Hello everyone. I've been scouring the internet trying to fix my trusty 50" Panasonic plasma TV (manufactured in 2005). I know it's old and not worth much money, but after perusing the internet on how to freecycle it, I found someone who really pleaded for people to fix them; otherwise, there was a high likelihood it will end up in landfill.

Attached are pictures of the symptoms. At first, all the internal menus started bit smearing vertically (see IMG_0628). That was tolerable, but eventually, red/green horizontal lines appeared, scrolling up the screen (IMG_0629). Eventually,...

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Hi there. Denis from California here. I joined the forums to try to repair my 2005 Panasonic plasma. Hope I can rescue it from landfill!