I have run into a few phillips plasma tvs and wanted to know who really made them and should I even bother with them?
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Re: phillips plasma
I've been impressed with the Philips plasma sets I've found. I've had no real problem finding free service manuals, and the schematics and troubleshooting information is first rate. Problems ranged from a couple of bad caps, a bad switching controller and fet switches, and a bad main control card. All things considered, I prefer Samsung panels to LG Electronics panels.Originally posted by cadiman
One thing to wrap your head around is 80+% of a plasma TV is the display and supporting modules. And these are made buy the company that made the panels. The small signal board (tuner, signal processing board), speakers, audio amps, etc are usually made by the company whose logo is on the set. I would estimate that 80-90% of Philips sets use Samsung panels. I am aware that some were made by LG Electronics.
If you search eBay on the model number of the TV, you will often find things like power supplies, Y-Sus, Z-Sus, and buffer cards listed for that set. By searching on the part numbers of those cards, you will quickly identify who made those cards, and thus the panel.
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Re: phillips plasma
I found that out on my first plasma. I quickly decided to use the panel model number when looking for boards and/ or board part numbers. I haven`t had a phillips apart yet. I found one on craig`s list around 100.00. I feel better knowing what they are now. Your input has helped me a great deal! Thanks again, CadimanComment
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Well, due to my grid tie inverter not accepting high voltages, and the fact that the lions in my solar panels are 36V (72-cell) I think I need to stick with 72-cell.
However I have a few smaller panels that are 36, 32, and two 30-cell. The 36 and 32 together run at 75% efficiency (and subtract more with additional inefficiencies) when running in parallel with the 72-cell panels. The kicker is that the two 30s... generate 0% power when connected in parallel(!)
So now what to do with these small panels?
I could sell them...
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Hi Guys, I desperately need your advice on this set.
When pressing standby to "ON" then the Panel has a pre charge flash and further no image. The audio works 100%. I have the TV plugged into HDMI input.
I measured all the main board voltages and they are all correct according to service manual. I then went to the logic board and put a wire on the "Auto" to generate
its own test patterns. This works, telling me that the plasma panels are ok. After removing the jumper we go to having a black image.
I cleaned the ribbon from the main to the logic board,... -
Customer said if he keeps it on for a long time, turns it off, and later back on, it takes 10 minutes to get to proper brightness. Is this just a cap issue? I didn't have time to take it apart I was just there to drop a repaired laptop off
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Normally, I never post repairs this quick after I do them, because… I am usually very slow.
But today, I’m making an exception here. Why? No idea. Perhaps only because the repair details are still “fresh” in my head… which is ironic, given this is a 16 year old monitor that hardly anyone will care about today. It is new to me, though. 
I picked it up last November from someone on my local Craigslist. It wasn’t very close to where I live, but was close to a family friend that I had to go visit anyways. So after watching the posting on Craigslist for a few weeks and seeing it getting...
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Hello,
I am having Samsung PS51E550 Plasma TV. While the TV was working, a crackling sound heard & video went off with audio still ON. After switching it off & ON, the red LED on TV blinks six times & then off.
Opened TV cover & observed foll
a) Green LED on the small PCB blinks at @5-6sec ON & off for 3-4 secs. Red LED on logic board ON
b)Vs & Va on power supply board raises momentarily to 209v & 58v resp & then drops.
c) Cold test on Y-main board shows all 3 pins of FGPF4536 IGBT short to Grnd.
How to confirm Y -Buffer board...
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