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biznatch · 12-04-2006, 09:59 PM

So my 27 inch non flat screen Samsung TV (Model no. TXH2555) has a problem:
the top half of the screen is black.
Between both halves is a bright white line.

I bought it used for 100 bucks (yeah, I know, stupid), and the only problem I noticed is that sometimes it'd switch itself off and back on, but nothing very bothersome. Any TV experts? any recommendations as to what to do, if anything?

flat5 · 12-05-2006, 04:05 AM

It has lost the virtical output.
It is fixable.
Do not run the TV until you get it fixed - you may burn a line on the picture tube.

biznatch · 12-05-2006, 12:01 PM

Well, how can I fix it? Is it affordable? Is there anything I can do myself? Is the repair gonna cost more than what I paid for the TV?
It's got its problems, and even if I repair the vertical output, there's still that weird issue about it switching off/on by itself, which could eventually become something more serious.
I don't know what to do..

flat5 · 12-10-2006, 04:19 AM

Talk to someone at a TV repair shop.
Get an estimate.
The two problems may be related.

If you have to ask, you can't repair it yourself.

12-04-2006, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
biznatch Junkie Location: France	TV half dead? So my 27 inch non flat screen Samsung TV (Model no. TXH2555) has a problem: the top half of the screen is black. Between both halves is a bright white line. I bought it used for 100 bucks (yeah, I know, stupid), and the only problem I noticed is that sometimes it'd switch itself off and back on, but nothing very bothersome. Any TV experts? any recommendations as to what to do, if anything?

12-05-2006, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	It has lost the virtical output. It is fixable. Do not run the TV until you get it fixed - you may burn a line on the picture tube.

12-05-2006, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
biznatch Junkie Location: France	Well, how can I fix it? Is it affordable? Is there anything I can do myself? Is the repair gonna cost more than what I paid for the TV? It's got its problems, and even if I repair the vertical output, there's still that weird issue about it switching off/on by itself, which could eventually become something more serious. I don't know what to do..

12-10-2006, 04:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	Talk to someone at a TV repair shop. Get an estimate. The two problems may be related. If you have to ask, you can't repair it yourself.