I have a Samsung 40" TV that I purchased in the 2008 Boxing Day sales.It's been a good unit and I really like it. Normally you turn the power on, the little red standby light comes on, and you push the power button on the TV or the remote. The light then blinks, and 3-4 secs later the picture appears.Over the last couple of days, I push the power button on the TV or the remote, and the TV takes 4-5 MINUTES to start. Once it has started it works fine, but the startup time annoys and concerns me.I have read that this seems to be a known issue in the US, with bad capacitors as the cause, and that Samsung has been fixing them.Before I contact Samsung to discuss, I would appreciate views on:what may be causing this?whether it's unreasonable to expect retailer/Samsung to do anything about a six year old telly at this point?how much an inspection fix might cost and, if I had to pay, whether it might just be worth getting a new TV?anything else I should consider?I'm not burning to replace it. It has a good picture, loads of inputs (4xHDMI, 2x Component, 2x AV and 1x VGA), and sits well in the room. SO, providing it isn't stupidly uneconomic to fix and old TV rather than get a new one, that would be my preference.Thoughts?
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