Re: Hitachi 32LD8D20U - Panel fails when too bright.

Hi there,

Long time without posting due to illness. I finally got around to taking this TV apart again to take some photos. I replaced the input caps on the power supply, before noticing that one of the leads going to the screen was not properly seated. I reseated the cable and now everything seems to be working fine! Thank you for the impetus!

Hi there, first time poster here. I thought I would try my hand at TV repair, so i bought a broken hitachi unit. It has a vestel 17PW20v2 in it, and this is a horrible thing isn't it!

When I first got it, the standby light just flashed at me. After replacing a few caps, I managed to get the thing switching on, but it only switched on half the time, and I had this issue where the screen would freeze and very quickly fade away when asked to be too bright. About a half second after the failure, it begins to work normally. I replaced the board with one from ebay, and the unit now switches...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi there,

I'm a casual tech who is most interested in audio systems, but has recently decided to try his hand at TV repair.

Hope to learn a lot here, seems like some very smart folk around!

griff