Toshiba Regza 42HL196 Darker center w/ lines

[ztu165]

Hello guys I have a Toshiba REGZA 42HL196 that had the 3 blinking lights and wouldn't turn on. I bought a repair kit from eBay and the tv starts up now but slowly it has developed some horizontal lines and a darker center that used to go away at the beginning after a while but now it does not go away. Any thoughts as to what it can be? I currently do not have a multimeter.

[Andrew F. Ali]

Re: Toshiba Regza 42HL196 Darker center w/ lines

This now looks like a backlight issue. the parts that were replaced probably went out due the failed backlights. If you continue to work the TV like that those same parts and more may go out again.

[ztu165]

Re: Toshiba Regza 42HL196 Darker center w/ lines

So the backlights can also cause the thin black horizontal lines?