I have a 42 in LG plasma TV. I have bought this about 4-5 years ago. This TV was more than $3300. The TV's audio is working perfectly fine, however, it is black screen. The repair man came to my house to see what is wrong and he seemed very clueless and knew not much about TV's. he says that its going to cost me about $650 to fix it. Again, he looked as if he knew nothing. That's why i came here to ask. Does it really cost that much to fix black screen TV...? Anyone got a cheaper solution that could be solved with little money.? thanks. He also states that 5 years of use is very very long time usage for plasmas and states i am very lucky. He says plasmas have a problem about 2-3 years or so. Is this true.? i don't watch TV that much.


By the way, what happened was I was watching TV and suddenly there was little noise. Then the picture started to disappear and about 10 min later, there was no picture at all. It's just black screen. However, the audio is perfectly working fine.