quasar TV "hourglass" distortion
 

I recently found a 40" Quasar TV in the trash (yes, I realize I'm a
lucky *******).

After fixing the on-off switch, which was broken (why don't people
check switches and fuses first? They seem to be the most commonly
broken electronics components, by far ...), it is "mostly" working.

The last minor flaw is that while the width is perfect in the middle,
the top
and bottom are stretched horizontally, leaving about an inch or so at
the left and right outside of the viewing area. Most of the time it
isn't noticeable, but when an image with vertical lines near the edges
of the image is displayed (for example, a jail cell) it is very
obvious that the image is distorted from a rectangle to an hourglass
shape. The satellite TV menu (due to its gridlike
nature) is also quite noticeably distorted.

Anyone know the cause and/or fix?

-Tim

Probably broken in part of the deflection cicuitry.
"Hephaestus" wrote in message
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I recently found a 40" Quasar TV in the trash (yes, I realize I'm a
lucky *******).

After fixing the on-off switch, which was broken (why don't people
check switches and fuses first? They seem to be the most commonly
broken electronics components, by far ...), it is "mostly" working.

The last minor flaw is that while the width is perfect in the middle,
the top
and bottom are stretched horizontally, leaving about an inch or so at
the left and right outside of the viewing area. Most of the time it
isn't noticeable, but when an image with vertical lines near the edges
of the image is displayed (for example, a jail cell) it is very
obvious that the image is distorted from a rectangle to an hourglass
shape. The satellite TV menu (due to its gridlike
nature) is also quite noticeably distorted.

Anyone know the cause and/or fix?

-Tim

On 13 Oct 2004 19:49:21 -0700, (Hephaestus)
wrote:

I recently found a 40" Quasar TV in the trash (yes, I realize I'm a
lucky *******).

After fixing the on-off switch, which was broken (why don't people
check switches and fuses first? They seem to be the most commonly
broken electronics components, by far ...), it is "mostly" working.

Switches don't fail that often, and even when they do, the remote
control will still work. Fuses fail due to other components failing
first, almost exclusively.


The last minor flaw is that while the width is perfect in the middle,
the top
and bottom are stretched horizontally, leaving about an inch or so at
the left and right outside of the viewing area. Most of the time it
isn't noticeable, but when an image with vertical lines near the edges
of the image is displayed (for example, a jail cell) it is very
obvious that the image is distorted from a rectangle to an hourglass
shape. The satellite TV menu (due to its gridlike
nature) is also quite noticeably distorted.

It's somewhere in the pincushion circuit probably, and that is likely
why it was trashed also.

Tom


Anyone know the cause and/or fix?

-Tim

Generically speaking, without a model or chassis I'd again say it may be
broken That is generically speaking.
"Tom MacIntyre" wrote in message
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On 13 Oct 2004 19:49:21 -0700, (Hephaestus)
wrote:

I recently found a 40" Quasar TV in the trash (yes, I realize I'm a
lucky *******).

After fixing the on-off switch, which was broken (why don't people
check switches and fuses first? They seem to be the most commonly
broken electronics components, by far ...), it is "mostly" working.

Switches don't fail that often, and even when they do, the remote
control will still work. Fuses fail due to other components failing
first, almost exclusively.


The last minor flaw is that while the width is perfect in the middle,
the top
and bottom are stretched horizontally, leaving about an inch or so at
the left and right outside of the viewing area. Most of the time it
isn't noticeable, but when an image with vertical lines near the edges
of the image is displayed (for example, a jail cell) it is very
obvious that the image is distorted from a rectangle to an hourglass
shape. The satellite TV menu (due to its gridlike
nature) is also quite noticeably distorted.

It's somewhere in the pincushion circuit probably, and that is likely
why it was trashed also.

Tom


Anyone know the cause and/or fix?

-Tim

hey i have the same problem w/a sony KV XBR10, im not exactly sure what a
chassis is but would i be able to fix it myself? thanks...