Comments Written By: James
May 6, 2008

Samsung HLN5065W DLP T.V.

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I do not have video, only sound through all inputs. I can hold the volume key down and can see video, not great, but the entire screen shows but [...]

Comments Written By: Jay
May 6, 2008

Am I crazy to try and replace DLP screens myself?

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My gf lightly scratched my 65 inch Mitsubishi lenticular and Im bummed to say the least. I can get the new screens, freznel and lenticular, plus the screen tape and [...]

Comments Written By: John Young
April 13, 2008

Reader Question Picture roll until set is warm

I have a 3 year old Samsung 43″ DLP. The picture is great my only problem is a horizontal picture roll that goes away once the set is warm, 15 to 30 minutes. Also it only happens on bright white scenes, like watching the hockey game. Any ideas?
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Comments Written By: Todd
April 13, 2008

Reader Question: lost color on my TV

I own a 46″ Samsung DLP tv model #HLP4663WX/XAA. I’ve had the TV about 3 years and it’s worked fine. About 3 weeks ago, the TV lamp went and I replaced it without any problems. Now, for the last several days, I’ve noticed that I have lost the color blue in my picture. Skies, swimming [...]

Comments Written By: Chuck Casey
April 13, 2008

Reader Question: Color Wheel

I have an HL-R4677W DLP. I purchased it in June 2005 and have already replaced 1 bulb. Yesterday, while the tv was on, I heard a loud “pop”; my screen went black; and then I heard a “click-click-click” sound - even when I turned the tv off. I unplugged the tv from [...]

Comments Written By: Steve
April 13, 2008

Reader Question: Samsung DLP HL-S5687 shuts off intermittenly

This tv is about 15 months old and all of a sudden it will shut off.. there are no blinking lights or warnings. I have checked to make sure the timer is off. This could happend randomly anywhere between 45 mins to 3 hours. It appears to be happening more frequently. [...]

Comments Written By: Chuck
April 11, 2008

Reader Question: Samsung DLP HLN5065W: Screen shifted during a repair

I used the instructions to replace the color wheel from this site, thanks. It took me about an hour and a half to complete the repair only because I took a lot more things apart before I found these color wheel replacement instructions.
The TV is working with no more screaming color wheel and a [...]

Comments Written By: Dominic
April 11, 2008

Reader Question: Samsung DLP Model HLN507W

I’ve read several posts on this site. Impressive !! Several descriptions cover a sound coming from the back of the DLP. I have replaced the bulb…needed that anyway, but I ear a sound like a squeal ?? bearing ?? I can’t tell from the descriptions if it is the color wheel or the large [...]

Comments Written By: Bob
April 10, 2008

Reader Question: New lamp, still no picture

I have a samsung hlp5063wx/xaa Everybody, almost has told to replace the lamp. I did,still nothing. My question is, if the color wheel quits, will this keep the lamp from working. It was whining for a few months.
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6 Written By: Scott Jangro
March 14, 2008

Replacing a DLP Lamp — Just the Bulb

Many DLP televisions, and particularly the Samsung brand TVs, the replacement lamp is a lamp with a large enclosure. I wrote a post a few years ago on how to replace the entire DLP lamp unit.
Over the months, I’ve had many, many people ask me about whether it’s a good idea to just change [...]