That "integrated circuit thingee" is not that hard to repair. I replaced both of mine in my old Hitachi a couple years back. Cost me less than $40 and about an hour of my time. You just have to be able to solder (just a little). TV has been going strong ever since.
BTW - The Convergence IC's are made by the same company for almost all the RP tv's (Sanyo, I think). There were some that were going bad (STK392-110). I replaced them with the updated ones (STK392-150).
Last edited by dewd; 11/30/09 07:32 PM.
