Originally Posted by BadNick

I have a Sony Trinitron XBR model and the same thing happened to it ...twice already. I think I bought mine right about '93 too. First time was about 7 or 8 yrs ago, then it happened again about 4 months ago. I knew from the first time, based on input from my local, reliable, trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful ...I was a Boy Scout too... electronic repair shop guy that it is a relatively common and documented problem with some of these Sony TV's. I think it's a relay that goes bad. Anyway, this last time I tried to rapidly turn it on and off many times until it finally stayed on again and then I left it on for a couple weeks until I had it fixed. Even though mine wasn't turning on, I could here the relay clicking but it would not stay on until I did this. So I kept clicking it with the remote until it stayed on. It cost me under $120 to get it fixed, so I said I'd do it one more time before trashing the TV since it otherwise still works well and has a nice picture. My repair guy is in Phila, hope you can find somebody in Chicago area.