disturbed Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 I have a problem...I own a Zenith 42inch plasma tv - well...it has been all good and I couldnt complain about performance BUT recently, in the last 2-3 weeks I have been getting some sort of DOTS appearing all over my screen.... They are bright white and they are not stationary like dead pixels on an lcd, but they seem to be constantly appearing and disappearing...its like having bad quality cable tv with snow all over the picture... Thats what I thought it was...I thought it was my cable, but no...I decided to watch a DVD today and, there it was....... Does anyone know what the problem is ? ...I bought the 3 year special warranty from best buy that is still valid...should I bring it in for a replacement ? ...is it going dead ?.... Thnx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 go replace it, saves you all the trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 no idea whats happening ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 this could be one of many possibilities, there could be air in your tv which means that plasma gas is leaking out of your tv. it could be that the device that forms the picture is bad. it could also be that the tv is just out of wack and needs a tune up. I would just give zenith a call. edit: spelling -D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 Not trying to taunt disturbed, but some days I am glad I have not switched from CRT. go replace it, saves you all the trouble That would be the way I would go. Why bother, you paid them to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 If he doesnt have a warranty or nothing it would be kinda hard to replace it, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehard Posted January 4, 2007 CID Share Posted January 4, 2007 The problem is called Sparkles This is down to the Voltages in the TV It is possible to remove these by Tweaking the PSU But if this does not work the the Y-sus board or the Z-sus will need changing ( Poss need both changed) Also an off chance that the PSU in not Holding the correct voltage so if you have a warrenty then call them out so the Engineer can check this for you Just to let you know I do this for a living in the UK (FLAT panel Repairs for one f the Main retailers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 Welcome to the forum Diehard Then I hope you hang around more. We get these threads once in a while. And you would be quite handy in this department. I am in the home remodeling dept. myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 im calling the warranty dept. right now to try and get someone to come out and fix this or give me a replacement heheheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 So how long have you had it disturbed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 since april 05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 I love plasma tv's though - maybe this product was a little defective, maybe its one of the few that simply dont have a long life, but regardless of that I enjoyed it.....I prefer plasma over lcd - and the entire hype of 1080p on lcd is almost non existant when ti comes to plasma tv's I believe......from what I have seen and experienced, 720p on plasma is pretty much equal to 1080p on lcd (picture quality....) just few of my thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 I love plasma tv's though - maybe this product was a little defective, maybe its one of the few that simply dont have a long life, but regardless of that I enjoyed it.....I prefer plasma over lcd - and the entire hype of 1080p on lcd is almost non existant when ti comes to plasma tv's I believe......from what I have seen and experienced, 720p on plasma is pretty much equal to 1080p on lcd (picture quality....) just few of my thoughts you can get a 1080p plasma. they have been out for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehard Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 Thanks Guys Yes I will be around Been on the outside for a While, Just Keeping check on the Great forum you have here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 they are coming out on Tuesday to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tacs411 Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'm new to this forum I know when Plasma screens came out I had an anxiety attack. A regular screen is measured by pixels....what is a plasm measured by? I know..I know...I can't watch Numbers, the TV show, either. And I don't need to mention what the movie, A Beautiful Mind, did to me. Oh...FYI..I'm a girl, tacs is the name of my company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 5, 2007 CID Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'm new to this forum I know when Plasma screens came out I had an anxiety attack. A regular screen is measured by pixels....what is a plasm measured by? I know..I know...I can't watch Numbers, the TV show, either. And I don't need to mention what the movie, A Beautiful Mind, did to me. a plasma is measured by pixels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 they are coming out on Tuesday to check it out Good, best of luck with the repairs. I'm new to this forum I know when Plasma screens came out I had an anxiety attack. A regular screen is measured by pixels....what is a plasm measured by? I know..I know...I can't watch Numbers, the TV show, either. And I don't need to mention what the movie, A Beautiful Mind, did to me. Oh...FYI..I'm a girl, tacs is the name of my company. Umm...yeah your a girl. Welcome to the forum tacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 6, 2007 CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 they are coming out on Tuesday to check it out nice hope they can fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted January 6, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 6, 2007 i honestly hope they cant, so that I can get a new TV as a replacement hehehehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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