I just got this tv 4 months ago and i came home from work one day and realized my tv wouldnt turn on. I hit power button and it sounded like a cd skipping sound. I then saw once the tv turned off by itself that the lamp light led was red. So i bought a new lamp and it still won't show no picture. When i hit menu and input its coming up with code 12? What does code 12 mean? Mitsubishi won't cover it because it was bought brand new on ebay.
Can anyone help? I had a tv tech come by the house and he couldnt find nothing wrong with any of the circuits in the tv or anything? Could it be the whole light engine / color wheel? I know the tech sd that there was a few spots on the tv that there were suppose to be getting 12 volts but instead it was coming up with 8 volts so im not sure what would cause that because on the board i guess it says how many volts are suppsoe to be going to that resistor and all that. I'm in an area where the closest mitsubishi service center is 2 hour and a half away and its a 73 inch tv so no where to bring it. sears wanted to look at it but its 200 bucks to just to ring my door bell so i had someone who is a local repair guy look at it and cant figure out whats wrong i know hes going to be getting the service manual and all that to see if he can figure it out but has this happened to anyone?

Thanks!

I see this as I was just about to walk out the door to pick up a WD-73733... :(

I'm in an area where the closest mitsubishi service center is 2 hour and a half away and its a 73 inch tv so no where to bring it. sears wanted to look at it but its 200 bucks to just to ring my door bell so i had someone who is a local repair guy look at it and cant figure out whats wrong i know hes going to be getting the service manual and all that to see if he can figure it out but has this happened to anyone?
Thanks!

Why don't you just call Mitsubishi and get an authorized repair person out to your house who is trained to repair this TV? The TV comes with a 1 year warranty so if you've owned it for less than that you're covered. They will send an authorized repair person out to you for in home evaluation/service. Nobody expects you to be transporting a TV of this size to them.