waranty. So my word of advise to one and all is to spend the extra money and get the waranty. You should decide how long you what the product to last for the amount of money you are spending. I sould have thought that I would have been good for at least seven to ten years. Well it's a lesson hard learned that I will not have to learn again and I will not buy a LG again as I have heard from others that have had simalar problems.