SOURCE: LVM-37w1 37inch LCD HDTV
It is worth fixing but you have to replace the power supply. It is a fairly common problem with the Westinghouse units.
SOURCE: LVM-37w1 Replacement Stand
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SOURCE: Westinghouse LVM-37w1 Goes immediately into standby mode
Power suplly. In my case I should have done research on a lot of
things before purchase - westinghouse doe snot acknowled any power
supplly uissue but they would say that, and this is a direct quote from
them, "Westinghouse's failure rate is less than 2%, which is great by
industry standards. Unfortunately, when you sell millions of
televisions, 2% is still a lot of televisions. There have been no
recalls on this model (or any of our models), but it's not surprising
to find a similiar issue on more than one of millions of televisions."
In other words they calim there is nothing that is really their
fault. However the first thing the repair guy said before he even
looked at it was "Power supply". He opened it up and tested - power
suplly. However to complicate matters more I made is huge mistake of
buying into a scam offered by eCost via Service.net . A two year, 100%,
in home service, warranty. Bottom line is since June 8 my Monitors has
not worked and sine July 7 it has been sitting untouched, not here, but
at a rprair facily over 50 miles away. As of yesterday August 7, I was
told Westinghouse no longer makes or provides power supplies for this
unit. On top of that the repair facility will not return it to me
unless i pick it up why? Because it can't be fixed and because
service.net will not pay them to return it to me.
So solution at thi point for anyone with power supply issues is
to try and repiar it yourself. And then in the future never purchase
anything from westinghouse again. (And if offered any sort of 100% all
cost covere din home warrabnty from service.net run away screaming)
SOURCE: LVM-37w1 Westinghouse
If you getting a lot of vertical lines, double picture, it can be the LCD panel driver board, or worst case will be the LCD panel, very expensive.
SOURCE: Westinghouse LVM 37w1 Screen goes
Plasma and LCD TV sets are prone to having capacitors in the power supply section fail. This is the most likely cause for the probem you describe. When capacitors fail your will commonly see one or more of the following symptoms.
Again, You can get a power supply repair kit with the parts, detailed instructions, and support from sites such as www.TvRepairKits.com . Or just click here to see more details on their kit.
Here are pictures of capacitors...Notice that the ones below look bloated. They have failed and will need to be repalced. 
Capacitor being replaced! Fairly easy DIY fix. 
Again, You can get a power supply repair kit with the parts, detailed instructions, and support from sites such as www.TvRepairKits.com . Or just click here to see more details on their kit.
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