Samsung DLP Blinking Lights

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Sharon wrote:
>I was almost at the point of purchasing a Samsung HLP5063W DLP TV when I
>started reading about what is called the "Samsung three blinking lights
>problem" with these sets in which the TV refuses to come on and there
>are three blinking lights evident. Has anyone here experienced this?

I got it a week after my 61" was delivered. Since I had no HD
programming, DVDs looked awful because I couldn't get far enough away,
and Samsung's own owner's manual recommended against watching SDTV due
to the risk of screen damage (something I had thought DLPs were proof
against) I sent it back for a refund, less the nearly $400 delivery fee,
rather than have it repaired or replaced.

I'll try HD again in a year or two when it might not be such a joke.


Jim
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"Jim Hill" <jimhill@swcp.com> wrote in message
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> Sharon wrote:
> >I was almost at the point of purchasing a Samsung HLP5063W DLP TV when I
> >started reading about what is called the "Samsung three blinking lights
> >problem" with these sets in which the TV refuses to come on and there
> >are three blinking lights evident. Has anyone here experienced this?
>
>
The three blinking lights are the last thing that appears.

The problem is a batch of phillips lamps that got out. They usually fail
during the first three months of operation. The symptoms you will see are:
Longer turn-on time should be less than 20 sec for the green LED to stop
flashing, the lamp is lit at that point; finally intermittant lamp turn-on.
When the lamp doesn't turn on you get flashing green LED for 2 min then all
three LEDs flash. The Samsung recommended fix is to replace the Lamp and
Ballast (power supply for lamp). Samsung has a 3 day repair policy on their
digital tv's. They red label parts to service centers.

Light processing TV's do not have phosphor burn problems! I believe older
DLP sets are only 720P. Plus the pixel size on older DLP sets while MUCH
smaller than Plasma sets and many LCD projection sets was noticeable close
in, particuarrly on 60 inch sets. The later model HP+2 mirror is triangular
and pixels are much less noticable, the HP+3 has a higher pixel count.

I highly recommend the DLP sets as well as the LCD projection tv's.