Television and Home Theater

I have a WD-57733 manufactured in November 2007. Yesterday we started getting the BGLOD. Diagnostic Code is 66. Observations - turn the TV on and you get sound, but no picture. Walk around to the back and you can hear a fan power up and see an ignitor flashing about 6 times, but the bulb never fires. Fan powers down and it repeats the cycle. It will do this two or three times, then the TV shuts down. After you attempt to turn the TV on twice, the red light remains illuminated after that attempt.

Can anyone tell me what causes thin vertical lines on my Samsung 305T monitor? They mostly only show up at the lower part of the monitor. Any help would be appreciated!

Yeah, I've got the green blinking light of death.  The TV is 5 years old.  I have no patience and have soldered two things in my 54 years.  Is this worth paying to have fixed or is it worth me trying to do it myself?

Chris