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At 2009.01.16 18:37, Gene said:

Joy, Joy. Today I went to radio shack and purchased a 115 volt fan. I used tie wraps to secure it to the back of my TV. Problem solved. There are two fans built in. One that cools the lamp, and one that cools the power pack. the small fan is just not big enough keep it cool. I have a remote swith (as seen on TV) Pluged into a power strip to operate the fan. Four hours of operatiin later, it is working.
The downside is a barely audible fan noise. From now on I will install an aux. fan from the get go. Heat has always been a problem in electronices. The fan is a cheap and easy fix, in my opinion. Samsung needs to own up to the porblem and fixe it.

At 2009.01.23 17:53, Gene said:

Well the fan solution was short lived, four days. It is back to doing the same thing. Today I bought a Sony LCD. Samsung ignored 22 email messages. I think now, complaint email goes into a junk mail file. Over 1300 dollars for junk. Samsung has a serious overheating problem and care nothing about you being stuck with their junk.

What model do you have?

I have been concerned about dust. I see that the Samsung's have no filters and all the "wellness" guides talk about keeping your filters clean. Everything that moves air has filters. A clog it up to have to have it fixed sooner feature? I'm thinking of attaching loose weaver fish tank filters as you have the fan . . . .

As the need for good air flow is necessary, are filters?

Farmerbob,
Some good information about maintaining your TV and extending your lamp life is available here:
http://www.fixyourdlp.com/blog/2007/04/ ... ive-guide/