Well,i got a hold of the guy with the Sony again and offered him $20 for it and the the lowest he would go was $45! I told him good luck with it!
My LG is running fine right now (I have it hooked up to my trusty Monster power conditioner
) Hopefully it was just something random and not a trend.
Who knows,maybe this guy will come to his senses and take me up on my offer,but i'm not banking on it.
I still have that Hitachi CT-1909 lurking around here somewhere, maybe i should take some time out and cobble up a caps list for it and see where it takes me. Also need to find a remote for it as well but probably next to impossible to find.
Once again guy's, thanks for all the help!