On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:58:12 -0500, "J Wald" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Sam,
Your whacking solution worked great. I took the set outside and blew 8 or 9
years of dirt out of the inside, but now the picture is whiter. It's far
from unwatchable, but I found the difference interesting. Any ideas what
happened? Thanks.

This is only an interim solution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_tap

A more permanent fix would involve reflowing the solder at dry joints,
probably in the power supply and line stage.

- Franc Zabkar
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