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FINALLY SOLVED It was indeed my colorwheel. Discount Merchant delivered 2 bad colorwheels. They even claimed they tested the second one before it went out. I'm not sure how they really test them but obviously it is a worthless test. I would never buy from discount-merchant again. When I RMA'd the 2n...

Update: After letting things sit awhile and then power cycling multiple times the lamp finally fired on and the TV worked flawlessly all evening...4+ hrs. Just for kicks before I went to bed, I just turned the power off, let it sit for a minute and then tried turning it back on...what would you know...

OK...I'm getting very frustrated with this POS
I received a second colorwheel today, put it in and it behaves the exact same way. Does any body have any ideas of what to try next? I now have a new color wheel, new ballast, and new lamp. This is getting spendy:(

Color wheel seemed to be the problem however I think the new color wheel I received from DM is defective as well. Has anyone ever received a bad replacement wheel. The one I received didn't seem to spin very freely - pretty rough just like the one I removed from the TV. In fact when I replaced it th...

yes thanks...I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes.

I've had my sammy just over 2 years and then last week the screen went black and the tv shutdown. If I unplug the tv and let it sit for awhile I can power it up and it will work fine for a couple mins and then it goes out again. Here are the symptoms: 1. Power on - picture looks great, everything se...