[mstaton]

The longest That I've seen is a Toshiba 42" Plasma built in 2004. I bought it off ebay in 2005 for 1K. It was an unused scratch and dent. At that time I got a deal. I used it until early 2009 when I replaced it with a Sony 1080P 52" I got for nothing(had to repair it). I sold The Toshiba to my friend and kept it until Christmas 2011. he bought a new 60" set and gave the Toshiba to his dad up in Sun Valley. Still working great. Even has a HDMI input. Rare on an '04 set. I think the ONLY reason it has lasted this long is because it says "Made in Japan" on the back. A rarity these days of cheap Chinese crap. It has NEVER had a repair or the back removed. It is 8 years old!