[MrE]

I had a 32" Visio flat screen go bad on me. I called some local TV repair facilities and their estimates were more than a new TV would cost.

I did numerous Internet searches of the symptoms and came to the conclusion that the main board had gone bad. I then did shopping searches to see what I would spend replacing the TV. Next, I did price searches on what I could get the main board for, knowing that I had made a diagnosis based on no real knowledge and it probably wouldn't fix the TV. I found a main board for $56.66 to my door with the shipping and tax. I decided that I would be willing to gamble that amount to see if I was right so I ordered the part. It took me less than 1/2 hour to replace the main board and the TV worked perfect. That was February 2009, TV is still working perfect.