Hi All, I have an HLS 6187 Samsung DLP which I purchased from Best Buy back in Aug 2006. Warranty expired, and of course did not extend.
Back in Nov 07 I experienced the random shutdowns tat several others have reported. I was disappointed because the tv was just over a year old. Anyway, Samsung did the right thing and covered it by e\replacing the bulb for me. It still baffles me that it went bad in such a short period of time.
Just last Friday before I went out of town the picture, which is norally phenomenla, especially with the new BluRay player, hust suddenly developed kind of a "half screen split of darkness levels. A straightline split of dark on one half and brighter on the other. The split has actually moved to the left several inches and then back. I ave vacuumed the back, reseated the bulb, check all connections, even disconnecting everything, and turning it on to the menu and the dark shaded side is still there.