The set is not always toast. It's your own set, so why not experiment.
I have
fixed a couple of these by putting the unit in it's regular location,
turn it on from
cold so it can degauss itself, then unhook the degaussing plug in coil,
or use a
switch. Now get a speaker magnet, or better yet a microwave oven
magnetron
magnet, & place it close to the set, with the back on, or off,
whichever works best.
You can possibly get the purity just about perfect. It takes a bit of
adjusting, but I'll
bet you will be pleasantly surprised. Hot glue the magnet, of tie it to
the side grill of
the T.V. And TA DA! A nice Sony Pix once again. Dani.



wrote:
Disaster struck this pm when I dropped my 2 week old HDTV. I was
adjusting some cables when it flopped screen side down.
Sickening.......

The problem now is one similar to the symptoms of dropped SONY's but a
bit different.

The color rendition on the screen is excellent except for a band about
4 inches wide running up the right side that has a green cast. This is
true with all inputs. Otherwise the image is quite good.

Might this be fixed or is this the typical problem of mask
misalignment---- which I been led to understand implies this set is
toast.

Thanks,

Phil