I do have one. It has very light phosphor wear and emission, cutoff, and
life tests on the Sencore CR7000 are excellent. I believe this CRT was used
in Philips, Panasonic, Samsung, and Apex sets, in addition to Mitsubishis.
None of the manufacturers are buyuing more and if they have run out of their
initial inventory, they simply do not replace them. You should be able to
get a rebuilt tube or yours rebuilt by VDC. Let me know if you want this
used one. I sell used tubes for $60 shipped in the US, as is, no warranty.
Anytime we even suspect a bad tube we do not pull it from a scrap set, we
dispose of it. There is no way that we can know that it did not have a
problem, but this one came out of a philips set that had a coolant
contamination problem as well as convergence problems and the client did not
want to fix it. It is the raw tube with no yoke nor lens.

Leonard

"Leonard Caillouet" wrote in message
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What makes you think the CRT is bad?

Have you checked with VDC about a rebuilt CRT? Have you considered that
changing a single CRT in a set this age is likely to result in difficulty
getting good gray scale tracking?

Mitsubishi customer relations will do nothing for you unless you have the
problem diagnosed by an authorized service center. For all they know you
could be a complete idiot. Not that their ASCs might be any better, but
they have to start somewhere...

I think I have one of these in my used inventory. I'll check it's
condition.

Leonard


"Golf" wrote in message
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Well, after further troubleshooting, I found that the red CRT is bad.
Now for the good part - TV made in Nov. 2000. Called Mitsubishi,
talked to parts and consumer relations. They tell me this CRT
#P16LSG03RJA is NO LONGER AVAILABLE. I ask if an aftermarket is
available. They haven't got a clue. I called both Mitsubishi
authorized service centers in my area. Both said "if Mitsubishi told
you the part was unavailable, there's nothing we can do". When I
called Mits, the first thing I asked was whether this part number had
changed or if it was being sold/manufactured by someone else. The guy
asked me for my name, address, phone number, etc. I made it clear I
was not an authorized service center calling in the beginning. Simply
asked about part availability. I was then questioned if I work on
televisions, and who said the red CRT was bad. I told him I said, and
what's the friggin difference? Is this going to change the answer I
get to my question? This is the Consumer Relatons dept. don't forget.
He switched tunes to telling me I would receieve my answer in the mail
in about 7 days. You pros out there probably aren't surprised since
you deal with this daily. This is unbelieveable to me.