T i m wrote:
Hi All,

A lady friend bought a 400 quid TFT TV for the bedroom a while ago
(~1yr?, probably against my advice at the time) and recently the
picture died (but still sound / channel controls etc though).


I wouldn't even consider this repair.

TFT sets have very few "reparable" components and what there is that
can be fixed would need technical manuals and/or a stack of working
spares to try out.

My experience of places that do fixed-price repairs of these sort of
things is that they replace entire units (PSU, display, main PCB etc.)
and bin the non-functional bits. They don't bother to repair any of the
major items - it's just not worth the time. Enough of the units need
very simple repairs (new PSU etc.) that they make up for the few that
take the most expensive components (probably in this case the main
display).

If you don't know how they work, and don't have the diagrams or at
least a stack of spares, then you are likely to be fiddling for hours
or days with only a relatively small chance of fixing it.