I've a CPTEC plasma TV, with half of the screen black

SOURCE: Half Screen went black

Try to replace the Logic board.

SOURCE: Samsung Plasma TV - picture has 6 sections of horizontal lines

All I can say is when you watch T.V. the plasmas run off of plasma gas and when you leave something on for so long it burns in the screen. I have the same T.V. and when watching like the weather channel it leaves lines but they go away. If yours are permanent then you can't do anything, but it may help if you go on your remote and go to "menu" then look for "setup" and scroll down with the arrows on your remote. Look for "screen burn protection" and select "white screen". This will make your whole screen white and it may take out the lines. If you let it sit white it won't hurt it. All one color won't hurt, the only thing that hurts is like bright white lines in front of a dark background. Just give your T.V. a break from time to time ESPECIALLY ON VIDEO GAMES. T.V. shows that are HD usually have their channel icons that move or are very dim and they won't hurt. Just go to what I told you and let it sit about 20 minutes, if that doesn't help, then the T.V. you have i believe comes with a 2-year standard warranty and if it's under warranty take it back if you have the reciept. If no reciept then call 1-800-SAMSUNG.

SOURCE: 42 inch samsung plasma screen is half blacked out

the problem lies in the y or x board just replace the on thats acting up and you should be ok

SOURCE: Black stripe down TV plasma screen

if your TV is still under warranty, call Samsung to get it fix. I seen this problem and is quite expensive to repair

Todd Thornton

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• Posted on Oct 31, 2009

SOURCE: my plasma, bottom half of the screen is black

Hi, It is your lower Y sus Buffer. Runs about $80
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