"cheebster" wrote in message
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On 26 août, 18:49, "James Sweet" wrote:
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Oh well, you was right. I didn't check well it seems the first time. I
can SEE one of the 2 filament pins at the very end of the tube where
the pins are, the metal there is broken and disconnected. No
continuity there anymore. I've broken the heater connection. Time for
junk i guess ! That's a sealed part, is it ? Thanks.

Yep, the entire CRT is one piece of glass with a hard vacuum in it. Those
35" Trinitron tubes are notorious for failing, the 27s are much more
dependable.

James, i'm looking in the ads here for used tv's, and some folk sells
a 27 incher XBR sony, dating 1997 (mine was 1996). He's asking 100$
canadian bucks for it. Is it a good buy, less chances that one would
fail like the 35 inch one ? I could do a clean/balance on it using my
rejuvenator even to give it a cleaner picture, was wondering if it was
a good idea also. Would appreciate any input, thanks again !



Those are good sets, but that seems a bit high in price given analog is
being phased out. Don't rejuve the tube unless it needs it, Sony CRTs don't
tend to respond well to that, and any tube can be made much worse.

Too bad you're not near Seattle, I have a 27" Sony in excellent cosmetic
condition with some sort of electronic problem (not the tube but I haven't
looked into it) sitting in my garage you could have for free, I'm tired of
tripping over it and will never get around to fixing it I've decided.