Samsung HLP4663W 46-Inch Widescreen DLP HD-Ready TV Monitor
Awesome TV when it works.
I bought my TV on 3/11/05 from CompUSA with the 3yr extended warranty in Kansas City. During my time there, I had an apartment with central air/AC, so the climate in my place was always fixed at 68-72 degrees, and I never had a problem.<br /><br />Fast forward a year when I moved back to New Hampshire, and I started having all the same problems people have described. My picture kept turning off with the blinking text on the power button. It took a month of calling CompUSA to finally get someone on the phone to repair this TV. The owner of the TV repair shop told me how awful and buggy these Samsung units were, and if it were him, he would try to sell it and cut his losses. The TV repair man also said the service center CompUSA uses for their extended warranties (they don't service themselves) has a history and reputation for stiffing TV repair men (I think he said the place was called Keeper Stevens, based out of California).<br /><br />I don't watch a ton of TV, so I doubt it is the lamp, but I'm going to force CompUSA to replace the lamp in the TV to see if it continues to act up. I've read on the internet sometimes this fixes the problem, sometimes it doesnt. I paid $350 for that 3yr protection, so I better get a new bulb out of that deal.<br /><br />The only conclusion I can come to, is the change in climate/humidity. My new place doesn't have AC in the living room, and during the month of July, which in the north east can be extremely hot and humid, my TV gave me a ton of problems. August has been very cool and mild for us this year, and my TV hasn't been acting up at all. I can watch TV, movies and play video games all day without it shutting off.<br /><br />It's too bad, because this TV has a ton of great options, it's very very light, and the picture is pretty incredible (Halo 2 with the composite wires is a whole new game), but for what I had to go through and the amount of money I spent on this (with taxes and service plan it was around $2500), it is unacceptable. I don't know if I would buy Samsung ever again. I certainately won't ever buy a big-ticket item from CompUSA again. It seems the only way to get quality now-a-days is to wait a year for different revisions to come out so the manufacturer can hash out bugs and problems.is unacceptable. I don't know if I would buy Samsung ever again. I certainately won't ever buy a big-ticket item from CompUSA again. It seems the only way to get quality now-a-days is to wait a year for different revisions to come out so the manufacturer can hash out bugs and problems.