I have an 8 year old LG 50" plasma tv. It has a 4" bar across the bottom that consists of different colors. Do you think this would be the lower buffer board?

SOURCE: LG 50" plasma tv

call 877-543-8325 this is an LG Executive call center and they will fix this for free. I have a 50" plasma I bought january 2006 which is out of warranty by 5 months. They faxed me and the LG repair shop a 30 day warranty for my tv to cover the repair. Just tell them you heard a pop and in my case the picture is distorted. All they need is the model number and serial number and they should take care of it. No arguing needed.

SOURCE: LG flat panel plasma with red line

I had the same problem and fixed it by replacing the control board. It's a little nerve wracking, but required only simple hand tools. If you'd like to see detailed pictures of the repair check out my blog.

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SOURCE: LG 50PX4DR plasma tv

I had the same exact problem as posted above. My 50" LG plasma was out of warranty for 1 year! I called the LG executive call center, and they were very helpful. They offered to pay for the parts and labor. They recommended a few local repair shops, and they set everything up for me. The tech came out within 4 days with one part. The tech had to come out one more time the following week, since more parts were needed for the repair. The Y sustain board, along with 2 adjacent parts that are required to be replaced as a set, and the power supply had to be replaced (parts alone cost just over $900). TV is like new again; I'm very happy with how LG handled it, and made what could have been a bad experience a good one.

Gino Raymone

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• Posted on Jul 10, 2009

SOURCE: thin red vertical lines on left side of 50

this is not an easy fix. the screen ,or the x or y screen drivers are bad .

SOURCE: I have a horizontal line going across the picture of my tv.

The panel is bad and will need to be replaced.