Let's see how creative we can be with this dead LCD TV?!?!

[radiotvnut]

Well, it finally happened! Someone gave me one of those ultra modern flat LCD TV's that's less than one year old. It's a Sylvania (Funai) 20" model SSL2006. Needless to say, it does not work. The owners said it would play a few seconds and then shut off. By the time I got it; it shuts down instantly at turn on. I can unplug the lamp power supply PCB and the TV stays on with sound. I did find a leaky 220 uF cap so I replaced it and cleaned up the mess. Still no change. From what I've read on the net; these are disposable TV's and parts are not available. If anyone by chance has had luck fixing one of these pieces of crap; I'd love to hear from you. If not; lets all think of some "creative" things to do with it before I let someone use it for target practice. After the ordeal with this piece of junk; I turned the 31 year old Zenith Chromacolor II on to make sure it still works. Of course, it worked!! I gain more and more respect everyday for those older sets! No LCD for me! If it ain't CRT; SEND IT BACK!!