Hey all. I have a 27" Panasonic TV that's either 9 or 10 years old. The model # is CT-27S2S. I'm not a technician and am not experienced in repairing electronics. I've seen this newsgroup many times and I thought I'd post my problem. This TV has been a good one for many years but recently has developed a problem. When you turn the TV on, it will play fine for 8-10 minutes, but then the picture will go completely black and will have muddy sound when you put your ear down to the speakers. It will stay black for anywhere from 3-6 minutes and then it will make a tick sound then it will come back on and the sound will be normal again. It does this back and forth for roughly the same amount of time. Everytime the picture goes dead, it will show an image of a dim line going vertical from top to bottom.
What could I expect to pay for someone to repair it in general? I'm going to be calling places shortly, but I wanted to get some kind of idea of what may be wrong with it and what I could expect to pay for repair? Would it be worth getting it repaired? I know I'm asking many general questions, but I would like to get some kind of idea of what the cost maybe and if it would be worth repairing.
Please either reply here or to snipped-for-privacy@cs.com if you can provide any help. It would be really appreciated.
Take care,
Tom