Rayden7 - did you ever end up fixing your set? I have a HLN507W and the noise is pretty loud for me as well. I'm curious how cheap the fix is...
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need to replace color wheel on my Samsung HLN-5065W
Hi All - new to the forums here, hoping I can get some advice.
I bought a Samsung HLN-5065W 50" DLP from BestBuy about 2 years ago as a replacement for a Sony Wega CRT that died on me (I had a warranty on the Sony, and they couldn't fix it after 2 months, so they gave me credit towards the purchase of the Sammy). Up until about a month ago, I was perfectly happy - the picture quality was great, and I have been the envy of all my friends whenever they come over to the house.
However, about a month ago I started hearing the dreaded noise from the TV - at first I (very mistakenly) thought it might have been something wrong with the bulb, or even the bulb fan, but I put a pencil in there to stop the fan from spinning, and it only confirmed my darkest fears - it's the color wheel making the noise.
Now I don't have any fancy equipment to measure decibel levels or anything like that, but it is *loud*. If the volume on the TV is under 20, the sound is practically drowning out from the color wheel spinning noise.
I had a few months left on the warranty for the Samsung from my replacement Sony, but that warranty has since expired and I forgot to renew it. I have heard of some people replacing their color wheels and having success with it, and some people even having Samsung do it. I'm hoping I can get this fixed for $250 or less - I *really* can't afford a new TV right now, but the noise is just killing me.
Please - what do others recommend? Who else has had this problem, and what did you do?
I bought a Samsung HLN-5065W 50" DLP from BestBuy about 2 years ago as a replacement for a Sony Wega CRT that died on me (I had a warranty on the Sony, and they couldn't fix it after 2 months, so they gave me credit towards the purchase of the Sammy). Up until about a month ago, I was perfectly happy - the picture quality was great, and I have been the envy of all my friends whenever they come over to the house.
However, about a month ago I started hearing the dreaded noise from the TV - at first I (very mistakenly) thought it might have been something wrong with the bulb, or even the bulb fan, but I put a pencil in there to stop the fan from spinning, and it only confirmed my darkest fears - it's the color wheel making the noise.
Now I don't have any fancy equipment to measure decibel levels or anything like that, but it is *loud*. If the volume on the TV is under 20, the sound is practically drowning out from the color wheel spinning noise.
I had a few months left on the warranty for the Samsung from my replacement Sony, but that warranty has since expired and I forgot to renew it. I have heard of some people replacing their color wheels and having success with it, and some people even having Samsung do it. I'm hoping I can get this fixed for $250 or less - I *really* can't afford a new TV right now, but the noise is just killing me.
Please - what do others recommend? Who else has had this problem, and what did you do?
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Or remember to renew your warranty
I learned the hard way myself. I did not get and EW on my DLP and 2 years into ownership I have a TV that costed me $3.3K "New", That now needs repairs that would cost almost as mush as a new better TV DLP/LCD.
I learned to "live with it" for now also................but I learned my lesson.
Edit to add. My problem is also a Color wheel that's really really loud and a month later started flashing a bright white light after the tv been on for an hour or so. The repair cost is close to $2,500. No way I'm paying that, I'm done with DLP's also.
| Originally Posted by rayden7 I have learned to "live with it" for now - I will not buy a Samsung television again. |
Or remember to renew your warranty
I learned the hard way myself. I did not get and EW on my DLP and 2 years into ownership I have a TV that costed me $3.3K "New", That now needs repairs that would cost almost as mush as a new better TV DLP/LCD.
I learned to "live with it" for now also................but I learned my lesson.
Edit to add. My problem is also a Color wheel that's really really loud and a month later started flashing a bright white light after the tv been on for an hour or so. The repair cost is close to $2,500. No way I'm paying that, I'm done with DLP's also.
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