26'' Sony Bravia blinks after lightning surge

Sounds rough. Most likely a lot of your stuff could be salvaged. Have them checked out by someone you know that has experience with them. With something like that, honestly its hard to say what is actually wrong with it. It could just be the mainboard OR the power board on the LCD. Either of which could be replaced for <$80 usually ($80 for the part and the work isn't too bad for anyone who knows how to open those things up). At the same time, it could be both of them, which would in my opinion not be worth it. If you choose to get rid of it, most likely you could sell it on eBay (check the shipping costs) and make some money off of it. LCDs of that size are harder to find broken with good screens. A lot of people have LCDs with broken screens, but there aren't too many good screens out there. Also, Sony might have a trade in program, where they give you a discount on a new TV if you own or give them your broken old Sony. I know Polaroid has something like that (but the prices are usually not that great to begin with - you may be able to get one cheaper in store without the trade-in discount). Good luck. Hope everything works out. Sounds rough. Most likely a lot of your stuff could be salvaged. Have them checked out by someone you know that has experience with them. With something like that, honestly its hard to say what is actually wrong with it. It could just be the mainboard OR the power board on the LCD. Either of which could be replaced for <$80 usually ($80 for the part and the work isn't too bad for anyone who knows how to open those things up). At the same time, it could be both of them, which would in my opinion not be worth it. If you choose to get rid of it, most likely you could sell it on eBay (check the shipping costs) and make some money off of it. LCDs of that size are harder to find broken with good screens. A lot of people have LCDs with broken screens, but there aren't too many good screens out there. Also, Sony might have a trade in program, where they give you a discount on a new TV if you own or give them your broken old Sony. I know Polaroid has something like that (but the prices are usually not that great to begin with - you may be able to get one cheaper in store without the trade-in discount). Good luck. Hope everything works out.