who knows plasma tv's and how to fix em?

[jrobie79]

So I bought a factory refurbished plasma TV (Panasonic TC-P50GT50) from Amazon about 7 months ago and all of a sudden 3 days ago the HDMI inputs stopped working. The smart features (internet, youtube, etc..) all still work as do the coax inputs to watch TV. I have tried at least 4 known working HDMI cables in all HDMI ports with no luck.

Based on my preliminary research it appears the "DG" board may be toast? I understand my TV is out of warranty (I think its only 90 days?). How can I go about fixing/repairing/replacing this board?

[InuFaye]

The same thing happened to my dads TV, and I need to fix it but its pretty simple.

http://www.shopjimmy.com/panasonic-t...tc-p50gt50.htm

Order that board and replace it. Its only a couple of screws and ribbon cables.

[jrobie79]

awesome thank you, any reason why this would have happened that I can prevent in the future?

[Thizzelle]

check for loose soder connection first, this happens sometimes.

[jrobie79]

I'm gonna take it apart tonight and see if I can see anything noticeable, if not I found that part a little cheaper from a bunch of websites. Could it be anything else? I dont want to start throwing money at it.