Sudden Problem with TV

If you have standby the power supply is probably OK, i'd say as a guess a dry joint has finally gone, or some problem in the horizontal output has arisen. unless you generally know what you are doing with electronics your chances of fixing this are slim to none.

I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be something simple! Thanks for your advice, guess I'll have to look to buy a new one....

Sounds like a good summary, there just isnt enough info to know what it is.

NT

Depends what you mean by a "white patch" sounds like it could be a frame fault, with DC on it, so its off the screen. Panasnic are in my view, one of the best TV's on the market. I have one (been in the trade 30 years!) but maybe it's time for a new one! and you would get a 12 monthys warranty! As to whether its worth repairing would dend to the state of the tube, but it's done well!

If you want any further advice, contact me!

Rod

Who said it was a "fatal problem"..... it might make economical sense to have it repaired. At the very least take it to a repair shop for a repair cost estimate. A real live tech with real test equipment will have to open er up and do some real troubleshooting in order to determine what it will take to fix er up.... this can not be done on the phone or over the internet. You could be throwing away a perfectly good television, get an estimate before you toss it. electricitym

ginger72 ha escrito:

Remember that there are some amazing bargains to be had (local small ads, freecycle etc) with CRT sets as people 'upgrade' (sic) to plasma or lcd. I know someone who got a 4 year old 32" panasonic for about

60 pounds! It's a great time to buy, as people are sucked in by the need to have the latest piece of tat irrespective of the fact that most of the time what they're replacing outperforms it by a long way.

On a related note, I would not invest in HD ready sets yet as by the time the transmissions start in earnest, most will probably under perform. A large quantity of supposed 'hd ready' sets can't actually produce the correct resolution or have to upscale with appalling impact on the image.

Why don't you have a service tech work on it? If the picture was ok before it failed then it should be economical to repair. Just because you can't fix something yourself doesn't mean you should dump it in a landfill and buy a new one.