I spoke to the TV repair guy today myself and he said the tube was
shorting.

When I asked if it was G2 short (as per another poster) he got a little
upset saying that there was no name when a tube starts shorting, and
started telling how he'd worked so many years at Sony, blah blah blah.
I figured it was fair question.

Thanks for all the help from everyone

Charlie

wrote:
skrev:

Thanks everyone for all the advice,

I'm sorry I can't give the model of the TV (it's written on the back,
but in the TV shop!).
If it's any help it's 27 inch and about 4 years old.

I think I'll probably just take it to another shop.

I don't think this is the case as there is definitely a pattern to the
shutdown.

Thanks again.

Charlie

Tech Data wrote:
Ken G. wrote:
How old is the tv set ? About 3 - 4 years ago that brand started
putting defective parts in their tv sets including picture tubes .


I agree it seems a bit suspect but, in the last few years crts,
especially LG/Phillips tubes have been developing a G2 short that would
shut the set down. In addition, some have been designed using a circuit
similar to Sony's Ik line that if the screen voltage(G2) varies more
than 10%, that will also cause the set to shutdown. There are ways to
beat both problems but, all this being said, he might be on the level.

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Hello,
Really, I've seen a lot of newer Philips with bad tubes...sometimes one
colour is missing and sometimes short like another poster told.
Back in time I told people to buy a Philips to be sure they bought a
decent TV-set, today I don't dare telling anyone anything. Seems like
quality is down the drain...
Also, many of newer Philips widescreen sets, has bad microprocessors
that start to intermittently change to "EXT1" mode or refuse be remote
controlled.

Good luck,

Regards
Stefan