defective toshiba digital camera?

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tiktak - 11 Oct 2005 22:12 GMT

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 - 12 Oct 2005 00:16 GMT

> hello.
> I am about to purchase a second hand toshiba pdr-m71 digital camera. all is
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> thanks.

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 - 12 Oct 2005 04:52 GMT

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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>> hello.
>> I am about to purchase a second hand toshiba pdr-m71 digital camera. all
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Marvin - 12 Oct 2005 16:34 GMT

> hmmm
> geez, this is some news your telling me.
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> 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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tiktak - 12 Oct 2005 18:31 GMT

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>> hmmm
>> geez, this is some news your telling me.
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> will be the same in a month or a year. If you are a gmabler, you might
> take the risk.

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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