Received my new Samsung LNT4081F and it needs service already!! - Blu-ray Forum

dgator783 · 03-10-2008, 05:07 PM

Received my new Samsung LNT4081F this morning, hooked it all up and turned it on. GReen and some red tint was displayed. THere was no blacks. I contacted samsung and they decided it needed to be serviced already. Good thing its under warrenty. I bought it online and hopefully dont have to ship it back to montana...lol. THe samsung guy said it should be easy to fix and all, hopefully hes right. Anybody ever have this issue? I checked all my connections and all is in order. Im just going to be without a tv till its fixed.

Kuraudo · 03-10-2008, 05:13 PM

How are you hooked up? Component? If it is be sure the blue is tight back there.
HDMI?
Does this happen over the air antenna too?

If the first doesn't work I'm shitting my pants already.
What place did you buy it from? Was it online? Some of those online places send out very shotty products, either pirated or bad UPS carriers. The UPS is known for using very long 2 mile conveyors and kicking around the boxes!

dgator783 · 03-10-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuraudo

How are you hooked up? Component? If it is be sure the blue is tight back there.
HDMI?
Does this happen over the air antenna too?

If the first doesn't work I'm shitting my pants already.
What place did you buy it from? Was it online? Some of those online places send out very shotty products, either pirated or bad UPS carriers. The UPS is known for using very long 2 mile conveyors and kicking around the boxes!

I have it hooked via HDMI. I ordered it through AMazon and was shipped via Yellow Frieght.
heres some pics: (MOvie: THe Frightners starring MIchael J. Fox)

DC_Street · 03-10-2008, 05:40 PM

what on earth are you watching? flying babies?

ManUtd · 03-10-2008, 05:47 PM

Since you ordered it from Amazon, just give them a call and tell them you want a replacement because the product is defective. I wouldn't even call Samsung customer service in this case.

PS3 Blu-Ray · 03-10-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

what on earth are you watching? flying babies?

man I don't mean to laugh, but thats messed up, I never seen it that bad

dgator783 · 03-10-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

what on earth are you watching? flying babies?

its the frightners....its on StarzHD

dgator783 · 03-10-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

Since you ordered it from Amazon, just give them a call and tell them you want a replacement because the product is defective. I wouldn't even call Samsung customer service in this case.

if i dont get called from the repair guy within 24hrs, im gonna call amazon. The Samsung rep. said it is easy to fix....hopefully he wasnt jerking my chain

Kuraudo · 03-10-2008, 07:27 PM

dgator
flying babies? I think thats more weird than your green/red problem

Haha I'm messing with you..

Damn thats not a problem that RGB cables have if you don't put in the color.
HDMI being digital either works or it doesn't, there is no inbetween.

Umm I hope it gets fixed, this problem of all the pages I read on the 81 samsung on AVSFORUM has never been reported.
I'm positive they screwed it up during shipping through Freight.
Freight and UPS aren't good for Tvs, only use Fedex and DHL.
Dhl being better as its a family sized personal vehicle/Van and they do like one delivery at a time.
When the dhl guy delivered the TV to me, it was a small van like smaller than those sears vans, or SUVs.

dgator783 · 03-11-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuraudo

dgator
flying babies? I think thats more weird than your green/red problem

Haha I'm messing with you..

Damn thats not a problem that RGB cables have if you don't put in the color.
HDMI being digital either works or it doesn't, there is no inbetween.

Umm I hope it gets fixed, this problem of all the pages I read on the 81 samsung on AVSFORUM has never been reported.
I'm positive they screwed it up during shipping through Freight.
Freight and UPS aren't good for Tvs, only use Fedex and DHL.
Dhl being better as its a family sized personal vehicle/Van and they do like one delivery at a time.
When the dhl guy delivered the TV to me, it was a small van like smaller than those sears vans, or SUVs.

I had no choice in delievery method....it was yellow frieght all the way....good thing its covered through amazon if the bitc& cant be fixed...

JasonR · 03-11-2008, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DC_Street

what on earth are you watching? flying babies?

I laughed out loud on that one.

That is one crazy picture...

gand41f · 03-11-2008, 01:58 AM

Yikes. I've seen something similar on a Samsung at Fry's. Hopefully this is a common problem that has an easy fix (like changing a jumper?

) as the repair guy says.

enjoy
gandalf

dgator783 · 03-11-2008, 03:31 AM

Looking around online....I think the LED light engine failed....or is faulty....hopefully its replaceable. Ive read some posts where the samsung tech replaced it.....fingers are crossed!

DC_Street · 03-11-2008, 03:54 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbY_LGWpVPM&feature=related

flying babies!

Malosch78 · 03-11-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dgator783

Received my new Samsung LNT4081F this morning, hooked it all up and turned it on. GReen and some red tint was displayed. THere was no blacks. I contacted samsung and they decided it needed to be serviced already. Good thing its under warrenty. I bought it online and hopefully dont have to ship it back to montana...lol. THe samsung guy said it should be easy to fix and all, hopefully hes right. Anybody ever have this issue? I checked all my connections and all is in order. Im just going to be without a tv till its fixed.

