Sony PFM-42X1 Plasma TV "picture flickers until warmed" Questions

picture starts to jump around and flicker. It is especially bad when the screen is bright or with a lot of yellow. When I turn it off for awhile, about 15 minutes, and start it up again, it works fine

...picture is everything I want it to be, but the problem is that it only turns on sometimes. When I push/hold the power button down, I can see the light slightly flicker and only sometimes it turns on. ...

...until i cant see a picture at all, sound is still there. Switch it off and leave it for a few minutes and turning it back on brings it back to normal for 2 mins again then it repeats the problem. tv ...

...picture but no sound until it warms up for about an hour or so... Then I have to turn sound all the way down then back to max to make work.. Sound may turn off again in next 30 mins so I keep turning ...

...picture until it warmed up, after that it made a popping noise and turned off. When I turn it back on it popped and off again. my 5 yr. old 50 inch plasma hd that i paid almost $7000 for started ...

...until a couple of weeks ago. Picture would flicker initially when turned on, then as tv "warmed up" it would go back to normal. Now it just popped and turned off, no power at all. Even red standby ...

...flickers very fast and as the tv "warms up" the flickering slows down until it stops all together and than i get a clear picture. it happens every time i turn the tv on and takes about 25-45 minutes ...

...flickers very fast and as the tv "warms up" the flickering slows down until it stops all together and than i get a clear picture. it happens every time i turn the tv on and takes about 25-45 minutes ...

...until the unit will not even power up. Sometimes it has a bulged/dome at the top but not all, it is better that you have acapacitor checker/tester to determine its condition. Your unit will back to ...

...picture flickers very fast for about 3 minutes then the flicker slows down until there is no more flickering. What is wrong with my TV. I bought it 4 years ago. This is a common fault solution which ...