Official Samsung LNxxA550 (Series 5) Owners Thread NO PRICE TALK! - Page 280

My 40A550 starting to act up this week... not sure if it's capacitor related though.

The TV is hooked to my Onkyo AVR via HDMI2 and then there's a PS3, PVR and 360 hooked to the AVR. Starting the AVR, I get sound, then I start the TV with the PVR and the TV goes in on/off mode and the AVR is trying to do the HDMI handshake. Once it works with the PVR, I turn the PS3 on and change inputs on the AVR, same thing, TV trying forever to get an image, but nothing.

I tried hooking the PS3 directly to the TV and it does the same thing. It's weird though that once it works, if I close the TV and reopen it, it's fine. But after a few hours, it can take up to 10 minutes to have an image.

I live in Canada, so I have no idea if Samsung will honor the settlement...

Lately, when I turn on my TV and directv receiver, I get no sound over HDMI until I unplug and replug the HDMI. Any ideas?

I hav2 samsung lcd's. One a LN32a450 and the other is a LN32a550. I replaced the bad caps. on the LN32a550 put it still wont power on. The red light in front just flashes. I know the power board works because i took it out and used it to power up my LN32a450. It powered up just fine.

Does anyone have any other ideas. Do you think it would be worht it getting a new t conn board? Does anyone know what this board does and where is it.

My sisters LN46A-550 has a spot at the left edge about a foot wide and top to bottom. When the picture/scene changes, that part goes black and then takes 4 or 5 seconds to reappear. There is also heavy ghosting or trailing like slow motion with moving things.
It's a shame cause the tv was just a few months out of warranty.

Would anyone have an idea of what is wrong / needs replacing? Could it be a circuit board or the panel itself .
Thanks

Sorry to rez an ancient comment but this method simply will not work on my 40". Can anyone help me on getting my Dreamcast VGA box to work on this display? I've read about an elusive 1008.1 firmware. What did this update add? Thanks for any help.

you are in canada, not sure if this class action suit does anything for you : http://www.samsung.com/us/capacitorsettlement/ .i contacted the consumer protection department here in maine, they got my lcd panel replaced by Best Buy out of warranty last spring, the tv is now acting up again. so in the end just buy another brand these tvs suck.

Did the T con fix your problem?

Looks like my LN37A550 is biting the dust. A few minutes after turning on, the colors begin to look over exposed, similar to a film negative. I don't think this is the famous capacitor problem.

I have an LN46A550 and it looks to be doing the same thing, from reading this thread it could be the T-con board or panel....if its the panel I'm just gonna toss it