Hi,Our Vizio 50'' P50 HDM Plasma tv is about 2 yrs old or so. Out of warranty and trying to deal with Vizio is a nightmare.Last month the tv made a very loud cracking noise, like the snap of a whip and the color went out of the picture. It got very fuzzy, but you could still see some picture on the screen. We took it to a local repair shop who charged us far too much to replace the driver board. Worked fine when we got it home.Last night it made that same cracking noise twice and now we get no picture whatsoever. No menus... Black screen. When you turn it on it makes the quiet humming noise like it is trying to turn on and then the power light flashes and goes to orange. Any idea what could be causing this and if it's something we can fix ourselves? We can't justify spending another $400-500 to take it to a local repair shop just to have more trouble in a few months, especially considering the same model is only $1000-1200 new. But we really don't want to have to replace it! We're somewhat handy with these things - just replaced the lamp on our dlp tv a few months back. But, not sure what to look for if we opened up the back of the Vizio. Any help/advice/ideas/etc. would be greatly appreciated!
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