Is the LNT 4081F the same as this one?

Bad luck btw. Hope you get it fixed asap!

ground chuck · 03-11-2008, 12:32 PM

that's interesting hope you get it replaced or fixed soon.

dgator783 · 03-11-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Malosch78

Is the LNT 4081F the same as this one?

Bad luck btw. Hope you get it fixed asap!

No, the 81F series uses LED backlighting for improved contrast ratio and LED motion plus to reduce blurring

dgator783 · 03-12-2008, 04:53 AM

update: I got in contact with the Samsung authorized repair service in my area today and they are sending someone over to fix it on thursday. They said if they cant fix it here, theyd have to bring it back to their shop which by the looks of the pics I posted, is whats going to happen. I dont think itll be an easy enough repair to do in my bedroom...lol. Hopefully its not a repair dude, but a hot repair gal

. THat would almost make up for the brand new broken tv.

dgator783 · 03-12-2008, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ground chuck

that's interesting hope you get it replaced or fixed soon.

thanks Chuck....hold my tv in ur prayers tonight....

dgator783 · 03-13-2008, 12:13 PM

Update: THe tv is defective....and the repair guys told me to return it back to the company (located in Montana

)....damn....no tv for me for the next week...booo

IM just going to buy it from best buy once I get a refund

so if ur screen looks like the one in the above pics, its defective according to the Samsung repair guys, return it immediatly

03-10-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	Received my new Samsung LNT4081F and it needs service already!! Received my new Samsung LNT4081F this morning, hooked it all up and turned it on. GReen and some red tint was displayed. THere was no blacks. I contacted samsung and they decided it needed to be serviced already. Good thing its under warrenty. I bought it online and hopefully dont have to ship it back to montana...lol. THe samsung guy said it should be easy to fix and all, hopefully hes right. Anybody ever have this issue? I checked all my connections and all is in order. Im just going to be without a tv till its fixed.

03-13-2008, 12:13 PM	#20
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	Update: THe tv is defective....and the repair guys told me to return it back to the company (located in Montana )....damn....no tv for me for the next week...booo IM just going to buy it from best buy once I get a refund so if ur screen looks like the one in the above pics, its defective according to the Samsung repair guys, return it immediatly Last edited by dgator783; 03-13-2008 at 01:15 PM.

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03-10-2008, 05:13 PM	#2
Kuraudo Active Member Member since:Feb 2008	How are you hooked up? Component? If it is be sure the blue is tight back there. HDMI? Does this happen over the air antenna too? If the first doesn't work I'm shitting my pants already. What place did you buy it from? Was it online? Some of those online places send out very shotty products, either pirated or bad UPS carriers. The UPS is known for using very long 2 mile conveyors and kicking around the boxes!

03-10-2008, 05:40 PM	#4
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	what on earth are you watching? flying babies?

03-10-2008, 05:47 PM	#5
ManUtd Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:In my HT Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:829 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:5	Since you ordered it from Amazon, just give them a call and tell them you want a replacement because the product is defective. I wouldn't even call Samsung customer service in this case.

03-10-2008, 07:27 PM	#9
Kuraudo Active Member Member since:Feb 2008	dgator flying babies? I think thats more weird than your green/red problem Haha I'm messing with you.. Damn thats not a problem that RGB cables have if you don't put in the color. HDMI being digital either works or it doesn't, there is no inbetween. Umm I hope it gets fixed, this problem of all the pages I read on the 81 samsung on AVSFORUM has never been reported. I'm positive they screwed it up during shipping through Freight. Freight and UPS aren't good for Tvs, only use Fedex and DHL. Dhl being better as its a family sized personal vehicle/Van and they do like one delivery at a time. When the dhl guy delivered the TV to me, it was a small van like smaller than those sears vans, or SUVs.

03-11-2008, 01:58 AM	#12
gand41f Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:San Jose, California	Yikes. I've seen something similar on a Samsung at Fry's. Hopefully this is a common problem that has an easy fix (like changing a jumper? ) as the repair guy says. enjoy gandalf

03-11-2008, 03:31 AM	#13
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	Looking around online....I think the LED light engine failed....or is faulty....hopefully its replaceable. Ive read some posts where the samsung tech replaced it.....fingers are crossed!

03-11-2008, 03:54 AM	#14
DC_Street Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:43	http://youtube.com/watch?v=BbY_LGWpVPM&feature=related flying babies!

03-11-2008, 12:32 PM	#16
ground chuck Power Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Charm City Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:48 Trading Score:18	that's interesting hope you get it replaced or fixed soon.

03-12-2008, 04:53 AM	#18
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	update: I got in contact with the Samsung authorized repair service in my area today and they are sending someone over to fix it on thursday. They said if they cant fix it here, theyd have to bring it back to their shop which by the looks of the pics I posted, is whats going to happen. I dont think itll be an easy enough repair to do in my bedroom...lol. Hopefully its not a repair dude, but a hot repair gal . THat would almost make up for the brand new broken tv.

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