Hello This sylvania TV is made by funai but manufactured by Sears . We did call funai technician and he told us this is sears made. It will play for 3 minutes than the sound goes completely out but there is picture. Anybody knows about this problem pls do let us know really need help with this set. Since sears dont give out any help. Thanks Sunny R&S Electronics,PA TEL")717)532-6312 Email:rselect@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/