I spoke to both Samsung and Onkyo about this annoying problem and was told by Onyko that they have seen this problem many times when their receiver is connected to a Samsung TV

Problem free

One more thing, although the TV works well there is a constant problem getting a show on Netflix

I purchased this model several months ago and although I love the picture... the problems with slow menu controls that lock up and the horrible loading and buffering the television does is enough for me to call this television a piece of

Doing this clears the problem but its annoying

no problem 2 years is not too bad

Have used it almost a year without significant problems.

I initially had some problems with the delivery system (no fault of Amazon), but I got everything straightened out.

This has been a repetitive problem since purchasing in July 2014

Turning off the TV doesn't clear the problem.

Great picture, no problems with delivery.

When streaming a video, it doesn't matter the source whether it be Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Hulu or my own movie collection on PLEX, I get an intermittent problem where a status popup shows up on the top half of the screen indicating the TV has lost a network connection.

The 2nd and 3rd self diagnostic test pictures are all gray scales which do show the problem, BUT you can't see these images unless you tell your TV that it failed the 1st self diagnostic picture (which of course is designed NOT to show this darkening problem)(5

Hopefully someone who matters at Samsung will read some of these reviews and one day fix this highly frustrating problem

I have less than 3 months remaining on my warranty, and based on this experience, there are no guarantees that I won't have more problems after it expires.

Only problem is the frequent loss of audio/picture sync which may be dependent on the playback medum at the station.