I have an 11 year old sony Trinitron 36" TV. There was a popping noise and picture and sound went out. After turning off then on again, the standby light flashes. I have a suspision that the picture tube went out?? Can this be replaced?

Stacie Andersen, November 2008

Mine is doing the same thing!!

Danny Ver, March 2009

The standby light flashes a code fault that a qualified engineer would understand and fix.

xyzbird, November 2008

It might be the picture tube - but my guess is that it's a failed component - tubes don't make a popping sound and the Sony tube is very reliable - more likely a component and possibly a capacitor blowing up (given the sound) and likely to be in the power supply but that's just a guess too...

Tubes no longer made - This from Wikipedia...

Sony has completed production of all Trinitron CRT models at its Singapore manufacturing plant. Trinitron CRT production ceased in Japan at the end of March 2008.

Peccavi, November 2008