Worth fixing a Hitachi 53swx?

I have an Hitachi 53SWX10B and last night the red gun I think went bad. I'm getting a red vertical smear on the picture on either the left or right side in 4:3 mode. White text is reddish and at first it looked like I was watching a 3d picture without the glasses on. Most text from the TVs menu was hard to read. I did the magic focus and that helped a little. I also left the tv on over night running in full screen mode to see if that would help. Work it a little was my thought. I didn't improve it by much though.


Is there an easy fix for this or am I looking at a big repair bill? Can I expect other problems to creep in or is this a usual problem with this TV?


Also the age old question is it worth it to fix it?


Thanks!


Jason