Well I lucked out I had forgotten I bought the 2 year extended warranty. So I called the place I got it from to get a price on getting it fixed and they informed me I was in my last month of my Warranty!! The cost of getting it fixed would have been about $375 and I had to bring the TV to them. Even though it is a HUGE hassle you will come out a LOT CHEAPER by taking the TV to the repair shop. I think it is a chip in it that they reset or something cause when I got it back a week later It worked fine for about 2 weeks and when I returned it they actually replaced the chip with a off brand supposedly better chip. But I have to say even though I ended up losing input 1 it has worked fine ever since and that was 6 months ago. Hope this lets you know what you are in for.