I have a 50 inch widescreen LCD HITACHI ULTRAVISION TV. I turned it on this morning and all I got was theblue light blinking to power itself on, then the red light appeared where it says lamp. I am wondering if my lamp is gone out? My TV is only five years old.

Likely the lamp in the set has failed here which does make sense if the picture was dim before---a lot of lamps just before failing all the way dim down.

The place to begin is to examine or have someone else examine the lamp this set should use for picture.

Power board is dead.

Ur tv projection bulb,been a long time had not been replaced?If the the bulb been,replaced the ballast might be dead.

Your TV may have detected an error. Try first to have the TV unplugged overnight just to clear it out then observe it after turning it back on.

could be shoted convergence ICs

Hitachi has had problems with their light engines. Very expensive. Contact Hitachi as they may give you consideration even if this is out of warranty.

you need to contact hitachi because its a manufacturer defect...its called the light engine if im not mistaken that makes it turn funny colors...about 300 or better to get it fixed or call hitachi and whine and complain till they fix it...
your welcome

I had a similar problem with my Phillips 42 in. LCD HD TV.

Here's the problem. The Power Supply Board. I opened my TV up(warranty was up of course) and found several bad capacitors. Phillips and several other companies were sold capacitors that although were highly rated failed within 5 years because of a lack of preservatives. All sorts of electronic equipment is now being effected due to these defective capacitors.
Solutions?
1. Take it in and have it fixed
2. Open it up, check the board for faulty capacitors(bulged or leaking) Buy a new Power supply board and install it.
3. Remove PSB, remove faulty capacitors and replace with compatible new ones.
Capacitors are very inexpensive but require some soldering skills to repair.

Hope this helps

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