Samsung HL72A650 72-Inch 1080p Slim DLP HDTV

Product Description
Imagine a 72” widescreen HDTV that can fit just about anywhere. The SAMSUNG HL72A650 is super slim and lightweight, making it the ideal TV for almost any room in your home. Plus, 1080p resolution and Cinema Smooth™ Light Engine deliver amazing picture quality with 3D ready technology and a wider range of colors that are simply breathtaking to watch.

Stay away from Samsung DLP's!!!
After much research (about a year) we finally decided to purchase a 61" Samsung DLP for $4,500 delivered. While we were thrilled for the first year, just shortly after that, the bulb went. Okay, no problem as this is typical, BUT just 10 months later, I shut her off for the evening and she has been dead ever since. It's been months now, and we are being told to just replace it as parts needed are too expensive and labor is astronomical. WHAT??? You mean we've used this TV all of 2-2.5 years and it's obsolete? I didn't even spend half the original purchase price on our daughter's first car. Samsung knows that there are problems with these TV's, and they do not stand behind their product. Anyone know what I can do w/this huge TV I have still in place like a ghost who taunts me??? We tried replacing the bulb again--Nope! We tried replacing the ballust--Nope! Now, we're too gun shy to purchase again!

Beware
My second one of these died after only 6 months. The parts needed are not available and won't be for at least a month. Samsung is getting out of the dlp tv business, so please don't buy them.

Do not buy Samsung
I purchased a Samsung television about eighteen months ago. Two weeks ago the picture became all distorted. Since my television warranty was through Circuit City I had no choice but to call a television repair person out to look at it. As soon as he walked in the door he knew what the issue was. He told me that the part would cost almost as much as the television and that his recommendation was to throw away the television and purchase another one. After doing some research I discovered that there were quite a few Samsung televisions that were going out and that the parts were on backorder for about a month. Samsung was also not helpful. I trying to discuss this with SamsungTweets on Twitter, but he blocked me when I asked why nobody called me like he said they would. The only other answer I got from Samsung was that I needed to take it to a service center; this is after I told them that a television repair person had looked at it. From what I can tell from looking on television repair forums, Samsung televisions look to be pretty flakey.

Do Your Homework
I have to agree with Robin. Thousands of outraged Samsung DLP owners have come to seriously regret ever buying one. Samsung DLPs appear to have some major design flaws. The most common symptoms we encounter after 1-2 years are:
1) Set contiuously turns itself off
2) White or green dots begin appearing across screen
3) Ghosting, lines, or afterimages on screen (event though DLPs do not suffer burn-in)

#1 is typically caused by degradation of the lamp, lamp ballast, and colorwheel as they break-in together. When the lamp starts to go (all lamps have a limited life-span) it can indirectly cause a cascade failure in the sensors of the other two components. Sometimes, the ballast and colorwheel check out on the o-scope and meter, but they register a new lamp as a fault. Either way, all 3 components usually have to be replaced at about $400 in parts. #2 & #3 require even costlier repairs.

I usually advise folks (who don't have a Svc Plan) not to waste their money trying to repair it; just bite the bullet and go purchase a more reliable brand. They really don't like hearing that, but it's just not cost-effective for them to repair something for half the purchase price of a better comparable set.

You don't have to take my word for it. Try Googling "Samsung DLP problems" or "Samsung DLP turns off" and see for yourself.

Samsung still uses the same basic design.
Samsung still officially denies any design flaws.

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