Samsung 4K TV Flickering Black Bar | Vertical Black Shadow 

I have same problem. It's gross. A TV should last at least one decade.

I'm sorry to hear that. Our Samsung 720p is still working and almost 17 years old.

Why are almost like...80% of all the "black screen reparing"-videos on youtube about samsung tv's???

Same thing happened to us, and so many others. I won't be Samsung again. Same stuff happened with our extremely expensive Samsung refrigerator as well. Everything goes to crap as soon as the manufacturer's warranty is expired.

In the UK the retailer is responsible for 6 years from purchase providing you get an engineer to confirm the issue isn't from misuse. Trading standards act.

I tried this , but every time it starts with a flickering video of a long haired japanese girl coming out of a well....what to do now?

my samsung hd tv i bought in 2013 is still going strong, no issues. but my fancy ass 4k oled samsung thats only been running 3yrs, suddenly has vertical strips of shadowing. very sad. it seems like in the last 4yrs, the quality of product samsung puts out has severly declined. it appears to me, to be a backlighting issue. be nice if it was something you could change out yourself like a bulb in a light fixture lol

I "fixed" mine by watching YT "local dimming test". This causes to restart or power off my QLED byself after running that video for 1-5 sec. After run it 2-3 times, it flicker less for some time. One day it stop flickering at all. I losed local dimming zones, but I do not care. I have fully working TV now. If Your TV switch off while watching YT "local dimming test", try mine steps. I run it 2-3 times every day for about 2 weeks. Anyway, never ever samsung.

Usually when tv experience this sort of error. It's not that expansive to fix it if you can find decent person to do it. I my self know something about fixing these kinds of problems, and in my experience it's usually either one of the display cables, T-Com board or backlights. And if you contact Samsung for any of these problem most of the time they will charge you way to much to fix it. Or they will tell you it's not fixable while in reality you can fix it for few hundred bucks or even less then that and sometimes you can fix it by just cleaning internal parts of the tv. So the moment warranty expires is actually not because the rigged it in some way but actually because Samsung and many other companies use so many cheap parts in their TV's, and these are the parts that can only last for a year or two max. So that's the real reason they do it because it gives them approximate time of when you are going to return to their store asking for repairs or even buying a new tv.

Same here..after one and a half year black shadow now all over the screen...NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN GOING TO GET ANY SAMSUNG TV.

Same here. Going to Walmart. Screw Samsung.

I got 5 years out of my 65 inch series 7 Samsung and today I have the black line of death. Never buying a Samsung TV again.

Had my Samsung 4K for 4 years and it’s now started doing this. Never buying this brand ever again.

We had a $2000 the frame tv and same thing. As soon as the warranty expired just after 2 years use it broke, they don't offer any compensation they just say sorry it's out of warranty please buy our new one

Same model, same issue. This is the second Samsung TV with which I have had this same issue after only a couple of years of use. Having issues with ALL of my Samsung appliances after only 3 years (Microwave, Range, refrigerator). I expected MUCH better from Samsung, but will not recommend or purchase again. Samsung will NOT stand behind their products.

UHD series 7. 4 years and 1 week old and the black bar mysteriously appears. Bye bye Samsung. I’m done.

Have the same deal, my wife says she doesn't see anything and it's driving me nuts.

My uncle's TV is doing this, also just a few months after the warranty expired. He paid over a grand for it. Never getting a samsung TV!

We should all get tested from Samsung this sucks !!!I'm super annoyed

I'm having this same issue and my tv is barley 4 years old...fn stupid..

Same here!!not buying another Samsung

My TV 4 year old mu7000 now black shadow spot on TV samsung say replace panel not much worth sir planing next year change tv LG ips panel

Sad, my brand new 65 inch Samsung QLED has a solid black shadow down the center of the screen, fresh out of the box smh

This is happening to My own Samsung tv presently it's annoying

My TV have some kind of black lines and this type of dark shadow mark but they are not blinking they are permanent. If someone knows what to do with that please tell me 😕

This is an issue I also have my 65 innch Samsung TV is 4 yrs old .. this shouldn't happen its disappointing .. I won't by another for sure

Yep 55$ on e-bay for back lights leds shorting keeping the rest on

My old 2009 Panasonic ips panel lcd still working ....

Mines appear when my tv starts heating up

Mine is doing this after 4 years, first it started with light bleed about a year ago. I have a hisense that we litterally leave ON for around 20 hours daily and had it for the past 3 years without any visible damage whatsoever. The samsung looks better but the hisense has better input lag for gaming and I can get a 65 inch tv for 400 bucks so bye bye samsung.

give one solution for the same problem in 1plus TV PLEASE

My tv is doing this and I’ve tried everything g. Seems like all Samsung appliances suck ass. My fridge went out after two years, also my washing machine. No more Samsung appliances for me.

because they are not just selling the product, but they also open bussiness for repairing. So their product will broke when it comes the end of warranty. The cost for fix it almost 75% of the price when you first get the product. event they give you a discount, they will not broke. because they have thought about it well..

Same issue with a Q70 85" LED, 2 years old and will cost over 1500 to fix. Do not buy a Samsung, I get that these things happen but their customer service has no interest in helping, no goodwill whatsoever

I'm having the same problem, it's so distressing. Mine is in the same spot

It’s a led blow out I have the same problem

My POS tv just did this. First it was "easy to fix" by bonking on the top of the tv where the shade was, next day it was putting stuff in between the TV and the space beneath it to create pressure squeezing the tv in a way. Now its just getting worse with having a sweet spot where I have to put stuff to create the same pressure. Samsung has become SHIT.

I have a same problem

I fixed that problem from these steps: 1 - Set Energy Saving to Max Saving. 2 - Lowering brightness/backlight to 0 3 - POWER CYCLE (unplug TV, hold TV power button 30secs, then plug again) 4 - Turn on TV. It should be go away. PS. I kept Energy Saving to max saving in order to prevent future issues.

Same thing with my Samsung

Man, i really like my tv but I'll have to buy a different brand now.

I figured out how to fix the problem!!!!! You do the power off, mute, 1,8,2, then turn the power on, then go to SVC, then go to EW Diagnosis test, then it will take you to a screen where it does a test, and it should work

Hi, did u fix it?

Sam thing here sucks but mine is worse !!

anyone got a fix for this yet just happened to mine 😢

Same to me

Samsung is not good at all. Same issue for my 55" and a few years back with 46" 3D TV. We are a Samsung Family with 55" TV, Front Load Washing machine, a couple of AC's, Micro Waves, Phones - All Samsung.. but seems like need a switch to LG here-on for consumer Electronics. So costly are the repairs and exactly post warranty this happens. The local service providers are not good as well :(

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