[strike]So, I did some searching, and what I'm seeing is that virtually all cases of black, horizontal lines on a TV are related to a bad LCD Panel.
The only thing bothering me is most forums seem to reference one or two thick black lines going right to left; It seems like every other millimeter is a black line. It flickers a bit, and every now and then, the whole screen freezes, the left side of the screen starts growing vertical lines covering and distorting up to half the screen, and then the whole thing just goes back to a thousand black lines covering the screen.
I've tried opening the menu and the lines are over it, leading me to think it is, in fact, the lcd panel. If it's the LCD Panel, I've already priced one out, I just want some confirmation before I make this purchase, as it's $151. I got the TV free from a friend, and he never got to use it because of this issue (it's brand new).
Model No.: 50K610GW, in case you need specs. I was going to post the whole Spec table here, but... it looked messy.
Thanks in advance. [/strike]
UPDATE: I can't find the display any longer, so I was wondering if I could put a different model, same size LCD panel in the TV and still have it work?
The only thing bothering me is most forums seem to reference one or two thick black lines going right to left; It seems like every other millimeter is a black line. It flickers a bit, and every now and then, the whole screen freezes, the left side of the screen starts growing vertical lines covering and distorting up to half the screen, and then the whole thing just goes back to a thousand black lines covering the screen.
I've tried opening the menu and the lines are over it, leading me to think it is, in fact, the lcd panel. If it's the LCD Panel, I've already priced one out, I just want some confirmation before I make this purchase, as it's $151. I got the TV free from a friend, and he never got to use it because of this issue (it's brand new).
Model No.: 50K610GW, in case you need specs. I was going to post the whole Spec table here, but... it looked messy.
Thanks in advance. [/strike]
UPDATE: I can't find the display any longer, so I was wondering if I could put a different model, same size LCD panel in the TV and still have it work?