This sony has done me right for the last 10 years but now its having some issues.

Warm up time is long. Flickers on and off for a few minutes. Greenish tint when black. Last its out of focus.

I went to a repairman and his solution is to toss it. He new the exact model of the tv after I told him only two problems. He said, the blackout of the screen and flicker is some sony put in place so if the tv was not showing a quality picture it would just be black. This was to prevent someone viewing a sony and seeing poor quality and then not wanting to buy one. True or False.

Any way I would like to know if there are any solutions to fixing these problems for a intermediate electronics tech. I am going to upgrade but I could put this tv in my garage for my football games or something.

Thanks for the help