I know this is years old question, but I have to say there is a great chance that you can repair the TV. Search for "LCD TV masking tape fix". There are bunch of YouTube videos that explain how to mask certain pins in the ribbon cable using a scotch tape. LCD dots are driven by rows and columns. One line is driven from both left and right sides. By masking one of the side, the shorted point can be avoided. It literally costs you nothing. So it's worth trying.