Unrelated to NPVR, TV Issue

[ElihuRozen]

Last week, my TV died. I wasn't home. There was lightning & my wife said that it sounded like it hit near the house. We haven't seen any evidence outside. My TV & everything else are plugged into a UPS with surge protection. The TV stopped working. (It also killed a phone on the other side of the house.) I tried various things. The OSD works fine. All the menus display. None of the inputs work (HDMI, Component, Composite). I hooked up an antenna & it seemed to work for the channels I tried via ATSC. I moved the other TV & all the devices work fine attached to it. So, I know it isn't the cables or devices. The TV is a Panasonic TH-42PE77U.

Does anybody have any idea if this sounds like something I could repair myself for significantly less than the price a new 42" plasma of similar quality, like a Panasonic or Samsung?

[mikeh49]

My son fixed his Panasonic plasma when one of the boards went out. There is lots of info on the web, including service manuals for Panasonic. Parts on ebay, or from Panasonic. There is a diagnostic you can run on the TV to identify the bad board using LEDs on one of the boards, IIRC. If I still have the info, I'll PM you.

If the display works, there is probably not that much wrong. Power supply seems OK, so maybe just the inputs blown.

Regarding a new plasma, I think Panasonic has stopped making them, so you're looking at Samsung or whoever else might make them. Check AVSforum for advice (probably too much advice).

[mikeh49]

Check your PM.