Replacing Samsung DLP Lamps

If you have a Samsung rear projection television set, you probably love the great quality picture that you get when watching your favorite shows. There's nothing like the quality of picture on a big screen rear projection television. Samsung is known for making some of the best electronics in the world and their televisions are no exception. After you've had your rear projection set for a while, you may notice that the picture is not as good as it used be or that your picture is going out altogether. The solution to this problem is usually a simple one – replacing the Samsung DLP Lamps.

What is a DLP Lamp?

DLP stands for Digital Light Processing. DLP lamps are digitally controlled lights that help give your rear projection television set a high quality picture. These lamps are controlled by a digital signal that causes the lamps to light up in the right sequence with the right colors in the right spots on your screen. In other words, without properly functioning DLP lamps in your set, you aren't going to be enjoying any shows or movies any time soon. After a few thousand hours of viewing time, you will have to replace the DLP lamps.

How Much do Replacement Samsung DLP Lamps Cost?

No one likes to have to put additional money into their electronic devices to keep them running, but with rear projection DLP television sets, you will have to make allowances for doing a little bit of maintenance. You will have to replace your DLP lamps when they start to go bad, so be prepared for this when you purchase your set. On average, you can expect to pay about $200 for replacement Samsung DLP lamps.

How to Replace Samsung DLP Lamps

Here is a quick step by step guide for changing your DLP lamps.

Open the access panel on your television set.
Loosen the two screws that are holding the old lamp in place.
Pull the old lamp out – being careful not to touch anything except the casing.
Ease the new lamp in, making sure that the plug on the lamp matches up to the plug on the set.
Put the screws back in place to secure the new lamp.
Replace the access panel on your television set.
Turn the television set on to test. You should now have your high quality picture back.

You may want to keep the old Samsung DLP lamp as a spare, if it was not completely dead. It never hurts to have a spare on hand in case of an emergency. Replacing Samsung DLP lamps is not a hard thing to do. Once you've done it once, you will be prepared to replace the lamp in the future after you've watched about 10,000 more hours of television.