My TV went out!!

[Andyman]

Can you guys help me troubleshoot my set?I'm trying to figure out if it's worth fixing or not.

It's a 27" Panasonic Flat screen that's around 10 years old. A few months back, it started showing some fine horizontal white lines on the top of the picture and we just got used to it. Well this morning we turned it on and ther was no picture. Sound yes, picture no. I switched it on and off a few times, but all I could get was a thin horizontal line of color in the center. I flicked through some channels, and could hear the tuner changing, but no real picture.

So what do you guys think went out here? Tube shot? Just an adjustment? some bad electronics somewhere? We thought it may have been residual smoke damage from the fire, but the adjuster doesn't find that too likely. I checked out prices on sets today at work, and I could pick up something for around the cost of a couple hours service charges plus parts, so I'm not going to drop big coin on getting it fixed if it's a major issue, like the tube.

Any and all help, as always, is appreciated!