I have a 42" Samsung Plasma. We have had it two years so the warranty just ran out. We have a half inch red line down the left side of the screen. Also, when the screen should be black, there are hints of red. Is my TV ready to be out in the garbage?

Check the ribbon cables in side the TV that connect to the panel. They are the left side looking at the back. Make sure they are all seated propporly. If that does not fix, then your Upper Y Buffer board needs to be replaced.

have almost the same problem left side is black with sometime blue line red lines or a whole bunch of different lines some one help please have sound and right side of tv works fine

the problem lies in the y or x board just replace the on thats acting up and you should be ok

I had the same problem -red, vertical bars along the right side of my Samsung 42" Plasma- and this is what fixed it: Removed unterminated cable.
I had hooked up an HD video camera to the set about two weeks ago. While I disconnected the camera I left the other end of the connector cable plugged into the T.V.. As I've since learned from friends who work in television, this is what's called an "unterminated cable" -meaning one end is unconnected. It can lead to problems with electrical interference and appears to have been the problem in this case; When I disconnected this cable from the T.V. the red bars went away.
So, check your cables. Make sure everything is properly connected and get rid of anything that might be picking up interference.

Hi: We had this problem under warranty, and tech installed the following to solve it: Parts BN96-02033A, BN96-02034A and BN96-02216A. This solved the problem for 2 years. I now have the upper half going black now and then for 2 to 3 seconds. I am ordering these parts from www.partstore.com and will just plug them in. Better than a new tv.

It can be fixed but about $300 in parts.

My 42" Samsung Plasma HDTV HP-R4252 has a 2" vertical strip of green pixels down the right side of the screen.

My 3 year warranty with Circuit City expires in Nov 2008.. so I hope I'm covered.. can't call until the morning.

Samsung said it might be a logic board problem.. but they want almost $2000 to fix. I might as well buy another TV if Circuit City can't fix it.

I also have the same problem I phoned Samsung today to explain the tv was only 14 months old, they didn't wanna no because it was out of warrenty by 2 months. I am getting a black solid line down the left hand side of the screen. I ended up phoning Dixons were we bought it from, they have told me to get an independent engineers report done & send the report to them within 14 days. Dixon told me it was a known problem with Samsungs. They said they will fix it free of charge if they can if not they will send vouchers to the same value of the television. So beware stay clear of Samsungs.

some pixels may have burned out. i'd call the manufacturer and see if tech support cant help you out. but it sounds like a pixel problem