I bought this TV years ago and it never gave any trouble until just a few weeks ago. It's probably just a coincidence, but it only started after the TV was moved to an upstairs bedroom (No, I didn't drop it ;-P). Anyway, the problem started out as intermittent and now seems to be continuous. I'll describe it as best I can and refer to some pics I took. The picture now appears very bright and the black level looks greenish instead of black. The picture also looks oversaturated and has very high contrast. I was afraid of burning out the lamp or display, so I quit using it. I took the back off the unit the other day and did a visual inspection. I cannot see any bulging caps or cracked solder joints, nor can I see anything that looks as though it might have overheated or leaked. I have yet to check components or any voltage levels with my multimeter. Because of the preponderance of bad caps around these days, I originally thought it might have been something on the PS board that was sending an overvoltage to the display. But now I am not so sure. The pictures were taken of a DVD image on pause (over-the-air transmissions exhibit the same symptoms). The first picture is from our 60” LG which is working fine. The second shows the same image on the 32” Samsung. The third picture is a close-up of the same Samsung image showing the greenish “black” background and what appear to be dead pixels but really aren't. Any suggestions as to what could be causing this and where to start looking?
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