My TV is f**ked!
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- OSFA
Well, since it's a slow monday I will ask for help or advice. Yesterday, while watching the Sopranos, my TV got all fcked up. There are green and red shadows for every character and text. I turned it off for a while, but nothing happened. I'm scared it might be gone.... :(
What can I do to fix this? Is there something that can be done? It's almost 5 years old, and has been good to me so far. I don't wanna let go...
- TResudek0
Try degaussing it. Might have a feature built in to the TV that does it. If not, get a degausser (which is basically a big ass magnet).
TR
- OSFA0
oh, if this helps, it's a 53" Hitachi Ultravision HDTV.
- OSFA0
HAAAAAAhahahahaha
- joyride0
enjoy your new HD TV!
- OSFA0
Is it worth calling a repair man, or would that cost me as much as buying a new one?
- Nairn0
keep it turned off, don't fix it and never look back. you have the internet now. we are all you need.
- joyride0
what was it? HD? lcd, plasma? Rear projection? size?
- OSFA0
- joyride0
yeah, you could have someone come out and take a look at it incase it's something simple and cheap. But new tvs are getting pretty cheap, you can get a super nice one for
- k0na_an0k0
doesn't sound good.
one of the bulbs alone is about $250 bucks to replace, not including labor.
You might want to look into a new tv. there are some really nice ones out there now, but if it's hard to let go let me come over and take a sledgehammer to it. Then it will be easy to get a new tv.
You don't wnat to be THAT GUY with your friends who has the shittiest tv do you? I was for years... no more though.
- OSFA0
oh that's rite I forgot about ur suggar daddy. So did he buy it for you?
- k0na_an0k0
Nah... I wouldn't let he and his wife buy that thing for us. That's not what he's my buddy for.
Plus, that 60" TV in our small house would have taken over our whole living room.
- OSFA0
ok, take it and mail it to me then.
- OSFA0
so, does anyone here know what is wrong with my TV??? I'm sure somebody has been thru this...
- JackRyan0
Costco has these pretty nice lcd tv's, you can get a 32" for $599.
- OSFA0
yeah but from 53" to 32" will suck! I bought my wall unit based on that TV. Now I'll have a huge gap between the two towers :(
- JackRyan0
Yeah, the biggest lcd they have is 47".
- spot130
It sounds like you need to adjust the convergence. If it's a crt rear projection, there should be an option to set the convergence for each of the three colors so you can line them up through the main setup menu.
- OSFA0
thanks spot!