Hello all. I've never posted a question about a TV problem before so
I'm not sure if I have the right newsgroup(s) or not but perhaps
someone can help me. I'm a US serviceman (USAF) stationed overseas in
Turkey right now and it's rather difficult to talk to an authorized
repairman. I have a Mitsubishi 40" TV MITCS40505 ... it's about 7.5
years old with a typical glass picture tube.

Problems: (1) The upper-right and upper-left corners are discolored;
when I have a no-input blue screen, the corners are a very bright
pinkish purple. (2) Also, text is becoming somewhat difficult to read
.... blurry. Note we've never played games on it.

My questions: (1) Are these two problems repairable? (2) Is it
something I can attempt myself? (I was an electronics technician for 6
years working on communications/navigation systems ... but no TV
repair experience). Regarding the blurry text problem, I was hoping I
could just obtain a test pattern and align the colors/pixels with a
plastic screwdriver ... ?

Thanks for your patience and your assistance.

Sincerely,
Rich (Please don't reply via e-mail ... it's a dead address)