It's a 50 something inch rear projection TV (about 5 years old) and we
get the audio fine, but there are three lines across the screen and no
video (red, blue, and greenish yellow). Sometimes we can see a little
of the image and somtimes the lines get bigger or smaller. Is this
dead or not, and if not, is it likely to be expensive to fix?

Thanks in advance.

brand, model, and chassis would help!

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It's a 50 something inch rear projection TV (about 5 years old) and we
get the audio fine, but there are three lines across the screen and no
video (red, blue, and greenish yellow). Sometimes we can see a little
of the image and somtimes the lines get bigger or smaller. Is this
dead or not, and if not, is it likely to be expensive to fix?

Thanks in advance.

RCA Guide Plus Gold Gemstar

Does it use CRTs? It sounds as if the Service switch (if there is one) has
accidentally been moved.

Without knowing the brand and model number we can only polish off the glass
ball and continue guessing. Please post manufacture's name, and model of the
set. Thx.
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:12:39 -0700, monty1945 wrote:

It's a 50 something inch rear projection TV (about 5 years old) and we
get the audio fine, but there are three lines across the screen and no
video (red, blue, and greenish yellow). Sometimes we can see a little
of the image and somtimes the lines get bigger or smaller. Is this
dead or not, and if not, is it likely to be expensive to fix?


If it has defective parts and can be serviced in-home it could cost you a
few hundred dollars. I could see you getting into $200 + parts pretty
easy.

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RCA Guide Plus Gold Gemstar



Not enough (all middle-high end RCA sets of that era say that), but maybe
enough to say dump it (RCA, 5 years old).