FINALLY, Samsung is offering a Class Action Settlement on a defective capacitor in some TV's. I am sure lots of people in SD community have bought these early LCD/Plasma/DLP model HDTV's from Samsung around 2008. I had "ln52a650a1f" LCD HDTV that died right after 2 year warranty expired. I called Samsung and argued with manger and ended up cussing at him because they wouldn't acknowledge the problem or give any sort of reimbursement. After doing some research, I found out that lots of people are having same problem with Samsung TVs bought around 2008 and the cause was a faulty capacitor bought from Chingmai electronics (basically means Chinese junk

) that's inside these model TV's.
My problem was getting ghost images, dark multiple images that would clear after TV warmed up for 30-45 minutes but it was a pain the "you know where". So, last month I ended up buying LG 3D TV that I absolutely love and vowed to never buy Samsung again

Here is the link that you need to check your model and take appropriate action:
http://www.samsung.com/us/capacitorsettlement/
NO SAMSUNG TV's for me again.
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Can't check my model number since I'm not at home. What kind of compensation will people get?
Can't check my model number since I'm not at home. What kind of compensation will people get?
All producers are trying to pickup their materials at the lowest costs, these things are bound to happen. Furthermore design flaws with the electronics and physical structure can trap heat and shorten the life of components such as capacitors. I'm by no means saying this is acceptable, when you pay good money you expect a quality product. My point is, this time it was Samsung, next time it could be Sony, or Panasonic. I'm not playing Samsung fanboy either, just trying to shed some light and say, it can happen to ANY product line from any producer. Just like any given car can have a major recall at any given point in time.
You could say the same thing about computers but Dell had a capacitor issue in certain models\mb versions that they had to swap out. Don't remember hearing any other computer company having the issue.
This may have been an issue with 1 type\model of capacitor and I am pretty sure not all TV manufacturers use the same brand\model number capacitor in their TV's.
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Would love to get something out of them for my trouble, but certainly not willing to sell them back my perfectly good TV for $300, just so they can sell as a refurb for $500.
Just the same... Glad to hear they are finally owning up to the problem since most people wouldn't feel comfortable doing the repair themselves.
Would love to get something out of them for my trouble, but certainly not willing to sell them back my perfectly good TV for $300, just so they can sell as a refurb for $500.
Just the same... Glad to hear they are finally owning up to the problem since most people wouldn't feel comfortable doing the repair themselves.
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All LNT-models are included....hence the ****** listed for model numbers