On May 22, 6:35*pm, (Phil) wrote:
y. So, what do you think? Tuner crapping out or the picture tube
going? I thought the Sony Trinitron sets were long lived and pretty much trouble free...

Thanks, Phil

It's almost certainly not the tube, it's too sudden. I'd be looking on
the crt neckboard for cracked solder joints, and check the vicinity of
the line stage.
-B