Re: STRANGE failure mode-Every other horizontal line is good, the others are intermit



I need to get an extra hand to help me lift this heavy tv off the mount and I'll see about getting some pics of the boards.

When you're saying test patterns, are you referring to something like this? [URL="https://www.pcrichard.com/images/promos/3CE%20Newsletter%20March%202011.pdf"]https://www.pcrichard.com/images/promos/3CE%20Newsletter%20March%202011.pdf[/URL] ??Re: STRANGE failure mode-Every other horizontal line is good, the others are intermit
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Hi all,
My Samsung 64" 3D plasma (PN64D8000FF) just started doing this one day. Everything else works fine and we're able to still use it for now. A couple weeks later I lost one horizontal line completely. It's been in this current state for a couple years now and has NOT gotten any worse.

One day it was fine and the next is this strange issue of [U]every other alternating line[/U] functions great.

[U]The other 50% of the lines will either:[/U][LIST][*]work fine depending on color, some darker colors will perform better than lighter[*]sparkle effect[*]appear...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi, new member here obviously.

In short, I'm an electronics engineering tech by trade having over a decade of aerospace, cellular phone development repair and diagnostics. Currently working in large ag equipment engineering/development/manufacturing sector. I'm also a huge gearhead and I can fix anything if you give a me a schematic, layout, required specs, product theory of operation and some test equipment.

I'm here to gain some knowledge on the everyday electronics I have in my home (that i know...