MITSUBUSHI WS-55819 REAR PROJECTION PICTURE WASHING OUT Attn:SDTech Recently the picture on our WS55819 started to wash out. The TV is approximately 8-9 years old. The picture will fade in and out intermittently. I am able to adjust the picture to "watchable" by lowering the brightness control increasing the contrast and color. When the picture does fade out it comes with some amount of convergence problem in that there are red highlights on the edges of things on the tv and the menu control screens look slightly misaligned but not to the extent of the examples given for convergence failures. Once the color comes back to normal I have to adjust the controls back to mid range... I had a repairman out and he told me he knew what the problem was and that it would be around 700 - 800 to fix it which I was ok with but that was three weeks ago so I am looking at other options. My remote was not working the day that he came but I found your post on how to repair it and sure enough it is working fine. Wondering what your thoughts are - should I repair or get new and from the symptoms that I have described is it something that I can fix or better to leave it to a professional. I bought the service manual on line so I have a better idea where everything is on the boards now but could really use your knowledge - Thanks in advance-