Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

[krygods]

I picked this up for $20.

Picture is really messed up on the left hand side of the panel.

I've tried unplugging various ribbon cables from the TCON and seeing what happens.

All I get it either one side is white with vertical black and white lines of the opposite side or vertical multicolored lines across the whole panel.

Any thoughts? Bad panel, bad TCON?

[krygods]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

eH, I put the wrong model number in the thread title, this TV is a Samsung LN52A850S1F

[Andrew F. Ali]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

I would say bad T-CON???

[CapLeaker]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

Is the screen on the left sluggish to respond? Flex the screen or give it a few good squeezes on the left side. I think tab bonds.

[Maklaud]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

What model is your t-con?
What model is your panel?

[krygods]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

yea seems sluggish on the left side. part of the right side is ghosting onto the left side.

I've had the TV running for a few hours and the picture cleared up the right side looks great but the left side still sluggish.

flexing the left side sometimes causes vertical and or horizontal colored lines.

[CapLeaker]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

tab bonds...

[tom66]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

If only one side is affected by the distortion consider some "tab surgery" to give the TV more life. (NOTE: May kill TV completely, may only work for a few hours, not reversible if you screw it up or it doesn't work, BUT it does fix some sets which have gate tabs on both left and right of the panel.) https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...t=48477&page=7

[krygods]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

probably just going to sell the parts, I have plenty of working TVs and I don't feel right selling one to someone that is highly possible that it might fail soon after if I were to do some type of repair / surgery to the tabs.

I have been following that thread though and it's quite interesting and something I would definitely try myself if I had a really nice TV that I would like to use myself until it failed.

[tom66]

Re: Samsung pn51d550c1fxza bad picture

Yea, that's exactly my feeling - I couldn't sell one of those that I modded myself. I'd feel bad. I could only keep one for myself. And I've no space for a 50"+ LCD...