My TV won't turn on!

People generally freak out when this happens.  It is pretty stressful, I must admit. No one likes their TV to just stop working. You can't get to any menus, you can't see anything physically wrong until you press the power button...how the heck are you supposed to figure out what's wrong?! 

Well, here's the thing. Using a tad bit of logic, we realize that there is obviously a problem with the power supply!  Duh, Craig, tell me more.  

Here's the deal, if you don't know how to solder, learn now.  There's plenty of YouTube videos and such.  If you're lucky, you'll get to use this skill.  If you're unlucky, you'll be spending more money and less time on this repair.

Here's the options:

1. It's a bad capacitor. You'll need to remove the old one and solder a new one on the power PCB.  Capacitors are generally only a few bucks.
2. It's a short somewhere else.  No sense looking if you don't want to test a bunch of small components or don't know how.  In this case, we order a new power supply. This can be expensive. 

You can tell right away when a cap is bad.  A good one will be cylindrical and flat on top.  A bad one will either be bulging or bulging and leaking acid.  It's like a battery, if you didn't know.

Here's a pic of a bad one on an LG 50PG25 Plasma:

So anyway, if you need more help with this issue, soldering tips, etc.  there's always the comments box below.