pt47wx53g blackout - any ideas?

[gilbatross]

Hi -
I've had the pt47wx53g for a little over 2 years now. Love(d) the set, but yesterday, after watching a couple hours, I went of the house for a while and shut her down. When I came back and turned it on, all I get is a small strip down the middle consisting of RBG "swirls".
I checked every input - I have Hi-Def Cable in the DVI - DVD in Comp 1 - standard cable in ant 1, xbox in video 2. I rotated through them, at least I think I did.. becase the little strip was changing as I changed the input selector., and once the strip instead of RBG swirls was more like snow swirls.

I didn't have a power outage or anything - all the clocks and the comp was still on. I unplugged over night, but didn't help.

Tonight I took off the panel to see if there was anything obviously fried or out of whack, but couldn't locate anything that stood out. - When I had the panel off - I plugged it in, and had my wife turn the set on. All three lamps are faintly glowing - so they are at least working..

Anyway - any ideas of what happened, and whether the cost of repair is worth it??

OMG-- Survivor is on tonite!!!! :mecry:

Thanks for any help, and I appreciate your time.

-G

[d6500k]

While I have not seen the "swirls" effect you mention, the narrow strip down the middle usually consists of a power board failure.

Call for service, explain the glitch, get a quote.

The display is worth saving if possible. I've calibrated dozens of the pannys and own one myself. Fine inexpensive displays.

Doug k

[gilbatross]

Thanks Doug.

Yeah, I went to BB to find a HDTV- I had a size in mind, and was looking at all in that range, and was going to just choose by the picture quality. I know everyone has different preferences, but the panny looked best to me, and low and behold it was the lowest price of my options. -
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Called service today, they will come and look at it for $80 - $40 of which will count toward the repair, if I choose to do it after their evaluation.

THanks for your insight and advice.

-G