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I read that Sony has thrown in the towel on OLED sets, but didn't hear about them quitting TV altogether, although they appear to be bleeding red ink by the bucketful. I hear Sharp is also loosing tons of money on TV, as is Panasonic. Latest I read on them is that Panasonic is planning on leaving plasma behind in 2015 and scaling back LCD production right now. They did buy Sanyo, but I understand the reason is so they can keep the profitable parts, like the battery division then sell off/throw away what is left. Mitsubishi quit LCD almost 2 years ago, and in December they announced that effective immediately they are ending production of DLP, which I guess spells the end of DLP for consumer TV. Unless one of these companies comes up with something revolutionary soon, the Japanese TV industry will join the American manufacturers in the history books.
Oh yeah, this thread is about a thin vertical line on a Sony LCD set. I agree with others, it's likely to be a bad panel. It might be a bad tab bond on one of the ribbons sticking out of the glass, but I would not attempt any of the (risky and unreliable) cures floating around online until you are ready to use the set for target practice.
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