Place a small speaker or 2 on top of the tv or near it, with the tv on, turn
or angle it until the color goes back to normal. but you have to leave the
speaker their for a week or more.

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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:10:51 -0500, "George R. Gonzalez"
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So much disinformation!

You can demagnetize the TV with a magnet, no problem, just takes 30
seconds
of careful waving it around. Start out close to the TV twirling the
magnet
around so that both North and South ends of the magnet alternately point
toward the TV. Keep twirling while you slowly move the magnet farther
away. Keep doing this until you can't see any effects on the screen.

Don't worry very much about any *stationary* magnets, like speaker
magnets
near your TV. The most they can do is make the whole picture deflect a
bit.
If you don't notice any slant or twist to the picture, you can live with
the
magnets. To get color effects, the magnets would have to be MOVING in
order
to magnetize the CRT mask. Not moving ==no magnetizing of the mask ==
no
color funnies.


Of course a real strong magnet can deform or damage the shadow mask.
I had a co-worker who didn't believe me and stuck a magnet from a HD
on his monitor - permanent fuzzy spot. BTW, this magnet has no
problem holding a magazine to my office wall that has metal studs
under the drywall.

-Chris.