Hi all, new here, just hoping for some info or insight into a problem, I was
given a large Sony TV, its quite old tho, probably about 8 yrs, but it still
kinda works. the only problem is, that sometimes the screen just goes
black, although it still displays the channel number in the corner of the
screen, so its not 'off', and I can still hear the sound.

Also, after a seemingly random amount of time, 30 seconds to a few, maybe 10
minutes, the screen will flash and flicker red, then the TV will return to
normal and be fine. It appears to be the same on all inputs, scart,
composite, whatever...

Thanks in advance for reading, and even more thanks if you maybe know whats
wrong, and it would be worth a repair. I know its old...boy, its an old TV,
but I've never had a large TV and I cannot afford a new one.