I have an older LG TV that has served me well, but it died today after 2 days of operating in the hot weather. Cooler now, its still dead, so it must not just be the heat.
The Back light works fine, displaying a nice life-less dark grey. The thing tuns on and off from the remote, although these steps take 3 times as long as normal. Just before it failed, the display occaisionally cycled to 50% grey, for a second, then back to a normal picture for 10-15 seconds, before it flashed/cycled again to grey. So I think the display is perfectly fine too.
Knowing just a little about electronics from the EEVblog videos, I'd bet dollars to donuts that there are some blown caps in there, and that replacing them will bring my TV back. But I've never touched a soldering iron and I don't own a meter. Am I foolish to attempt a repair on this? Is this something I can do, or will I fry myself? I don't care if I fry the TV, I'd just rather NOT replace it if I don't have to.