[quote=svelte]Wow. Have we gotten to the point where TVs are 2 year disposable items?[/quote]
I’m guessing this flat screen TV is a plasma. Plasma TVs are notorious for power supply failures. Before LCDs came down so much in price, my brother was getting blown up plasmas for free or cheap on CL, fixing the power supply, and then reselling them for a $300-400. Many of the sets used the same power supply so he knew exactly what to replace. It was very easy money.
That said, our plasma is a 42″ Magnavox. It probably 8-10 years old by now and has given us no problems at all.
