A common symptom of Sony tv's as they get older is the PICTURE TUBE cathode
emissions are lower, and the picture is blanked by the microprocessor until
the picture is considered watchable. If the picture is still somewhat
pastel-looking after it comes on, this is your problem, a bad picture tube.

Mark Z.

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"DS" wrote in message
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Got a 20" trinitron screen that takes ages to turn on. Everything I read
seems to point to a dying capacitor, probably one of the filter capacitors
being dried up, or some other capacitor in the power supply. If open it
up,
how easy will it be to find this capacitor? What should I look for? How
should I go about testing it?

Thanks in advance!
-Dan