Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi everyone. I joined this site to get info to repair my Sony KDL-70R550A that bit the dust the other night. The panel went dark and the red power LED blinks 5 times, indicating a bad LCD panel. The Sony community forum is full of posts about how Sony has left consumers in the dark on this one. Clearly there were some defective parts in this TV but most problems are arising outside of the warranty period, so there is no help from Sony. Replacement panels are not available, but some folks posted that Badcaps.net had a few posts...