Hi Leonard,
> I had posted on a couple different online forums dealing with the
> Mitsubishi green blinking light and you had responded tothose posts. I
> wanted to relay to you the status of my situation. I have a Mitsubishi
> WS55511 that I purchased in Dec 2002. The blinking light started
> sometime around 04-05 if i remmeber correctly. I had contacted
> Mitsubishi customer service but still haven't gotten the set fixed.
> 1. I took the DM board to a Mitsubishi repairman, he replaced the 7
> caps and checked the pico fuses.
> 2. I reinstalled the DM board, still had blinking light.
> 3. I took the DM board along with chasis (board) it sits in back to
> shop.
> 4. Mitsubishi told repairman they thought DM board should be replaced
> but repairman that (cost $165 for part) may be throwing good money
> after bad.
> 5. I pick up board, no change. Not sure what to do whether buy new TV
> or what. (about 2 weeks ago)
> 6. Got a call from Chris from Mitsubishi stating they would pay
> repairman ($60) to come out to house and check set. He is to send his
> diagnosis after his service call.
> 7. Repairman came to house this morning. Did some checks, found
> voltage is getting to parts needed. He feel the board the DM board
> sits in needs replaced. He is going to fax his recommendation into
> Mitsubishi later today when he gets back to shop. He thought the cost
> for that part was around $300-400.
> 8. Leonard, I asked the repairman but he didn't know for sure. Do you
> know if that board also includes another DM board? Also he mentioned
> he didn't even know if that board was available because he was thinking
> he had checked awhile back for another customer and couldn't find it.
> 9. Do you know from your experiences with Mitsubishi at what point do
> they say they will not put anymore money (parts) into it? Would it be
> unreasonable to try and negotiate a new set at this point? My WS55511
> was $3200 when I bought it, today I believ you could buy a set for
> $1000 that is 3 times the set that I have, would you agree?
> 10. If I do decide to get a new set and want to stay in the 50-55"
> range what would you recommend?
>
> Thank you Leonard for any input. I truly appreciate it.
> Sincerely,
> Dave (Shooter)
> I had posted on a couple different online forums dealing with the
> Mitsubishi green blinking light and you had responded tothose posts. I
> wanted to relay to you the status of my situation. I have a Mitsubishi
> WS55511 that I purchased in Dec 2002. The blinking light started
> sometime around 04-05 if i remmeber correctly. I had contacted
> Mitsubishi customer service but still haven't gotten the set fixed.
> 1. I took the DM board to a Mitsubishi repairman, he replaced the 7
> caps and checked the pico fuses.
> 2. I reinstalled the DM board, still had blinking light.
> 3. I took the DM board along with chasis (board) it sits in back to
> shop.
> 4. Mitsubishi told repairman they thought DM board should be replaced
> but repairman that (cost $165 for part) may be throwing good money
> after bad.
> 5. I pick up board, no change. Not sure what to do whether buy new TV
> or what. (about 2 weeks ago)
> 6. Got a call from Chris from Mitsubishi stating they would pay
> repairman ($60) to come out to house and check set. He is to send his
> diagnosis after his service call.
> 7. Repairman came to house this morning. Did some checks, found
> voltage is getting to parts needed. He feel the board the DM board
> sits in needs replaced. He is going to fax his recommendation into
> Mitsubishi later today when he gets back to shop. He thought the cost
> for that part was around $300-400.
> 8. Leonard, I asked the repairman but he didn't know for sure. Do you
> know if that board also includes another DM board? Also he mentioned
> he didn't even know if that board was available because he was thinking
> he had checked awhile back for another customer and couldn't find it.
> 9. Do you know from your experiences with Mitsubishi at what point do
> they say they will not put anymore money (parts) into it? Would it be
> unreasonable to try and negotiate a new set at this point? My WS55511
> was $3200 when I bought it, today I believ you could buy a set for
> $1000 that is 3 times the set that I have, would you agree?
> 10. If I do decide to get a new set and want to stay in the 50-55"
> range what would you recommend?
>
> Thank you Leonard for any input. I truly appreciate it.
> Sincerely,
> Dave (Shooter)