"blanking" (blanking@brain) writes:
Thanks but I want to give it a go myself, for 2 reasons, the cost of
servicing compared to buying a new similar tv and I am reasonably handy
myself with although limited electronic knowledge. I know there can be
dangerous voltages left in the capacitors after turn off so I presume if I
short the power plug phase and neutral pins to the earth pin I will
discharge any voltage in the caps. The fact that it responds to a tap on the
top of the tv makes me think it is probably not in the circuit board,

The problem is a little knowledge is likely worse than none, because a bit
makes you think you know how to fix the problem.

People have stated what they think the problem is, and you think you
can define what's wrong by how much of a tap you need to give the set?

And I don't really know what that nonsense is about shorting things, but
until you can make sense in that area you shouldn't be going near the insides
of the set.

Michael