I've not seen anything about this on this forum yet. My 42" Polaroid TLX-04244B comes on and stays on. Has sound and picture. It has a problem that has gotten progressively worse over time. It was originally purchased on Black Friday, 2007 and the issues started with it sometime in 2011.
The issues:
First issue: For a long time, when first fired up, the right half of the screen would be dark and any image you could see on that side would be super persistent for several seconds. Then, after 15 - 30 minutes it would light up and all would be OK.
Second issue: It started having jumping lines, missing lines and/or all black across the top 1/4 of the screen on startup along with the right side darkness. Both would clear up after a warm up period.
Third issue: While the right side was dark, it would squish the video on the right side to where you could see two or three of the image (only the right side though, the left side looked normal) sometimes it would do all three at once. But again after it warmed up, all would be OK.
Forth issue: The right side backlight has finally given up. It stays dark all the time. The image issues are still there.
I haven't torn into it yet, so am not sure if it has integrated inverters or not. I've tried to find a service manual online, but haven't had any luck with that. This forum seems to have more info than anywhere else on the web.
Thanks for any help you can give.
The issues:
First issue: For a long time, when first fired up, the right half of the screen would be dark and any image you could see on that side would be super persistent for several seconds. Then, after 15 - 30 minutes it would light up and all would be OK.
Second issue: It started having jumping lines, missing lines and/or all black across the top 1/4 of the screen on startup along with the right side darkness. Both would clear up after a warm up period.
Third issue: While the right side was dark, it would squish the video on the right side to where you could see two or three of the image (only the right side though, the left side looked normal) sometimes it would do all three at once. But again after it warmed up, all would be OK.
Forth issue: The right side backlight has finally given up. It stays dark all the time. The image issues are still there.
I haven't torn into it yet, so am not sure if it has integrated inverters or not. I've tried to find a service manual online, but haven't had any luck with that. This forum seems to have more info than anywhere else on the web.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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