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Jan 2, 2015 David Mefford     I bought this in 2005 (10 years ago) so our children would bring their friends t...

Dec 5, 2008 D.Swan     Bought it in late 2004 for $2600+stand $3000 total. Early 2008 got blue blobs fo...

Jun 8, 2008 unhappy     I purchased this new August 2005. Within just a few months, I had to have the e...

Jan 15, 2008 Rich_Bailey77     I changed my mind about loving this T.V. after finding out that it wasn't dust b...

My Experience: I changed my mind about loving this T.V. after finding out that it wasn't dust but a burned out blue polarizer after only having the thing about 3 years. I disassembled it and pulled out the polarizer (held in the light engine with a little bracket) and the glass/plastic had a nice dark brown burn spot on it. I have searched and searched for somewhere to buy this little piece of glass/plastic and no luck. The only fix apparently is to replace the entire light engine ($1000 approximate).

Problems: Light Engine burned out the blue polarizer. My opinion is that this is due to poor cooling. Hitachi should give me my money back or send me a new T.V.