On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:04:29 -0600, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
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ransley wrote:
On Jan 17, 7:21 am, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:06:55 -0800 (PST), ransley





wrote:
On Jan 16, 8:18 pm, "PE" wrote:
Hi all: My 15-yr old Toshiba 27" crt television has recently developed a
problem which is that approx 15 minutes after being turned on, the picture
bows inward on the left and right sides. Then, after a few more minutes,
the picture resolves and returns to normal and remains perfect for the
remaining time the tv is on. If the symptom described above means the crt
is wearing out, so be it, the set will soon be history. However, I'm
wondering whether some other, replaceable part, might be going bad and
causing the temporarily distorted picture.
Would appreciate any suggestions re. probable cause(s) of symptom described
above. Am basically novice, but handy and with soldering skills, and have
done a few simple tv repairs in the past. Thanks for your replies!
In considering a new tv a 32 will be more equivilant in height to your
27, you will be unhappy with a new 27. You can get a new 32 for 300,
and have HD, a digital HD tuner, and alot lot better picture, I would
not fix it, whats next to break. A new 32 might also use 1/4- 1/2 the
power as your clunker
But only a 27 or 28 will fit the opening in an entertainment unit if
that's where he has the old TV. A 32 is too big.- Hide quoted text -

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You really might then be unhappy with a 27 lcd, as I think its near 5"
shorter, you should look into it first. Thats what happened to me. Or
get a 55"-65" tv and use a saw. I think 55 is the way to go.

Yup, Hang a big screen on the wall and get on with life, buy one on
line and have it delivered to your front door and you will be watching
it this time Thursday. Over the air TV isn't all that bad anymore, if
you are within reasonable distance from a big city it's worth an antenna
to get the sub channels. Get a computer with remote keyboard and mouse
and plug it in and you can get some pretty decent online streaming sites
blue ray and of course game boxes for the grandkids and surround sound
and a dozen other things.
I saw a really nice big screen Sony CRT/with pedestal at the 2nd hand
store, not a thing wrong with it except for the SD screen showing all
those old 486 raster lines for 49.99 a while back.
Except in this particular room (basement rec-room/office) the wall
where the TV is has a window in it (covered by a set of shutters). The
bottom of the shutters are about 4 feet from the floor and the room is
only 11 feet wide.. Hard to get more than 12 feet from the screen too.

Upstairs in the living room we have a 42 inch plasma on top of the
fake electric fireplace. Same sized room.