Re: Vertical black bar on Samsung PN50A450P1DXZA

Tom, thanks for the reply. I had a technician test the boards for me to verify, and you were absolutely right....the boards were fine, it was the PDP. And that is more expensive to replace than to just buy a new TV.

Again, just wanted to say thanks for the reply and diagnosis.



Del

I have a 3"-wide black vertical bar a few inches left of center with a think blue line in it on my Samsung 50" plasma TV. After doing a little research, I'm thinking it's the F-Buffer or possibly the Y-main. I've seen similar posts but not quite the same....and didn't want to highjack another's thread. Any advice, tips, anything would be greatly appreciated. This set is not quite 5 years old so I would like to save it if possible and not too expensive. I'm attaching a couple of pictures.

Thanks,

Del...