Thanks, EEman. Haven't decided for sure what we're going to do yet, but I appreciate the input. I'm thinking of granting samsung the benefit of the doubt, call their tech support and politely ask them to send me a power supply free or real cheap since it's so obviously defective and disgustingly widespread. If they won't help me out I'm going to add them to my "do not buy from" list and via facebook and twitter I'm going to very quickly influence the future purchasing decisions of quite a few folks.