z0diacx,
Thanks for purchasing a Samsung product.
There are several reasons why "snow" could appear on the units, and there have been some "colored static" posts here on the thread. The best test is finding out if it's happening on every input, or just one. If it's happening on all of them it may be the board behind the plasma panel (and not the panel itself), which can most definitely be fixed.
If it's limited to just one input, it may be coming from the source.
Keep me posted.
--HDTech
I bought my 58" Series 5 550 plasma on Boxing Day. About 2 weeks later I started noticing green static 'snow' appearing on the screen when plugged in to my PS3 via HDMI.
Sometimes wiggling the HDMI cable clears this up for a little while, but it comes back.
Any possible causes for this? Known issue with Samsung plasmas? HDMI cable? PS3 box ???
I'm going down to Future Shop (here in Canada) to get a new HDMI cable and will try that. If it still happens then it's down to either the PS3 box of the TV. I'm *really* hoping it's not the TV as I just paid $2800 for it (got $1000 off on boxing day) and it weights a gazillion pounds. Not to mention I know the horror stories of trying to return something after 30 days.
Is there any 'common problem' that this green static is associated witH?

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