I have a sony projection tv and the picture and sound are there, the cable feed is good, but the picture has a lot of static. Almost like a weak connection.

Hi,
These are symptoms of weak lamp as lamp in tv is reaching to end of its working life and will be replaced to fix this issue.
Lamp replacement procedure would be written in user manual and its easy.
Please buy Sony original lamp for good picture in tv.
Let me know if you have additional question.
Thanks.

It is definitely a circuit problem tf
it could be the pip board and or
components on or around it.would
require technical knowledge to
repair

Hi,
Lamp is getting weak and TV shuts off and turns on itself because of weak lamp in TV that you see picture and sound fades away for some time until TV reboots.
Replace lamp in TV to solve this issue. Lamp replacement procedure is written in user manual and its an easy work.
Please buy Sony original lamp for your Tv safety.
Thanks.

comon sony problem Sony has and Ik circuit tha is suppose to not allow video in there is an uneven emission from the crts what you have on both sets the tube are getting so weak causing the circuit to kick in and out in other word you need crts inboth set and they are not avail new you can have them rebuild but the set will never look good again time to retire them

Press Display / Info button on "TV original remote", such display will disappear.

picture is great but no sound

http://www.techlore.com/blog/entry/19694/Sony-Convergence-Repair-My-Sony-TV-has-a-distorted-picture-/

Is your source in progressive scan?

I would guess to say the tuner for the pip is bad.

Your problem could be the cable: A. A weak signal coming from the cable company B. A bad cable or connector within the house. For the above, call the cable company and ask them to check the signal levels on your block. And, remove the plate where the cable comes out of the wall and look for shorted or bad wiring that may cause a weak signal. Also, if you have another set in the house, connect it to the same cable outlet to see if it has similar audio blackouts. Your problem could be the tv set itself, as well. C. Go into the on-screen-display and make sure you are on stereo audio and NOT SAP. SAP settings are not to be used unless you are using the second language or audio program feature. D. The sound detector inside the set could be defective. Which would require service. So, the first thing to do is to determine exactly where the fault lies; inside the set or outside the set. Then attack the problem at hand. If the set is defective internally, I think you will need a tv tech who can diagnose the problem; it must be tested and measured to find out the exact part (this set has over 3,000 compnent parts inside).