Can someone tell me what's going on with this TV?

 

I suspect that the color filter is broke.

 

Do you know how much to replace it?

 

Is that a Sony? If so sony dlp recall.

If it's a samsung google the color wheel.

 

Well, I have Mitsubishi.

 

Found it on amazon for 104

 

Did you check your hdmi cable?

Faulty cables can lead to discoloration.

 

If that causing a problem, what can I do?

 

^^ Let's assume you have more than one device connected VIA hdmi to your TV.

Check each input via HDMI and see if the condition occurs on (for example) TV/CABLE versus DVD/Bluray input.

If you are doing switching via your AV receiver, then you will have to disconnect you hdmi cables and run them directly from a source (cable box, dvd/bluray player, etc) to your tv to see if the problem persists.

If the problem goes away, figure out which HDMI cable was the culprit and replace it.

 

It seems to me there's a problem with light engine.

 

If I were to guess, I'd lean towards the color wheel, or whatever mitsubishi calls it...

 

Either get part from mitsu and replace light wheel, or get new TV.

 

But it's only 3-4 years old.

 

lol I love pawnstars.

ill never buy a DLP again, I had the famous sony recall, took forever to get a new tv.

 

So, what do you recommend? LCD or LED?

 

Go to Best Buy or someplace with alot of models... Look what fits your eye. Some LCD or LED's look the same.

 

I have 2 DLP's right now and on one, the color-wheel shattered and on the second one, samsung did an "incognito" recall of the mirror module as a good chunk of mirrors would fail and stay white. I said screw those and just got a samsung LCD.

LCD is better for picture quality as you won't have issues with the ghosting, waterfalls, clouding, etc. that you get with LED's. As well you won't have an issue with picture brightness. However LCD TV's are far few now and LED technology is REALLY improving. You best bet is to check out the TV in person and go to a dark scene with some white to it, like the credits in a movie, and see if there is a TON of ghosting. Also check out AVSforum before hand. I did that and it helped out a LOT

 

If I buy LCD, I've been hearing about dead pixels....

 

Dead pixels can occur on any LCD screen of any size/shape.

 

The chance of bad pixel is pretty low now. It used to be very common. Buy from a store with a good return policy. I see Best Buy advertising that if you don't love the TV they will come pick it up.