Hitachi 50V500 TV Goes Kaput
I thought this only happened to Sony's LCD TVs...
I’ve had my Hitachi 50V500 HDTV for about 6 years. A few months ago the red started to ghost. It got worse and worse so yesterday I finally found the service manual and fixed it in the service menu. Unfortunately the LCD is going too as shown by the yellow spider web in the picture. After some searching I found I was pretty lucky. The optical engine in these models is known to be faulty, often dying after 1.5-2 years of use. I have around 6080 hours on mine, including the original bulb, so I got my money’s worth.
Service Manual
The service manual has a lot of in-depth information about the TV and, as was important to me, the service menu. Unfortunately it isn’t the easiest to find. The first hit on google has it as a 14 part RAR file. I’ve uploaded the complete PDF to MediaFire.
You can download the Hitachi 50V500 & 60V500 TV service manual here.
What’s Next?
I really don’t want to spend money on a new TV right now so I’ll keep using this one until it dies completely. When I do break down and drop the money it will be a 50″+ LCD. I’m hoping that won’t be for 6 months to a year so LED back lit LCDs will have come down in price a bit. The contrast ratio on them is fantastic and they use a lot less power than normal LCD TVs.
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