Paul Simon wrote:

Sony KV-M2511U

FAULT
After switching on, the picture has a green hue. This disappears after a
few minutes. Often, the picture is normal after switching on.

COMMENTS
The TV is probably 12 to 14 years old, so we've had good use from it, but
I was wondering whether this fault might lead to a complete failure in the
future or further steady deterioration.


Red gun probably going down. Not worth fixing since you can generally
pick up S/H or ex rental TV's in good nick for less than teh ciost of
getting a service engineer to take the back off.



Also, does anyone (a TV engineer maybe) have a diagnosis for the fault
described and know whether it would be worth repairing.


12-14 years is about where tubes start to fail. Unless its top of the
range, its not worth re-tubing frankly.

I wander into my TV service man occasionally, and generally find a
stonking 17"-23" set for under 90 quid. Sonys are my favorites.

He quoted me about 200 quid to re-tube a TV ....



Thanks in appreciation of your replies.
Paul