Apologies if this has been discussed before. There have been somewhat
similar threads that I found in Google newsgroup archives, but I could not
find this exact problem and too many people reported different problems in
the same thread, and it was hard to understand what questioning people were
answering.

10 year old KV-32XBR96S, 32" XBR-2 direct view TV. Picture and sound are
still excellent.

Starting today, when I turned on the TV, the picture and sound go "off" and
"on" in rapid sequence about once every 2 seconds. The TV set also makes a
noticeable clicking noise.

If I turn off the power with the remote and wait a few minutes, and then
power it back on, everything is fine. I assume this problem will rapidly get
worse.

Any ideas about what the problem is? There is no Sony service center in my
city, so I want to be able to probe some of the repair people to see if they
know what they are talking about before I let them fix it. If it is simple,
I could possibly fix it myself since I am experienced in electronic
component soldering and repairs. At 100 lbs and no box, I will have to have
in home repair.