Component video problem...need help!

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I have a 27 inch Sony Wega and Sony DVP-NS500V hooked up through component inputs.
The problem started two nights ago, when I was fiddling with the PS of my DVD player. Whatever I did wrong, a loud buzz came out of my speakers and a slim moving horizontal band appeared from the bottome of my TV screen and slowly moved up. Also the display seemed a bit more crisp and "bluish." Thinking this was a sign of ground roop, I put back the PS was it was and had forgotten about it, as the DVD player sounded fine.
Today when I put in a DVD disk to watch a movie, however, I found out that the color was completely off. I was still getting a crisp and clear picture, but only in blue and yellow. No red signal was visible. I can force the picture to regain some Red by setting the "Color" menu all the way up and the "Hue" menu all the way into the red. But this is not natural Red and doesn't resolve the issue. I checked everything. I made sure the cables were correctly hooked up both ways, and tried different cables to make sure that the cables were fine in themselves (these are Belden 1505A terminated with Canare 75ohm RCAs). I also tried another DVD player and found out that it still showed the same blue-and-yellow picture.
So it seem the problem lies with the TV. Is it possible that only RED color can be missing while the picture itself is still clear and crips? It is not B&W but yellow and blue. Was there DC flowing off the component jacks? Did I fry anything inside the TV with that loud buzz? If I did, then shouldn't the entire component video section be dead? The TV otherwise functions normally except for this problem, and both the TV and the DVD player can display correct colors through S-Video input. My X-Box and VCR hooked to Video 1 and Video 3 are also funcitoning fine, displaying correct color.
I'm quite puzzled as to how to explain this weird phenomenon. This TV is out of warranty (2 years old), and I don't know how much it will cost to repair it, if it is a serious problem. If it is a serious problem, then I will just have to watch DVDs through a S-Video connection. Any insight into this bizzare incident would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

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Topic - Component video problem...need help! - dormant 19:50:20 05/11/02 (7)

Double check your red component lead and TV input socket on the TV - John C. - Aussie 00:31:49 05/12/02 (0)

Re: Double check your red component lead and TV input socket on the TV - dormant 06:48:23 05/12/02 (0)

Re: Double check your red component lead and TV input socket on the TV - John C. - Aussie 23:23:07 05/12/02 (0)

Component video problem......kotches? - dormant 09:53:08 05/13/02 (0)

Re: Component video problem......kotches? - kotches 11:18:54 05/13/02 (0)

Re: Component video problem......kotches? - dormant 18:55:00 05/13/02 (0)

Re: Component video problem......kotches? - kotches 20:22:37 05/13/02 (0)

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