talked to other people said had same problem no picture just went dark will not buy another samsung workmanship must be very poo
595347
samsung tv went out after only 18 months bought at walmart course warranty went out after 12 months no help from walmart or samsung, talked to other people said had same problem no picture just went dark will not buy another samsung workmanship must be very poor i got a lemon along with a lot of other people, if you do buy a ssmsung  I recommend getting the extended warranty
3672380
This is the first Samsung tv that has failed me ever, granted i have never bought this inexpensive (cheap) of a model before. The tv power goes on and off unexpectedly, sorta like power cycling. Unplugging the unit may or may not remedy the issue for a few minutes or a day or two.  Started doing it right before the warranty ended, so i called them and we went through the motions to check whats going on. He says there is surely a problem with the tv ALTHOUG.... they said my tv needed an software upgrade before they could warranty it for me. I said that an upgrade won't fix the problem of it turning of and on, he basically agreed but as their warranty states if the unit is not at the current version number they will charge me.
I upgrade to correct version number, and it does does not turn off and then back on by its self. I want to call back and say it does it again, because I know it will sometime soon. Anyways I do what I believe is the right thing to do and decide wait and see if it does it again. Also, I have a lot of faith in Samsung tvs I have used them for several years and they always work like the first day I turn them on.

Well warranty is done now and this model Samsung tv that i bought here on Amazon.com is doing the same powering off and back on repeatedly as one of us is watching it. Called Samsung and its too bad out of warranty even though i called and received a call back about a month ago. So luckily this is not our main tv. If we are watching this tv and it is powering off and back on, well i unplugged it and its a going to the recycle guy.
Unless, has anybody had the same problem with the tv being on and then powering off and back on by itself?

Furthermore, I will be in the market for a new and larger tv (biggest mistake was buying a too small of tv). Any ideas of a tv to buy in the 50-55 size  and what have you had work for you?
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I've owned my Samsung PN60E8000 for exactly 1 year now (fortunately, I'm 20 days inside my warranty, otherwise I would be out of pocked on repair issues). I was the first to buy one when it arrived at Best Buy a year ago.

Now, one year later, 2 weeks ago from today to be exact, the TV suddenly went dark in the middle of watching a program, and the little red light in the bottom left of the TV that usually indicated that it's on, but this time was blinking red. The TV wouldn't turn on, so we called Samsung support. We scheduled a Samsung repair service to come out and fix the TV for the following week after unplugging it and re-plugging it didn't work. A few days later, we tried unplugging the TV, then plugging it back in again to see if it worked, and it did this time, so we held off on having the repair company come out to fix it.

Then, a week later (today at 3:20pm PST), the TV suddenly went dark again in the middle of watching a program, and seconds later, we heard 3 LOUD POPS (the sound level of gun shots), and seconds later the room was filled with the smell of burning plastic or rubber. It was scary to say the least, and I'm glad no one was hurt. I called Samsun customer support again, and they're going to reschedule a repair service to come out.

For a nearly $4,000.00 TV to go bad, then EXPLODE only 1 year after purchase, this is inexcusable. Prior, I owned a Pioneer plasma for nearly 6 years, and it was the most amazing TV I've ever owned. And prior to that, a Sony which was great too. Samsung definitely needs to take notice of what happened to Toyota as a brand, as this can't be the way a global electronics company produces it's products. After seeing other reviews of a similar nature, I will now never buy a Samsung product of any kind ever again.
3880364
Will not install correctly, spent a lot of time with Samsung Helpline, finally they said it seems like a defective unit (first was DOA), returned for refund
2835106
I've had exactly the same problem as J. KOZ, ABM, HEM135, and others, with the screen flickering and tearing about a year after purchase. Is Samsung doing anything about the many customers who have this issue? I would like them to fix or replace the net book since this is clearly a defect. I hate the waste of just throwing it out to buy another, but a Samsung it won't be, thats for sure!
136197
Had the Samsung TV for 3 week and it died.
Have been trying to get warranty repair with no results yet.
13377
Doesn't work properly out of the box and samsung gave up on troubleshooting for me and basically said tough luck.
1616031
Well - you just know things did not go smoothly when the review starts with well.
My new LG 55UH6550TV has an obvious problem. Whenever a light colored object is displayed on a black screen a large transparent white background appears from the top of the screen to the bottom.
I will attach a couple of photos as this problem is easily shown with a snapshot of the screen.
Yep, its under warranty, and, yep, the service people are supposed to give me a call. But its still disappointing to have a problem.
We shall see how the repair goes and I will update this comment after the service call.

