Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Of course, here I am brand new to the site and 0 dark 30, researching an issue with a great TV that I got for free. (posted more detail on it in the great scores thread). If I can't find the exact issue, I may start a new thread, but I've already picked up a ton of troubleshooting tips on this site.

Thanks all.

Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1

Scored a Samsung LNT5271F from someone on freecycle who said the picture was "hash". Brought it home, pulled the back and reseated the LVDS cables. It now turns on and when warm, comes right on, but when cold, the first time it just "glows black", second or third time, and maybe the 4th it's scrambled or "hash" like he said, but the 4th or 5th try, it comes on good, and will stay on with a nice clear picture for hours. My suspicion is a cold solder crack on the FRC or TCON board, but until I figure that out, I have an...