On 09/08/11 21:13, rpgs rock dvds wrote:
10 y.o. CRT, switch it on in the morning, it flickers a lot, then settles down 5 mins later. During the day, a couple of times I see an amber coloured "thin line flash" and hear a crack/pop noise. Tube is probably going.

Is this dangerous? Got kids around ATM. Don't want the telly exploding. Also, can it be fixed, or shall I get a flat screen TV? Don't want to spend much, any bargain recommendations please?

There's a slim chance of a catastrophic failure with smoke and flames.
If you switch it off overnight you should be OK but it's probably time
to look for a replacement.

In theory your TV is repairable but if it was mine I'd replace it. A TV
that crackles and pops is probably overheating some components which
might well fail soon after you get the set repaired. In any case the
repair will cost you a significant fraction of the cost of a new
flatscreen TV and you would be without a TV while the repair was done.


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Bernard Peek