any ideas to what may be causing the tv to turn on and off like that then? ive heard other people say they had the same problem and it was fixed by replacing things like the color wheel, the bulb, and the light processor but i was just thinking it wouldnt be any of those things since the tv looks great for about 30 seconds while i had it disassembled i hear a sound coming from the ballast board and there is a part in there that lights up it looks like a little resistor that is transparent that has electric lighting up the inside of it and the sound seems to come from it as well. ill make a short video and post it up here for you to see that as well