One evening, the TV just shut off all by itself. When I tried to turn it back on by pushing the power button, the little green timer light to the left of the power button lights up with a click for only a few seconds and immediately shuts down. I've tried recycling the set by unplugging it, tried powering it on with the remote with the same consequences, and tried vacuuming out the insides and look for obvious causes; arcs, fried wires etc with no success. Please help. TY DK

D. Klass, December 2005

i took out the circuit board and it was a blown up capacitor (472J 1.6KV) its a brown rectangular one by further behind the hvb. it costs 2+shipping on mcmelectronics.com Part #: 181-131U. have fun reattaching all the wires at the end;)

vitaliy pisarenko, November 2009

Well I thought I was going crazy when mine did it,,, Im not alone,, my tv is doing the same thing,, tv repair estimate $375 (ugh)

D.Perez, October 2007

Well I thought I was going crazy when mine did it,,, Im not alone,, my tv is doing the same thing,, tv repair estimate $375 (ugh)

D.Perez, October 2007

I have the same model VS-50501A... Doing the same problem. Any answers yet?

MBESPINOSA, September 2006

Try C5A28 100uf 200v by the HOP Heatsink.

Kim Balsor, May 2006

I am exepriencing the same problem wity my Mitsubishi TV. I have not yet found out what the problem is. If you find the solution to your problem, I would sure be interested in knowing what it is.

T. Fresquez, January 2006