I have a Samsung HLS5088W. It was bought in Nov 2006. I had some trouble with it shutting itself off. We could watch TV for a while and then all of the sudden it would just shut off. Usually it would just cycle power and come right back on. A couple weeks ago it stopped coming back on. The TV would either not turn on or if it did get started it would run for 30 or 45 minutes and then shut down and couldn’t turn itself back on. I purchased a new bulb and replaced it on Friday. The first time we turned the TV on it didn’t turn on right away and still had the same problem. We got the TV to turn on twice with little hassle and it would run for longer than the usual 30 or 45 minutes but it is still acting up. It just did the old trick of not turning back on at all.

When the TV is running the picture is perfect with both the old and new bulbs. The TV has plenty of room behind it so I wouldn’t think that it was overheating. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be?

Thanks,

Ryan