My tv is 2008 does it cost to talk to a expert

it does not cost a penny if you can give details that we can reponsd to by text, talking about a particular problem might cost several dollars. Try giving your details/problem in text form firs and we can go from there. Please give much detail, as much as possible as possible and repost your query, you might be helped for free. Thanks

talk with a gunsmith for the price

Well, personally I would say it is not worth fixing. The typical life span on flat panel TV's is about 5 to 7 years. Your set is close to the end of it's life cycle. Secondly, most experts recommend replacing your set if the cost of repair exceeds half of the cost to replace the set. By the time you pay the diagnosis fee, part cost, and labor cost, I think you will see what I'm talking about.

Not cost effective to repair. Buy a new LCD.

Here there are both type of advice money as well as free.. If you are posting questions like this it is free of cost. If you want to talk to a expert live by means of text chat or phone support it is to be paid.

If you want to talk to an expert through live text chat it will cost you $20.
If you want to talk to an expert through phone it will cost you $30.

Across vertically or horizontally... It makes all the dif. It could be 3 boards on the set. The YSUS-main the YBU-upper/YBL-Lower. The Y buffer upper controls the top half of the screen, the Y buffer lower the lower half and the YSUS-main controls those 2 boards. They work in unison, when one goes they all fail. The other possibility is dry solder joints on the the D, G, E, F boards. All you would need to do with that is reheat the solder joints at the ribbon cable conx.

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The screen is the most expensive part of the TV, we are talking about $500 and up plus labor.

I had this problem in 2007 / 2008 here is what happened to me. Jan 09, 2008 - I also have brought the unit to the authorized Panasonic repair facility and the problem is a failure in the P-board which is the power supply board. The P-board needs to be replaced. The repair will cost $475 plus tax. $250 is for labor. The unit was nop more than two months out of warranty. This does not speak well for Panasonic. I have been researching the problem and it looks like this has happened to many of the Panasonic plasma TVs.
Jun 14, 2008 - As an update to my problem with the failed P board. Contacted Panasonic Service and talked to a customer service representative. I told them how I have purchased many Panasonic products and how unhappy I was with the failure of the product. They proposed paying the labor cost of $250 and I would pay for the part. I just hope it does not happen again.

There is no way you can fix a broken screen of a LCD set,the only way to fix it is by replacing the complete panel wich will cost more then a new set.