Re: Panasonic TH-50PZ80U: major case of the sparklies

About 12 hours of viewing since reseating the cables, and no evidence of the issue. Fingers crossed. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Re: Panasonic TH-50PZ80U: major case of the sparklies



Thanks tw2005, tom66,

I *think* I identified the LVDS cable on my board. Do the arrows on the pics below look accurate? If I'm reading Panasonic's schematic correctly, the LVDS cable goes from the D board to the A board? Indeed, it didn't seem to be seated properly on the D board - not horribly misaligned, but definitely not a snug seat. I'm also seeing that this cable is quite different from many of the other cables in the board. The wire and insulation appear to be a lot more rigid than a lot...

My Panasonic plasma (TH-50PZ80U, manufactured in 2008) seems to have a major case of the sparklies (see attached image). Blacks and greys below a certain threshold appear as bright greens. Before I order a refurbished power supply, can anyone offer any suggestions for what else I might try, or validation that it most likely is the power supply board?

I followed as much as I could of the [URL="https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18542&"]tom66[/URL] thread on troubleshooting in combination with Panasonic's service manual for this model TV. Per Panasonic's...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi all!

Found this forum while looking for fixes to my Panasonic plasma TV. Already found some great info here, and looking forward to learning more.

Cheers,

Patrick from Seattle