My tv wont turn on the blue light goes out but no picture

SOURCE: TV WONT TURN ON

I'm going throught the exact same thing right now. After the lights quit blinking, and the blue light goes off, does the red lamp light stay on. This usually means your lamp has gone bad ($200.00 plus). But when I ordered the lamp, it did the same thing. Had to have the certified hitachi repair man come out for the and told me it had to be a bad lamp, so I ordered a 2nd one with the same result. He came out again and had to take the TV away, later telling me the ballast must have blown when the original lamp went bad. Another $200.00 part. I haven't fought this one with Hitachi yet but am going to try. The ballast shouldn'e go just because the lamp goes out. The set is only 21/2 years old and I've already had to spend about $700.00 on the light enging replacement and now this lamp and ballast expense. Love the TV but would expect a lot less problems from a $2500.00 top model Hitachi. I'm going to see if they feel the same way, hopefully not but I'm not real optimistic they will care. Hope this helps.

SOURCE: picture goes off with blue light still on.

It could be some hardware failure. But lets be optimistic. Try to reset your TV-set to the manufacturers default state. Not sure about the exact procedure but it must be fownd in the "menue", somewhere under "Settings" or "Channel search"!

Good Luck
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