I understand it's a risk and wouldn't blame you if it doesn't fix it, I probably will go ahead and get the board rebuilt soon, part of it is just for the fun of trying to get it running, also being a Panasonic & a Plasma I feel it's worth fixing, if it was one of the lesser brands then probably not, it would seem like a waste to take it to the recycler.
I already have two Panny Plasmas one is slightly older than this one but is a higher end model, it has 10,000 hours on it without a hiccup, I think it has four or five cooling fans in it but they are so quiet I never knew about them until I moved it last year.
The other one was bought new in January 2014, fantastic picture but I wonder how long lived it will be, it seems to be built a bit cheaper.
I also have a Samsung 32" LCD set that cost me a whopping $26 when it was only three years old, $25 for the set, $1 for the capacitor, it's still running fine and gets a lot of use as a bedroom set.
If I get this Plasma fixed I don't really know where I'll put it, maybe the Bathroom
Would two feet away from the "Chair" be enough distance?