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Title: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: cid499 on October 25, 2005, 09:52:56 pm
Hey all,

I picked up a TV for a measly sum the other day. Problem is, the entire screen has a pretty even unbearable green hue to it. When I turn it on its right side, the hue turns bluish purplish. Any ideas on how to fix it? I tried fiddling with the hue/tint settings but they have very little effect.

Phil
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: Zakk on October 25, 2005, 09:57:06 pm
TV's are very dangerous to work on.  They don't call them widowmakers for nothing.  Don't take this wrong, but tv's are a dime a dozen, why would you buy one with lots of video problems?  What I'm saying is that it's not worth it for a TV.  Walk away or take it to a qualified repair shop.  You'll thank me in the morning :)
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: Ed_McCarron on October 25, 2005, 10:01:11 pm
Degauss?  The fact that the hue changes when you change orientation reeks of magnetic issues...
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on October 25, 2005, 10:52:02 pm
Bad transistor in the green position?
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: DrewKaree on October 25, 2005, 11:19:36 pm
Using duct tape, make a GIANT asterisk (one of these things --> * ) on the front of the tube.  Taking a sledgehammer, raise it over your head, preferably while in motion, bring it down and forward into the tube and try to just "tap" the front of the glass........through the back of the damn thing, and get that fiasco over with.

Problem solved.  You'll thank ME in the morning too!
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: Stingray on October 26, 2005, 10:12:13 am
One word. Trebuchet (http://www.stingraysmadness.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=4&MMN_position=4:4).

-S
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: ChadTower on October 26, 2005, 10:29:15 am

Trebuchets are among my very favorite things in this world.
Title: Re: Help me fix my TV!
Post by: Stingray on October 26, 2005, 10:38:41 am
Everyone should own at least one seige engine.

-S