My Samsung plasma tv got hit with a remote. Cracked in a star pattern now. It was on when it happened. Screen went black but still had sound. Turned it off and then back on and now no sound and black screen. Is it toast?

Any ooze coming from under a cap? The simple fix is to get another mainboard for around $45-65 bucks online from lots of sources.

Appears to be a power supply issue with everything being so dead.

Agree with other post but also seen to many of these with cracked screens, either hairline or point of impact and will cause lines and either right when hit or after the fact the crack causes a break in the current though out circuit causing the screen not to work.

The plasma panel is trashed-it had taken a hit somewhere and now is loosing the vacuum inside.Soon the whole screen will be black.
The TV will need replaced the plasma panel-there is no other way to fix it.This panel is like a fluorescent tube,one gets air inside ,needs replacement)

Sounds like a cracked screen !!! It doesn't take much to crack them

if the brightness&contras also efected u should check the lamp

Get the tech supplier to tell to the manufacture and the store what he told you.

Physical damage on any electronic device is very hard to have serviced under warranty. I have never seen a plasma display crack on its own. But, anything can happen.

I once saw a man drop a newly bought plasma TV in a parking lot outside from where he bought it and the screen broke. He never even made it home from the store!

Maybe you should contact a lawyer or someone who can give you legal advice about how to proceed with this. In different countries and different states the consumer protection laws are different.


Jerry G.

This is a very easy fix. Your cable box is not grounded correctly. To fix this you need a AC Plug adapter. This will change your TV ac plug from a 3 wire to a 2 wire. This may sound funny, but trust me on this. I have fix a lot of TV in NY doing just this.

I have samsung 40" LCD tv and it's happening the same thing. I turned it on and it last for 5 minutes and the screen went back but the audio is fine. I turned off and turned it back on it worked fine but an hour later it happen again.

have a tech check your tv there is a fault in tv horizontal circuit.good luck my friend.