>>Ask a repair shop in Des Moines what they would charge to try and find the part and install it for you. It may or may not turn out to be cost effective but at least you will know the repair shop has a greater incentive to fix your TV than convince you to buy a new one.

Second that. It's hard to believe, but there are still "real" TV repair shops around. I was amazed to find a competent one in Toronto -- they brought my parent's old TV back from the dead a couple of times when minor parts failed. They also tend to have a better idea re: where to look for discontinued parts. Typically the mfg doesn't actually "run out of parts" -- they usually dump them as surplus rather than keep them around.

EDIT -- the link below mentions both the part number of the transformer (I'm guessing yours is an HFX-71) and someone who might have one in stock.

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