I only said that cos i'd been reading your blog 5 mins before that post.
Well, i used to be pretty good with this kinda stuff but that was when tv's had valves and if you had a problem first thing you did was give it a good thump on the case which worked sometimes, if not take the back off and if you find a valve not lit up go see this bloke down the village where he had a shed at the bottom of his garden full of bits he had taken from scrap tv's, ask him if he's got a ECF 6584W or whatever, give him a few pennies, sorted.
Anyway, sorry for boring you but what are you saying then? I may as well have thrown my £300 in the bin or can it be fixed.
Btw, whats your definition of a dork?