Samsung TV Half Screen Darker (Half Black Screen)? EASY Fix in Minutes

[@techtests]

Read the full article: www.lapseoftheshutter.com/samsung-tv-half-black-screen/

[@lorenzodibonaventura-x8y]

I tried everything and realized it was a faulty led backlight at the top of the TV. So I banged the back of the TV - top left and right and it's FIXED! Like the Fonz hitting the jukebox

[@cowboyjt4016]

How hard exactly 😂

[@Sevencoins7]

How did you find out about that? Did you open the tv yourself ?

[@techtests]

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[@minsun7025]

Holy shit it helped immediately

[@gotchyeaaa]

Just did that and heard shit fall inside the TV…..

[@krissjenniferstrand2718]

My man! Thank you for this video. It worked the very first time and saved me from wasting my time and money on a repairman.

[@gemstone9417]

Thank you. I plugged outTV, pressed power button and changed HMDI port. Not sure which did the trick but thank you.

[@hinap297]

Thank you for this. I hadn't disconnected the plus but it worked after pressing the manual power off button for 30seconds on the TV itself. Thank you! 👍🏻

[@lothianmcadam1]

T'shooting a qn65q60rafxza that is "half dark on one side". I am unclear how to determine if the problem is (generally) T-con or backlight. I presume the latter because the transition to dark is gradual. I presume if the T-con was at fault there would be a distinct cut-off to dark. If only there was a site that illustrated the appearance of different display issues...

[@keithrolle4569]

I waited 40 minutes and plugged it back in. Voila! Gone. Id been living with that black corner for weeks. I rebooted it previously, but did not wait long enough before I plugged it back in. I dont need a new TV.UPDATE, next day it is back...Probably need a new TV

[@magnuswf]

This seems just like the video I needed to fix my Samsung tv. My tv has both the bright spots AND the periodically backlight issue, where the upper horisontally third goes dark at random times. The bright spots must be the lenses has come loose as I understand is a common issue. Sometimes tue backlight turns on or off in the middle of watching stuff, sometimes it's dark or lit for weeks or even months at a time. I hear a humming sound from the tv which change in pitch depending on the image shown, dark or bright images, and I'm wondering if that points towards a failing powersupply for the backlight, or could it still be 'just' the LED strips or the different common points of failure I read about in the article linked in the description? I already opened the tv before to check for popped/burned capacitors, but didn't find any, and I want to try again if I have enough intel on what to look for/measure with multimeter. I already tried with/without HDMI inputs, factory reset, leaving the tv without power for a few days(though I didn't try holding the powerbutton like described), knocked lightly around the connectors inside to check for loose connections and cold solderjoints. I dont think I've updated the firmware yet, as I kinda fear that Samsung will inject some planned obsolescense failure, but maybe that's a conspiracy, idk. Hope to hear from you. - cheers

[@Fuhgit-lu4tj]

I have half dark screen. It likes to switch sides. Last week it was the left side, now the right side has it. The leds work otherwise it would stay on one side….right?

[@Tomch1234]

Mine just switched sides today after several weeks of being left side only. You found a fix?

[@Fuhgit-lu4tj]

@@Tomch1234 sadly no fix. Mine burnt out completely around two weeks ago. I had to get a new one.🫤

[@guydemi4654]

Half of my screen (right hand side) is darker but not totally black. This is a samsung curved screen. Any suggestions on what it could be? I have reset the whole TV already so i suspect that it might be a hardware issue. And what would be the estimated cost of parts and repairs in the UK?

[@donkeynuts75]

Got exactly the same problem mate. If you suss it out let me know and if I suss it I'll let you know. Best of luck.

[@reduxgamez5243]

Would this work on any tv or only samsung?

[@Jamiemarguerit]

Nice tips here ❤❤❤

[@trinellewyles3467]

Yay! Thank you, unplugging worked!!

[@kevinvty]

maybe you can make your voice louder on your next video mate!

[@techtests]

Thanks, will do!

[@xavierbeckles1176]

Are you deaf? He sounds perfectly fine.

[@miajarunai1792]

Just bought the Sony Inzone m9 4K Monitor for the ps5 . The right half screen turns black when I start a game. When I switch to HDMI 2 and go back HDMI 1 the screen looks normal again. Another issue that the screen goes black for 10sec and comes back and all colours look grey. When I switch to HDMI 2 and go back to HDMI 1 the problem is solved

[@techtests]

Sounds like an HDMI issue, either with the cable or the cable not quite connected.

[@miajarunai1792]

@@techtests It’s not the cable I changed them. I also can not use the firmware software to update my monitor because as soon as I want to change something in the hub app it tells me settings haven’t been applied . It doesn’t matter what I’m doing in the , changing language or the screen mode .

[@FellTheSky]

in my case was setting up 144hz without activating game mode. Once I activated it was ok. You can set it on by default in options.

[@techtests]

Good to know.

[@aysiskyle9458]

I noticed that it started on the right side and then it moved to the left

[@JasonWhipps]

Same issue. Did you find a fix?

[@aysiskyle9458]

@@JasonWhipps I will have get the backlight checked out 🤔😔

[@TinaMiller-d1n]

How hard do you hit it for dark down the middle? Where?

[@djsly7523]

So if it comes back on after A cold reboot and then happens again weeks l8er, and repeats like this several times, do you know what is causing this?

[@parv3y092]

if your tv does that after a year, do not by it the same brand

[@techtests]

Agreed!

[@aalzien722]

Samsung is ass for real. Never buying again

[@susanbithell5971]

It was the strips of lights on my tv (shadowing dark on top half) just fiddled with the connections and now works fine - thanks for the info

[@SidOHagan]

Go to system then shop mode then go back to home mode this worked for me.

[@logansavoy4244]

Would replacing the panel cable fix this problem ?

[@1brytastic]

My Tv is half black no matter what is it hardware or backlight?

[@CasanovaEBK]

Baklight

[@uclaomega]

thank you

[@parv3y092]

I can see both sides of the screen one side is greyes over.

[@TinoNzuzi]

Have the same issue. Have you managed to fix ???

[@techtests]

Almost certainly a T-Con failure, which you can follow the steps to check.

[@yoavplays]

it worked for a second and then came back to half screen black

[@realtor_mary]

Mine too

[@techtests]

Which step worked for a second?

[@yoavplays]

@@techtests reseting tv settings

[@AndrewS-xk6fw]

A solution that works. Many thanks. Simply powering off and on did the trick

[@diedefending420]

I got a TV took it back because of this issue, got a new one, and am having the same problem. I got a new HDMI Cable and it's still dark at the top. If I have to take this one back I'm done with Samsung.

[@aalzien722]

Samsung is trash

[@DavidTorres-hm2qs]

HIS MONOTONE VOICE PUT ME TO SLEEP 1 MINUTE INTO THE VIDEO..

[@Invin_cibles]

By far the most useless video I’ve ever seen. ‘Turn it on and off if that doesn’t work then it’s a hardware issue’.

[@joseph3890]

"Check backlight" thanks dude now i have a broken tv i got it for 8 years now i can't $#1ţ with it now