With a projector-box TV, I'm not surprised. Even the curb fairies have learned that once those screw up, repairing them is a large fraction of the cost of a flat-panel almost as big. Definitely a dead end on the television evolutionary tree. I saw those sitting by the dumpster at the apartments more than once. My sister and BIL have one, maybe 5YO, and the picture is already getting noticeably degraded. If I wanted that big, I'd go with a ceiling projector and a screen, like at work.