I have a spare T.V...

[Harakiri]

Hi!

In my garage i have a T.V branded 'Sanyo' 21" that's getting dust for almost 2 years! The problem is that the TV has 20 years and sometimes the image that produces becames purple for 3 ou 4 secs. then goes normal again! Can i fix this problem cheap? Can i do something with this TV in my future project?

Later i'll see wich model is and post something about it!

[Harakiri]

People i really need to know if i can "restore" this TV so i'm putting this up again sorry!  

[Ken Layton]

It sounds like you might have an intermittent short inside the picture tube. It might be fixed by connecting the tube to a restorer/analyzer (a.k.a. rejuvenator). Take it to a tv repair shop and they charge around $50 to $75 to 'zap' it.

Do a search for your make and model on the newsgroup sci.electronics.repair to see what other problems/fixes others have experienced. My own opinion of Sanyo products is that they are bottom-of-the-barrel CRAP. Repair parts are overpriced, not usually in stock, and the parts dept won't even talk to you unless you buy a service manual from them first! I have a Sanyo microwave oven and I had to wait six months for parts to arrive from Japan! Sanyo sucks.

[Tilzs]

Seems to me that TVs are so cheap now days that it might make sense to just go buy a new one and not have to worry about something else going wrong.