our television takes longer than usual to turn on and when it does the top or the bottom streches out and has a red/green color shift. it'll stay on for a couple of seconds and then turn off by itself. whats wrong with it and how do we fix it?

model #27PT54 3S37A

Louise et al., January 2005

It's July now, so you have probably already decided what to do with the TV. I have found answers at http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/electronics/msg0422572015185.html Evidently this model had design flaws. My TV is doing the same thing. I hear repair estimates are high, so plan to give a home repair a try since I'm not going to pay more than I did for the set 2 years ago to have someone fix it.

Lisa H, July 2005

Possibly poor regulation of the supply voltage to the frame output ic., you'll need to call a TV engineer.

Cobweb, January 2005