Television and Home Theater

I have a four year old Samsung DLP Model HLN617W (SiteModel HLN617W1X/XAA) that has generally worked well. I've had the lamp replaced once. Just last night, while watching a VHS tape, the picture changed to black and white. The sound was still audible and not distorted. The picture looked like it was composed of black and white pixels, and the image had frozen. The TV would not turn off using the remote of the side panel on/off button. I had to turn off the power strip. I was hoping the problem was my old DVD/VHS unit. No such luck.

My mom got me a mintek tv off QVC or somewhere you can actualy get that kind of crap! It sat in her closet for about two years and she stumbled about it.

I pluged it in and it worked fine for a few months and the the picture went out ( backlight?) but the sound stayed on. I've tried contacting Mintek but they don't seem to exhist?

Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Johnson

Can anyone point me in the right direction?I have had my samsung DLP (model SP50L6HD) for 4 years. This morning my children were watching TV and the tv started turning itself on and off. I switched it off,unplugged and left it for an hr to reset it. When I turned it back it it fires up for about 1 minute with picture and sound then screen goes blank and turns itself off and on trying to fire the picture. The picture goes off before the sound?? The lamp light flashes but no other lights on the front. There is a buzzing sound too, but the TV has always had this from day 1.