Well, (9/8/16) the service tech came and looked at the LG TV. Said the picture (with the white background) is normal for this TV and left. Folks the picture in my opinion is terrible and you can SEE THE PROBLEM in the attached photos. I replaced an older widescreen Sony with this larger LG and the Sony never had this problem, or any problem for that matter. Perhaps I should have stayed with Sony. Anyway, LG has asked me to allow ANOTHER service call to attempt to resolve the issue. I will add more story after the NEXT service call.
639929
Disappointed; appeared to have Power Supply problem.  Color faded in and out; light then dark - - continuously.  I think I will avoid Samsung -all together.
1065600
We bought our Samsung 61" DLP just over 2 years ago.  Right after we bought it a shadow appeared down the left hand side of the picture.  We called Samsung and they came out to fix part of our "light tunnel" which had partially fallen.  Just two weeks ago, it happened again.  This time the shadow got bigger (taking up 1/3 of the screen) over the course of a couple of days then we heard a 'pop' sound and the whole screen went black.  Of course we're past the two year warranty now and are being told this is a KNOWN - YES KNOWN - issue with Samsung DLP where the light tunnel collapses.  Costs to fix range from $750 to $1200.  Once again this is a KNOWN issue and Samsung offers absolutely NOTHING even though it is a widespread manufacturing issue.  Again our set is only two years old.

Buy at your own risk.  I STRONGLY recommend looking up this model or Samsung DLP Light Tunnel or Shadow on google before you plunk down any money.  We're probably just going to buy a new set.  And it will NOT be a Samsung.

Update:  So we've decided to try calling Samsung again to see if we can get any service/info.  In the mean time I've found that there is already a class action lawsuit related to this problem with Samsung:  samsungtvshadowclassaction.com/main/home.sfx
1752947
So I have a ton of Samsung tvs. I have my 65 inch curve in my bedroom and another in my living room. This was a gift to my mom. I love Samsung products. This one not so much. The color on the tv literally got distorted and became a problem 13 months later. I bought this end of July last year and worked fine till end of August of this year. I think the one I have is a lemon but its past warranty so I look at this as a waste of money.
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My monitor also went black after 2 years.  We only used this for our computer so it wasn't getting constant use. When the screen went black it wouldn't even stay on long enough to look up a fix. This is very upsetting to me since I read the other post and this is apparently a common problem with Samsung monitors. The reason I am posting today is because our $1600 Samsung LCD TV just went black on us today. Luckily it came back on after unplugging it and then plugging it back in but I'm afraid this will be a problem just like the monitor. We really like this TV but it is only 1 year and 1 week old (which puts it OUT of warranty). Anyway I wondered if anyone else has had issues like this since they originally posted.
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We bought the V5100 2 weeks ago. After getting it home we were a little disappointed with the picture as we didn't have HD yet, so we got the HD dish installed. Picture on HD was perfect, other channels good but not great. When watching DVD's we noticed the dimming issue, dark scenes getting darker and darker. After reading a few review sites I discovered there was a fix from Sony so I called the customer support and asked to be sent the software update. That took about a week, and the USB would not download, it went to a blue screen. So I called tech support and got a guy that was really clueless to the problem.  He had me call a not so local authorized dealer which wouldn't come out, we would have to take the TV there, 40 miles away, drop it off then have to go back another day to pick up!! So, I decided to try to download the fix myself from the Sony website. After a few failures I discovered you had to format the disk to FAT32, so I did and it worked.  But it hasn't fixed the dimming problem, it's still there just not quite as bad. The store we bought the TV from tried to work with us saying it might be that our DVD player is not the newest or best, but I'm not sure that's an issue.  We have decided to take the Sony back and get a Samsung or Mitsubishi. It's disappointing that Sony would sell TV's knowing there is a problem, and then not tell their retailers that there is a known problem. Or at least the store is claiming they didn't know. They are willing to replace or exchange it. I'd be afraid of the same problem with another Sony.  Very frustrating.

Update: Went and compared the 5100 to the Samsung and did not like the Samsung as much. So asked the store to send technician to adjust, haven't heard from them. In the meantime after much research on different websites I discovered after you do the software update you have to set the Advanced Contrast Enhancer to Low or Off, I set at low. And, I set the picture setting to Standard, not Vivid, altho Vivid was brighter but maybe not better.  Now it seems perfect, no shadows or shading in the dark scenes. So for now we are happy campers, hope it stays that way!
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LED strip for the backlight died just outside of warranty period. This seems to be a common issue but no support from Samsung - probably because the LED strips are designed to last only a short time. My previous Samsung TV has needed faulty capacitors replaced twice, even though my model was "not affected" by the shoddy capacitors used by Samsung for many years. These TVs now seem to be of much lower quality than the "cheap" brands.
389217
After 14 mos. picture went black.  My husband got service manual and could not fix.  Took to a local repair shop, can't find problem.  Next may try a Panasonic service center, but at least 1-2 hrs. away. Enjoyed picture for 14 mos., but not worth $500 paid at CCity!
1052681
Customer beware. Purchased a Samsung TV in July.  Six months later all the HDMI ports stopped working and so did the TV. Called Samsung numerous times. They told us this was an problem they have been having easy fix. Our
TV is still broke.  They will not let you speak to a manager and hang up on you after an hour on the phone trying to resolve the problem. This has happen about 8 times. Ther is a warranty that apparently means nothing. We have been nice but now I want the public to beware going to go purchase a different TV. By the way we spent over $900 on the Samsung
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Save your money!!!!  Samsung customer service or lack thereof is non-existent.
Do just some basic reviews on Samsung customer service.  Try reviews outside of Amazon.
Consider yourself forewarned.

I PERSONALLY WILL NEVER, NEVER, ABSOLUTELY NEVER BUY SAMSUNG AGAIN.