Andy Champ coughed up some electrons that declared:

Tim S wrote:

Tried my new 2A/10000-turn electromagnet on the colour TV to see how it
bent electron beams. Discovered the joy of inbuilt degaussing coils,
about 50 times before my parents came back. Nearly Darwined by that one!

Moving an AC electromagnet slowly away from a TV will degauss it quite
reasonably. Much easier than power cycling it - especially as some are
designed not to degauss unless they've been off for a while.

Andy

When your pants are turning brown, you make do with whatever seems to be
working