These black lines on the plasma screens are very fixable. There is a dry solder joint on a circuit board at the bottom of the plasma that needs resoldered. There are 6 or 7 "ribbons" along the bottom of the screen that correspond to vertical sections of the display, so you just follow the black vertical line down to figure out which one is faulty. I just performed this fix successfully on my first attempt on a Gateway plasma, but it will work on most plasma's, specifically Hitachi, gateway, LG, Hyundai, & Akai. I think they may all have LG boards, my gateway did.
I can't really describe very well what to do, but I assure you it is fixable. If anyone is near nashville, I might be able to help you out. My email is
[email protected].
thanks,
ST
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