Theres a history of Vertical problems in this set. Sometimes it winds up
being the EEPROM, other times components need to be changed. I gather when
you say 'compressed' you mean vertical collapse?


"Fred Mann" wrote in message
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|I have a Samsung TV manufactured in 1998. I picked it up from a trash pile
| on bulky-item pickup day!! To my surprise, it worked fine. But
occasionally,
| the picture would "compress" or shrink in an oscillating fashion. It would
| "shrink" in the way that the image "shrinks" when you turn off a TV (right
| before the screen goes black). It would oscillate, and sometimes turn
itself
| off. (sound was fine) Gradually, this started to happen more often, until
it
| began to turn itself off after only a couple of minutes. Now, when I hit
the
| power button, the TV does not come on at all, but there is a "click"
sound,
| followed immediatley by another "click" sound as the TV shuts itself back
| off.
| Any ideas?
| Thanks!!!
| Fred
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