Dude (yes, I said "dude"), you've known about the problem while there was still 4 months left on the warranty and now it is Toshiba's fault that you didn't send it in?
I'm confused...
In my experience with things like this, "if it ain't broke, the vendor won't fix it."
i.e. you call and say "I'm having this intermittent problem," and they say, "Oh, so it works some or most of the time?"
You: "Well, yes, it does."
Them: "Ok, well, sounds like you're fine then."
Not sure if Rob went through this, but I did awhile back with a Panasonic TV. After a few more phone calls they caved in, but cracking the first wall of resistance wasn't easy.
