Dec 2003 21:19PLEASE READ THISFor those out there trying to find what went wrong when your "Sony Trinitron TV" suddenly died, I believe I may be able to tell you what might happened.My Sony Trinitron TV is only two years old, and about three weeks ag

o "suddenly died." Called Sony and they did not have any idea of what might had caused such problem, so I was told to take it to a Sony Certyfied repair shop. When the repairman gave me a call with the diagnosis, I almost collapsed when I was told that the TV had a bad "FLYBACK" transformer and that it was going to cost me about $81 for the part and an additional $99.95 for labor. (The TV cost a little over $600 about two years ago) You Do The Math!! So, if your TV simply died while you were enjoying one of your favorite shows or movies,get ready for the ordeal (because Sony will not take responsibility for a part that was most likely defected from factory on the first place) and spend about $200 more for a TV that was already too expensive when was purchased.I also asked the technician what causes a flyback to stop working and he said that that seldom happens. He also said that sometimes these parts are installed on the "new TV board", but doesn't necessarily mean they are new as well!So, since I have found some discussion forums where many people seem to be having the same problems with these EXPENSIVE DEVICES (TVs), I will encourage you to keep in touch so we all "together" can file a complaint with the end of pushing Sony to take responsibility for these problems. I am a Computer Engineer and I know this incindents should not occur so quickly and so often. If many people are having the same problem, this means these parts were defected when they were installed on the board of these TVs.Together we can reach this goal. It has been done many times in the past with other products and companies!MY TV MODEL (KV24FV12)PS When you reply, refer to this message. Thank You Dec 2003 21:19 PLEASE READ THIS For those out there trying to find what went wrong when your "Sony Trinitron TV" suddenly died, I believe I may be able to tell you what might happened. My Sony Trinitron TV is only two years old, and about three weeks ago "suddenly died." Called Sony and they did not have any idea of what might had caused such problem, so I was told to take it to a Sony Certyfied repair shop. When the repairman gave me a call with the diagnosis, I almost collapsed when I was told that the TV had a bad "FLYBACK" transformer and that it was going to cost me about $81 for the part and an additional $99.95 for labor. (The TV cost a little over $600 about two years ago) You Do The Math!! So, if your TV simply died while you were enjoying one of your favorite shows or movies,get ready for the ordeal (because Sony will not take responsibility for a part that was most likely defected from factory on the first place) and spend about $200 more for a TV that was already too expensive when was purchased. I also asked the technician what causes a flyback to stop working and he said that that seldom happens. He also said that sometimes these parts are installed on the "new TV board", but doesn't necessarily mean they are new as well! So, since I have found some discussion forums where many people seem to be having the same problems with these EXPENSIVE DEVICES (TVs), I will encourage you to keep in touch so we all "together" can file a complaint with the end of pushing Sony to take responsibility for these problems. I am a Computer Engineer and I know this incindents should not occur so quickly and so often. If many people are having the same problem, this means these parts were defected when they were installed on the board of these TVs. Together we can reach this goal. It has been done many times in the past with other products and companies! MY TV MODEL (KV24FV12) PS When you reply, refer to this message. Thank You

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