I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

On 2/14/2011 1:45 PM Beezle Bub spake thus:

I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

You might try over in sci.electronics.repair. Better chance of getting
knowledgable replies there.


--
The phrase "jump the shark" itself jumped the shark about a decade ago.

- Usenet

On Feb 14, 3:45*pm, Beezle Bub wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. *It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

An 11 year old TV is nearly as obsolete as a wind up Victrola and not
nearly as valuable. Unless you are intent on getting into a new hobby,
buy a nice small flat panel LCD and take the poor critter to the
recycling center or find it a home on Craigslist. The digital world
has whistled right on past your Samsung.

Joe

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:34:45 -0800 (PST), Joe wrote:

On Feb 14, 3:45Â*pm, Beezle Bub wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. Â*It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

An 11 year old TV is nearly as obsolete as a wind up Victrola and not
nearly as valuable. Unless you are intent on getting into a new hobby,
buy a nice small flat panel LCD and take the poor critter to the
recycling center or find it a home on Craigslist. The digital world
has whistled right on past your Samsung.

Joe
It is a CRT set instead of a flat panel, so yes - definitely forget
about fixing it. I wasn't thinking straight and had not looked up the
model number. Deep six it. QUICK. (and on a flat screen it is more
likely to flash on and off than to shrink - flat panels don't have
deflection issues like CRTs - so "flog me with a wet noodle"

If it was a flat panel, either LCD or plasma, it would be worth
looking at. Being a CRT, not worth even cracking open the case.

wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:34:45 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 14, 3:45 pm, Beezle wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

An 11 year old TV is nearly as obsolete as a wind up Victrola and not
nearly as valuable. Unless you are intent on getting into a new hobby,
buy a nice small flat panel LCD and take the poor critter to the
recycling center or find it a home on Craigslist. The digital world
has whistled right on past your Samsung.

Joe
It is a CRT set instead of a flat panel, so yes - definitely forget
about fixing it. I wasn't thinking straight and had not looked up the
model number. Deep six it. QUICK. (and on a flat screen it is more
likely to flash on and off than to shrink - flat panels don't have
deflection issues like CRTs - so "flog me with a wet noodle"

If it was a flat panel, either LCD or plasma, it would be worth
looking at. Being a CRT, not worth even cracking open the case.
Hi,
He'll save on enrgy use too. Time to go for boat anchors

Tony Hwang wrote:
He'll save on enrgy use too. Time to go for boat anchors

I'm still using a Magnavox 27" CRT that was made in '87, and has a picture
that still looks like the day it was made.

In the winter it helps heat the house, and in the summer I should be outside
anyway.

I like watching TV as much as the next guy, but if it ain't broke....

Jon

On Feb 14, 4:45*pm, Beezle Bub wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. *It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.


Bring it to a recycling center capable of properly disposing of used
CRT gizmos and then buy a new TV...

If you don't know what you are doing opening up a CRT TV set can
be fatal if you don't properly and safely discharge the capacitors
before poking around inside...

~~ Evan

Beezle Bub wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

I wouldn't bother messing with it, but if you don't mind watching a
CRT hit the 2nd hand stores they are full of them now days. Reminds me,
I have a couple of them I intended to give away, I ought to do that
right now.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:31:09 -0600, FatterDumber& Happier Moe
wrote:

Beezle Bub wrote:
I have an analog Samsung TV which I bought in 2000. It is around 32
inches. The problem is the image keeps getting 'squeezed'--the sides
cave in and the image takes on the shape of an hourglass. In the past,
I would have this problem for like 10 minutes but the image would
eventually correct itself. Nowadays, the problem remains as it is.
Anything that can be done to fix this?

Its model number is TXJ2766.

I wouldn't bother messing with it, but if you don't mind watching a
CRT hit the 2nd hand stores they are full of them now days. Reminds me,
I have a couple of them I intended to give away, I ought to do that
right now.
While you still can!!!

?
wrote

I wouldn't bother messing with it, but if you don't mind watching a
CRT hit the 2nd hand stores they are full of them now days. Reminds me,
I have a couple of them I intended to give away, I ought to do that
right now.

While you still can!!!

Right. When I put mine at the curb, it sat for days and I finally put
stickers on it for trash pickup. Same with computer monitors.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:18:35 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:

?
wrote

I wouldn't bother messing with it, but if you don't mind watching a
CRT hit the 2nd hand stores they are full of them now days. Reminds me,
I have a couple of them I intended to give away, I ought to do that
right now.

While you still can!!!

Right. When I put mine at the curb, it sat for days and I finally put
stickers on it for trash pickup. Same with computer monitors.


Put a price tag of $50 on it and it will dissapear overnight.

On 2/15/2011 10:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
?
wrote

I wouldn't bother messing with it, but if you don't mind watching a
CRT hit the 2nd hand stores they are full of them now days. Reminds me,
I have a couple of them I intended to give away, I ought to do that
right now.

While you still can!!!

Right. When I put mine at the curb, it sat for days and I finally put
stickers on it for trash pickup. Same with computer monitors.

What happens here is that someone with a hammer will stop and smash
the top and remove the parts with copper/aluminum in them. I've even
seen the garbage pickup guys do it.

I just had a 30 yard dumpster removed. While I had it I had a steady
stream of guys and girls in pickups and mini vans looking for metal. I
actually have a place I put metal out at for the regulars, but this drew
people I've never seen before. And, I'm on a side street near two dead
ends. How do they find me? Does the metal pay for all that gas spent
looking?

Car batteries are at $6 or $7, so lead is worth something again. I
think the lead in the tube is too hard to recover though.

Jeff

In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:

I just had a 30 yard dumpster removed. While I had it I had a steady
stream of guys and girls in pickups and mini vans looking for metal. I
actually have a place I put metal out at for the regulars, but this drew
people I've never seen before. And, I'm on a side street near two dead
ends. How do they find me? Does the metal pay for all that gas spent
looking?

Maybe they use google earth to search for dumpsters.

Around here, the homeless comb the public trash cans regularly for
aluminum cans. When we got curbside recycling, they started raiding
those bins. The city snivels now because without the aluminum, the
recycling program can't pay for itself.