On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:27:07 -0400, "Art"
wrote:

Sounds as if the crt may be getting weak and the AKB circuit can no longer
keep up with the beam current demands. Is the symptom worse if the contrast
and brightness are at a higher than mid range setting and go away when both
settings are set quite a bit lower? If so then you either have a soft crt or
something in the bias circuitry to the crt going awry.

The distortion in the picture is intermittent. I tried to produce an
mpeg of the problem. It's similar, but it doesn't do it justice
due to the limitation of the HI8 recording.

The distortion on the TV is shimmering horizontal lines, half
an inch wide, no tearing, no rainbow colors, no diagonal patterns.

It seems that when the "picture" control is turned down it
fades a little.


I eyeballed the screen up close and in the dark stripes, it seems as
if every other line in there is unlit. ie. it's pure black on the
screen.

Dave