Finally after several weeks without my 50" Samsung DLP due to a blown bulb, I now have my TV back. I bought the TV in July of 2007 and spent $400.00 and change for an extended warranty that kicked in July of 2008, and is good till July of 2011.
I'm glad I spent that $400.00 and change because the service guy replaced both fans, and the bulb. He said the bulb alone is around $220.00
! And it only lasted a year and four months! He spent the better part of an hour with an electric drill and worked like a machine changing parts, and blowing dust out with a can of air.
Thats one extended warranty I'm glad I bought! It's renewable and I probably will if this bulb goes out before 2011, and I'm sure it will, I watch TV will I compute or listen to music.
Ric