Sony Cybershot F717 repair question - not the CCD issue?

Question

I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-F717. I had the CCD issue repaired by Sony in 9/2006. Last weekend it started having another problem:

Everything displayed on the LCD and in the viewfinder is tinted yellow, and smeared to the right. This includes not just the subject of the picture, but the histogram, battery status indicator, etc. However, if I take a picture and then transfer that picture to my computer, the picture looks perfect. So, I'm thinking that the CCD is fine, but whatever drives the displays is broken. Does anybody have any deeper insight?

Sony quoted $231 to fix it. Part of me wants to just upgrade to a DSLR for $600, but I know that then I'd have to replace all my filters, lenses, memory cards, extra battery, extra charger, etc so we'd really be talking about much more than $600, and frankly I've been spending too much money lately. Any suggestions as to why just spending the $231 to fix my current camera would be a bad idea?

Answer 1

Your camera actually has a nice sensor.  Most compact digital cameras and even ultrazooms have much smaller sensors than what yours has.  You won't be happy with another camera unless it's a an SLR with a large sensor.  

You could just buy another one off ebay.  That's what I did when I dropped my camera.