Light area in middle of Samsung DLP screen

Forgive me if this is covered in another thread. I've searched but haven't really turned up anything exactly like this. I've got a light area in the center of my screen, a HLS5687W 56" DLP. It starts a couple of inches in from the bottom, and there's a hard edge where it starts. It's about 6 inches wide or so at the bottom, then gets thinner as it goes up, and goes up about a foot or foot and a half. It looks like whatever is backing the screen on the inside has come loose on the bottom and is letting light in. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance!

Sorry to hear you're having the same issue Fredster. Anyone have any advice, or think it may be related to the Light Tunnel issue? I just want to have as much info as possible before calling Samsung, especially since some with the tunnel collapse are first told there's nothing they can do, but then once mentioning they know about the suit, etc. they get it fixed for free.

Anyone???

Thanks again!

Bringing this back from the dead. I had them come out to see if it was the Light Tunnel issue, which they deemed it was not. I figured as much but figured I'd at least try. His best guess was that it was something causing the light to refract in the internals somewhere. He said he could tear it down for around $200, but that doesn't guarantee he'd find anything or be able to repair it, so I haven't gone that route yet. He said it could be on the bulb/lens itself, or once you take that out, there's "a piece of glass" right behind that it could be on. I pulled the bulb, it had some dust inside of it, even a larger speck. I got that out and it didn't help. Again, didn't figure it would, but worth a shot. I'm not sure what the piece of glass is that he's talking about. The bulb is facing to the left, and I used a mirror to look at what is in front of it and don't see anything on the small lens or whatever it is I can see. I completely misunderstood what the inside of one of these looked like when I orginally posted. It looked like something just inside the screen was coming loose, but after removing one of the "port hole" plastic covers on the side, I can see that's not the case. Any suggestions on something that isn't too deep into the set that it could be?

fred96WS6:

I've been meaning to bump this thread as well and see if he had any luck. I've also PM'd him, I'll let you know if he answers. Sorry to hear you're in the same boat!

vandu:

Thanks for the reply. Actually, that's kind of what it looks like in the pictures, but it's indeed in the set. It's there even at night with no lights on. I wish it was as simple as cutting down on ambient light! Unfortunately, no such luck.

I've pretty much just lived with mine. I still think furdburfel2000 is on the right track with:

I just haven't gone through the trouble of trying it out myself. If anyone does, let us know if it works!