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Not to revive an old thread, but as a follow up. 16 Months later. The tv has been great. No further issues from previous repair. Then, last night, while watching TV, a "pop" sound and no image. The sound went on for about 30 seconds and then the tv turned off. This time, the lamp since to ...

Just to report the part showed up today, installed, DLP is back up! :D Thanks for all the info on this forum. Total repair : 1 color wheel ($87) and a couple of hours. My only tips to add : keep a vacuum near by, lots of dust accumulates over time. Also, the old color wheel had shattered and there w...

Yes, last night (while I waited for the post to show up :-) ) I decide to embarc in surgery. Opening the rear, I removed the image unit, checked the lamp (filament seems fine) and then found the obliterated color wheel. It all has been well cleaned up of debri and is ready to receive the replacement...

My tv is making this sound... seems to be a common issue around here. So I took a video of it so you can hear it. How we got here. Samsung DLP HLR6178WX/XAA Lamp Code : BP96-01073A (P) The TV is several years old. Lamps have never been changed. Today, it was on and working fine, and I went away to t...