On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:10:39 -0500, papo wrote:
The Model # is KV-35S65.

Another question I would like to know is how to avoid this future problem.

This TV was my first "advance" TV. I have 2 other nearly 15-20 year old
TVs running in perfect condition.

This SONY, I guess as with other vendors with its advanced electronics,
seems to have
a low quality in parts.

So my question is, with the advancement in TV electronics, what is the
best quality vendor or TV so that issues like this don't occur. What do I
look for?
How long as they suppose to last these days?

Nobody can out-cheap sony. They'll put $10,000 into engineering out a buck
off a tv even if reduces the lifespan from decades to months, as long as it
makes it few days past the warrantee period.

There are lots of much better brands like toshiba. Even sanyo is likely to
be an improvement over the sony.