TV won't stay on

I am glad to hear you say that you are taking the JVC television in for repair tomorrow... The JVC is a superior television and is worth fixing and YES.... it is fixable.... as long as it still comes on after a few tries it may be a fairly economical repair. The original symtoms you witnessed.... "waviness" and "noise" were a sure indicator of problems in the power supply circuitry... then as the fault progressed you then had the symptom of "won't stay on"... stop using the television immediately and get it repaired. DO NOT keep trying to make it stay on... you will eventually make things worse and then the television won't turn on at all, and the repair will be more expensive. In the future when you start seeing something out of the ordinary you should take it to a shop right away instead of waiting.... it will not heal itself and will only get worse and will be a more expensive repair. electricitym

Thank you for your reply.

I really like this TV. My original plan, when it seemed as if my current JVC TV might be going south, was to replace it the current JVC model in the same line. (i'Art) I was waited longer than expected for Sears to ship me the new TV, so I had to use the old one in the meantime, which got worse as I used it.

JVC has the current 20" as having BBE audio, as my old one did, but I found once I received the TV that it was an error. This TV only has a Hypersurround setting, which stinks. The audio, even through my external speakers was terrible and the picture was very odd. I could not read words and when I would try to read the online cable guide it was if it was over exposed. JVC's suggestion was to disconnect the coax and connect it again, which didn't help.

I really wanted a 20" CRT TV with a flat screen, decent audio, and a headphone jack. I bought the Samsung Slimfit, which is a big disappointment. Seems like a low-end picture, sort of how I associate RCA and GE TV's to be. There's bowing and the egdes are blurred. The audio is pretty mediocre as welll, although I have to say the new JVC was even worse. To top it off, my Sony universal remotes won't control this Samsung TV, so it's really annoying.

So...basically I've looking for a TV which is exactly like the JVC I already have so I'm hoping the repair shop can just fix this one and I'll be happy.

Thanks aga> snipped;

Dried out electrolytic capacitors most likely. It would have been much easier to repair if you'd taken it in when it first started acting up rather than continuing to use it until more damage occurred. It should still be repairable, but it will cost more.

I picked up the JVC TV from the repair shop yesterday. It was two bad capacitors and cost around $90 to fix it. (Well worth it, since I tried three separate new TV's in it's place and they all were inferior, including the new JVC which took its place in their line.)

Thanks- Vickie