LuckyLucas

According to the web this is a very common problem with some Samsung models, and it happened to me,  Like you I was worried about getting it fixed and iving in the sticks filled me with fear abnout what might happen.  l downloaded the service manual from the web and printed out the pictures from the capacitors which that needed changed and took them to the local TV repair guy who had it up and running in a short time for about 500 Baht.  

After changing the capacitors he still had problems and spent a few more hours on it, but since then it has worked fine. So if my experience is anything to go by it should not be too hard to get sorted from most TV repair shops.  
If you need the copies of the info, PM me and I should have it on my laptop, and can send to you when I get home from work later.