Thanks very much. I got some more specific info
as well, so if anyone else happens to google looking
for this info, here is what I was told:

Pull the speaker grill and check the fuses F901 and F902 on the convergence
board. If one
is open, you have a bad output IC (IC1704 or IC1705). Replace them both.
Don't try to
adjust anything or you can make things worse.

"kip" wrote in message
.. .
STK,s are the Output Convergence IC,s..

kip
"RobR" wrote in message
news:7FXte.6041$Wb.4145@trndny03...
this is a sony 53xbr35 that's probably 8 or 10 years old.
i turned it on last night and saw the pic at the url below.
any idea what's wrong and if it's worth fixing? i really
wasn't planning on taking the HD plunge quite yet .
thanks!

http://www.nema.com/junk/hosedtv.jpg