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Apr 12, 2010 Adam     Bought this tv from factory direct, got lucky havn't had a single problem with i...

Jun 22, 2009 Superbee     I had the same problem with the four squares in the corners and no picture. Yes ...

Mar 14, 2009 NOT HAPPY     Same as everyone else, lines and blue squares. Does anyone know if I can somehow...

Jul 16, 2008 serby Iglesias     had TV for about seven 10 months and vertical lines dots going across screen a...

Apr 30, 2008 prostreet36     Akai customer service is a complete joke. 6 weeks and I'm still waiting for app...

Jan 26, 2008 Edward     This is a followup to Jan 18 review. The fix worked. The service center had to r...

Jan 18, 2008 Edward     Add an other dissatisfied customer. At first I was impressed with picture qualit...

Nov 18, 2007 Steve     Has not had the sharp image expected for an HD. I have had it set on 1080i for a...

Oct 28, 2007 shaji joseph     it is good when it works i got this tv from sams 3 months it work fine now it ha...

My Experience: I had the same problem with the four squares in the corners and no picture. Yes the problem is cheap chinese capacitors... 4 of them. If you know electronics you need 4 ea. 100uf 35V capacitors. You must find locations C280, C302, C320 and C323 on the board and replace the capacitors in those locations with new, quality ones. Don't try this if you don't have the right equipment but you can certainly tell your local TV technician that you know the fix and it might help hold your cost of repair down. This is a very nice unit when working except someone bought a bad batch of capacitors.