Mitsubishi Light Engine

can you see any of the on screen displays like menu or volume?

I've seen a problem with this model that only had white vertical bars and had to replace the light engine.

Hi,Yes your problem sounds like the DMD board.This is how it works: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dlp1.htm Basically the light of the lamp goes through a tunnel that carries a color wheel(rotating disc with a gamma of colors that creates the colors on your tv)then the light of the lamp goes through the DMD board which is a chip composed of around 2 million pixels that creates the images and colors.When it starts to fail it will create black bars,pixelation,color distortion or white dots on screens.Ths if your tv is a dlp if its a Lcd it will be an issue with your light engine: Here's how your tv works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLLHnQ4y-wo Basically there's 3 LCD chips that create the colors and image by blending together.When these chips start to melt you will get those blue spots, pixilation even vertical lines.You will need to replace the light engine. Have a blessed one!

Try this:
1) turn on the TV
2) from the remote control press MENU 2,4,7,0 then ENTER
3) tv will state on screen that it is INITIALIZING
4) when done press the front reset button.
5) should be good to go!

It needs a new light engine

It could be your Light Engine. However, I would first check a few things:

1. Make sure your Low Power/Lamp settings are adjusted so that they meet your brightness needs.

2. Make sure you used a Mitsubishi original lamp, as generics get chewed through fast and hard.

3. Try another lamp; sometimes you can get a bad one in the bunch.

All those things don't work, consider a Light Engine ($400 + for parts; $300+ for labor)

the DM and/or the FMT board are going bad. the chassis needs to be rebuilt. check out www.tv-techs.com

I have the same problem with my tv, my tv tech said mitsubishi knows of the problem and knows how to fix it, but it would cost me 700.00 plus his labor to take out the chassis and send it in to mitsubishi, plus I would be without a tv for up to a month. this is b.s.

A WD62827 is a V30+ chassis and is a DLP format projection screen Tv, not a flat screen, am I missing something?? For the symptoms you're describing with a WD62827 remove and reseat the DVI cable between the chassis and optical engine. If removing and reseating the DVI cable does not resolve the issue you may need to replace the Optical Engine part # 938P019020
BTW the current software version for this unit is 7.04.1F if you have anything less you might think about updating the software also..
Hope this helps!
Bill

No. The optical engine is OK. You need an adjustment in the light tunel. Call a tech to do it.

i just got the same tv today and the same thing happend to me but it happend with the satellite input and i did not have the blue vertical lines i just had a black screen and sound. i unplugged the hdmi cable that carried the signal to the tv and plugged it back in and i had a picture. hope this helps