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Thread ID: 90565	2008-06-07 23:16:00	TV Died..fixable?	heni72847 (1166)	PC World Chat

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676393	2008-06-07 23:16:00	Recently the only TV in the house stopped working Someone was watching it, and half way through a show the screen just went blank, pitch black. Apparently the picture on the screen was quickly squeezed into the centre, forming a thin line before completely blanking out. Tried unplugging from the wall, leaving it like that over night and re-plugging it back in the next day. but nothing came back on, no sound, no image. It does make a few bursts of soft, high pitch noise, as if the TV was going to start up but can't seem to do so. This is a ~10 year old 29" Sony TV, so obviously it's nice and big and fat and has a crt inside So... is it worth it to have the TV fixed? How much do repairs normally cost? Considering that there are budget 32" widescreen LCD TV around $1000 that can easily replace this...	heni72847 (1166)
676394	2008-06-07 23:25:00	Probably best to ring a TV repair place and get an estimate. www.answerbag.com en.allexperts.com	pctek (84)
676395	2008-06-08 01:15:00	From the symptoms described I would bet that the horrizontal timebase has packed up (no output). This also generates the CRT filament Voltage from an overwind on the Line Output Transformer, so you will have no EHT and no tube activity. Most usually, this is caused by discreet failure of the Horrizontal Output Chopper Transistor which operates under great stress. This component can be easily and cheaply replaced to restore normal operation. Worth having this checked - hope you don't get conned. Good luck,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Blanco.	blanco (11336)
676396	2008-06-08 02:06:00	Recently the only TV in the house stopped working Someone was watching it, and half way through a show the screen just went blank, pitch black. Apparently the picture on the screen was quickly squeezed into the centre, forming a thin line before completely blanking out. Tried unplugging from the wall, leaving it like that over night and re-plugging it back in the next day. but nothing came back on, no sound, no image. It does make a few bursts of soft, high pitch noise, as if the TV was going to start up but can't seem to do so. This is a ~10 year old 29" Sony TV, so obviously it's nice and big and fat and has a crt inside So... is it worth it to have the TV fixed? How much do repairs normally cost? Considering that there are budget 32" widescreen LCD TV around $1000 that can easily replace this... I agree with Blanco, shouldn't be too much trouble. As for an LCD that cheap, you'd probably find better picture quality in a pile of dirt...	Agent_24 (57)
676397	2008-06-08 02:08:00	We had a similar problem with our Sony 29" CRT - 8 years old. But it was the transformer that blew - $200-odd to fix. We were advised that since these machines are only designed to last about 8-10 years, we would be better putting the cash towards a new one. Since we also had a green colour bleed at the edges of the screen as well, and some ads with red background (Warehouse, Flight Centre) would flash red-blue-red, we decided to heed the advice (seemed there was another problem starting to show through anyway). Bought a 37" Panasonic Plasma - haven't looked back (of course, it cost just a tad more than $200 to buy the plasma!!)	johcar (6283)
676398	2008-06-08 03:23:00	um.. $200.. was hoping to pay less for repairs with $200 I can go to dse and buy a new crt tv that's on clearance, 29" too! since the tv in the house rarely gets watched, might just grab a $<20 TV from trademe (the tv broke over a month ago..i only posted this up today :p)	heni72847 (1166)
676399	2008-06-09 00:09:00	The very minimum most repair places will charge you for a cheap fix is probably in the $30~$80 range. If you can get a $<20 TV that would make you happy, since you don't watch that much anyway then it's probably better to go that way, unless of course you can find some places that will give you a free quote (most will charge an inspection fee around $50) and decide on there whether you want to keep your beloved TV.	Deathwish (143)
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