Lcd tv

[tosullivan]

I recently bought a 22" LCD TV and wall mounted and switched it on at the weekend. When the picture is not showing any transmission and is just black, it looks like there is a light coming from the bottom of the screen across the display...its not obvious when the screen is full but if I'm watching a movie and its in letter box mode and there are black bars top & bottom, its obvious on the bottom black bar.

Is this worth considering that it might get worse and request to change it now?

 

[gebbel]

Mmm..the first thing that comes to my mind is a pretty bad case of what the AV gurus call "Backlight Bleed". I have pasted the following bit of info explaining it from a quick google:

The entire surface of an LCD is backlit from behind by a light source (CCFL light) and the LCD blocks out the light that is not needed. Backlight bleeding occurs when this light is not 100% blocked allowing some light to "bleed" through the LCD causing spots of lighter areas on a dark or black background. Unfortunately, almost all LCDs suffer at least a small amount of backlight bleed because the opacity of LCD panels is not enough to block all light, though it only causes problems if it can be easily detected by the human eye.

If I'm right, then the set should definitely be returned.

 

[tosullivan]

that sounds like it alright.

its not spots but more like an area of the screen.

Thanks

 

[shels-07]

Hi all,

I bought a samsung 37" lcd tv about 14 months ago.. Within the last month I have noticed thin green lines running down the screen from top to bottom in a small section of the tv when I turn it on, but after about an hour they just dissapear ! Anyone know what the problem could be...?

Thanks In Advance