Hi there been having some problems with my Philips 49PUS7181/12 tv. I've had this tv for 3 months now and after two months I saw a couple of dead pixels. I returned it and they put a new tv screen in, yesterday I picked it up and had zero trouble, but today I saw this black thin vertical line

by JonaV123
kingviper

I'm not a TV technician but it looks like part of the backlight is non functional. On many TV's the backlight is comprised of multiple zones. One of yours is not functioning for some reason.

Ruphies

I really wish I could get one of these in the states. I love the ambilight.