hi guys,
i had the exact same probles as most above. The FIRST time that happend I took it to the tvrepair shop, and the fixed for about $60(dont remember the exact price) it workedd for about year and half. figured it wasnt worth taking to the shop again opened it up and tried to fix it myself. I AM NOT ELECTRONICS SAVY. but figured what the hell. i suspected it it was the power supply problem all along, and when i opened it up my hanch was the the problem could have been the electric capacitors. looked up on line how "bad" capacitors look-like and how to change them. than looked for any capacitors that were remotly close to what a bad capacitor, went to local electeonic shop bought what i needed including soldering tools and replaced all capacitors dimed unworthy. one problem though the capacitors were not the same size and dint fit properly but didnt bothered me. at the moment of truth when i turned the tv back on it WORKED.
here is kicker though; when i unscrewed the back plastic cover and the metal cover the one thats under plastic and also used to hold the tv's stand, i accedently misplaced the metal cover.
so i ask you, if you decide that its not worth fixing your tv can i somehow obtain that metal cover from you. will pay for shipment. Thanks good luck hope this helps.
hhhhooo, July 2010
