Same problem as others.

This camera was great for the first two years, but last Thursday my daughter turned it on and the CCD was displaying black w/purple lines like others here have reported. It wasn't the LCD, and the retraction mechanism worked fine. The next time we tried it the display (in cameral mode) was totally black and no amount of slapping, etc. would bring it back. Shortly after I found this forum. Last night I disassembled the camera and checked the things that others had found, but there were no loose screws, etc. For anyone interested it looks like Sony makes the LCD display (which is why it probably didn't fail!). Re-assembled, and still no go. Pulled out the SD card and batteries and pitched it into the trash. No more Cannon digitals for me, I'm looking at a Fuji finepix E550. Its funny 'cause I have a 25yo cannon AE-1 that works great and never have had trouble with. Guess they don't have the same quality standards anymore.