The lamp is a piece of equipment that is built into your LCD TV. This lamp is what brightens the screen on the television. The bulbs for this lamp can break and need to be replaced.
LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. LCD television have bulbs, used to illuminate the high-definition on-screen images and thus need to be replaced in a period of time. Installing LCD television lamp is user-serviceable.
The projection lamp, from the sound of things.
A DLP lamp may need to be replaced because it may have become faded or have burnt out. DLP lamps are often used in HDTV, LED and LCD televisions for picture quality.
The lamp can't be 'repaired', it is always just replaced. I would contact the store where you purchased the TV and see if they can order you a replacement lamp. Most TV's can be re-lamped by the customer.
If it's a TV that uses a projection lamp, then the lamp or ballast is going bad.
Average lamp expectancy is about 2000 hours. If the TV shuts off the lamp intermittantly and then powers back on after a minute or so, a lamp change is probably in order.
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Some LCD TV's does not require a mounting bracket while others do. Depending on the style of the TV would depict whether you would need a mounting back or not.
If I already had a desktop computer and not a tv, I would pickup a cheap lcd tv.
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That sounds like a Hitachi model number. ON the front, to the left hand side should be a panel that you can remove to obtain access to the lamp. Most likely it'll be embossed with the word, `LAMP'.
The average cost depends on the size and wattage. The average life of a tv lamp is eight thousand hours. Here is more information on prices: http://www.dlptvreview.com/dlptvreviews/projection-lamp-replacement.html