My Unofficial Guide to Samsung HLN Series DLP Sets - Page 57

I think Samsung will replace a lamp that goes out during their warranty period.

Samsung parts:

http://www.samsungusa.com/cgi-bin/na...gdhgn.0&eUser=

The price for the lamp is now $200. Not cheap, but better than $300 it was orginally going for (AFAIK).

BTW..........for those that complain about that price, I would rather pay that and replace it myself than have something else go wrong where the service call itself is $200 without the part (if something was going to go wrong with a set)!

I think ~$200 for the lamp is reasonable. However, those of us with the Toshiba lamp (BP96-00224A) are stuck with a ballast that isn't compatible with the new Phillips lamp. We will have to buy the Phillips ballast & lamp combination for $250, plus pay the $200 service call to have it installed.
I spoke to Samsung Digital support yesterday & they verified that the Toshiba lamp would no longer be available.
I got an email contact at Samsung to voice my concerns. I think that the thousands of us with the original Toshiba lamp assembly shouldn't be stuck with lamps that are no longer user replaceable.

Jeff

How do you know which lamp you have without taking the lamp out? My service menu shows Tos/Phil for lamp. Does this mean I can use either lamp?

Does your TV have a sticker on the left side (when facing the TV) with the lamp part number? My DLP is old enough that it doesn't have the sticker.
If not, then you'll have to remove the lamp assembly to tell. If the p/n isn't on the lamp assembly, then you can tell by looking at the connectors.
Here's a link to a post with pictures of the connectors

Jeff

Thanks, I have the sticker. It is part# BP96-00224C(P), so I am in good shape, right?

Yep. You have the Phillips lamp & ballast.

Hello all, this is my first post. Great forum. I've been taking in all the valuable information here over the past few months and finally purchased an HLN437W. The price was right and I didn't want to wait any longer for solid release dates on the "P" series. Things look good so far (no rainbows, no lip-sync), but the fan sounds noisy. I can clearly hear it humming from 9 ft any unless the volume is turned up to around 10. Is this normal? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dave

yep, but if you live by a train track, it's annoying at first, but eventually you sleep right through it.

"train track" ?? You must mean a railroad line...........it's only annoying when you can't see them!

What is involved in changing the ballast? Can't be that much?

Has anyone been able to use the multi-function remote that comes with the HLM617W?

Would you recommend where to buy it online?
Thanks.

You can order from [url[/url] but
since the bulb is made by Philips, they may sell
it thru their distribution chain as well. Note the former misspelling :
Philips has only one 'L'


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Using the DVI cable and a 720p setting on the set top box with TV in TV wide mode my picture is off center to the right. There is a grey band (maybe 2 inches) along the left side.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Is there a way to center the picture in either the TV menu or the set top box menu? I may have missed something in the menus.

On TS160: Setup->Installation->Monitor setup (as far as I remember).

Hope it helps,
Kirill

Thanks!

I must have missed that in the Menu.

Are you sure it is the fan? I got a new hln567 on 1/9/04. After about a week, I started hearing the load noise as well. When turning off the set, the sound would go away after about 10-20 seconds, leaving just a much quieter sound that lasted around 60 seconds. Turns out, the loud abnormal) noise was the color wheel - the quieter sound was the fan. So, listen when you turn the set off. BTW - since I had bought the set at Tweeter, they simply replaced it with a new one!

--Anthony

After reading user problems on this and other threads (CRT, plasma,etc)
where owners are returning set after set to the store, or paying to have
a brand new set "calibrated," it's quite obvious to me that the HDTV technology is not there yet in terms of reliability, efficiency or ease of use.

You need to take a class in statistics and sample selection.

LOL

Yeah man, I have had mine for a month now, and have had NP.
I put in a DVD with the sammy 931 and had a bit of LS for a min. or 2 but it went away.
I seem to have found that when you tinker too much you will "cause" a problem. (if it aint broke dont try to fix it ).

HeHe.. I guess your waiting for the equivalent of the Apples of the PC's in the TV world, when we get to the one button remote we will let you know.

I don't think he is really out of line, in fact he is right on!
All you have to do is look thru these forums and the answer is right there.

Look at the example of just recording a HDTV 'broadcast' program! The only real choice of a recorder doesn't even have a built in HD tuner in it! You have to spend another $1,000 (or more, forgot the price) for that 169time contraction AND another $600 for a tuner!

Look at what you have to do to get a computer hooked up with scalling and the like.

No, sorry he is right on the mark! ATSC has a LONG way to go!

No, he just wants something that most people can set up without a half a dozen add ons!
Everyone (unlike many in these forums) can't afford $10k, $30k or more just to watch HDTV, nor do they have the time, knowledge or patience to experiment with all these beta devices!

This forum is not a statistically accurate representation of the HDTV experience. From a statistical point of view it is grossly skewed.

The problems with HTPC connections are consistent with PC problems in general and not HDTV. And, from the point of view of a lot of manufacturers, they would just as soon have the HTPC go away because of the problems they cause.

We, as a nation, are famous because of our reputation for not being able to set up our VCRs to record programs. That national quirk has nothing to do with HDTV.

It is too early for most people to buy a HDTV but they are not basing that choice on what is written here. For those who do want HDTV now and who read these forums it's important to remember the reports written here are "not" a statistical representation of the HDTV experience.

As far as "theBike45"'s comments went, I was just pointing out that his "general" conclusion that HDTV was not ready for consumption was not supported by either the "statistically skewed" comments in these forums or in the HDTV buying public in general. The coming year will probably be another boom year, and HDTV seems to me to be developing faster than I remember "color" TV developing.

You must spend a lot of time in the high end front projector forums. Those folks are building real home theaters not just watching HDTV.

In this forum (RPTV) most folks are looking for a total system including sound in the $2k to $5k neighborhood. Now that isn't chump change either.

I agree that HDTV tuners are over priced, but that is changing fast. In fact, the "over priced" Sony LCD RPTV sets for 2004 may have tuners added for no increase in price.

I also agree that every year prices will be lower for the same or better HDTV performance. In fact, I haven't been overcome by an irresistible urge to fork over a few thousand either.

One reason that I may never get a HDTV is that I'm afraid that I would set it up, turn it on, and go into an instant and permanent "WoW!" state. That would mean that I might never find the time to come back to these forums to announce how happy and trouble free my life had become.

Actually I don't spend time over there. I have seen those forums, but since that is way out of my price range I don't bother.

If you factor in not just the TV, but the stand, the speaker system, the receiver (or amp) the HTPC and or DVD player, D-VHS recorder, tuner and other add ons you can easiely be over $10k!

1080p model, is way to go

What exactly do I need to run an HDMI DVD player with my Sammy DLP? Is there an adapter necessary and if so where may I purchase one?

Thanks.

Of course you can. I think most people do it for a lot less. My receiver cost a little over $400, my speakers are over 10 years old, my stand cost $78 at IKEA, I expect to pay no more that $350 for a DVD player some time in the future, and I already have a PC that is capable of doing HTPC applications. I see no need to add another dead end device (D-VHS recorder) to my collection.

Even so, spending $5K to watch movies on demand is something I've never done before.