Re: ANOTHER 32" Trinitron...is it worth it?

I might dig into it after the weekend. I have my daughter so it'll have to wait, Daddy's little girl comes first!

I just turned it on for kicks... that nice multicolored line is just red now.

Ya know, there's some really nice newer TV's out there...

Re: ANOTHER 32" Trinitron...is it worth it?

Hmmm.... I'm on the fence with it right now, I could go either way.

I did some digging in the basement last night and scared up an oscilloscope I'd forgotten about. Hasn't been calibrated in years but it should be good enough to show signal presence and waveform. I even found an old Efratom rubidium standard LOL!!

I've been working so much microwave and RF for the past decade and a half most of my TV theory has rusted... the last time I worked on a TV was the late '80's.

For kicks I turned...

Re: ANOTHER 32" Trinitron...is it worth it?

Well I think it's had its run.

Did the G2 adjustment in small increments and was able to get a raster. The standby light does stop flashing within due course. However, it has problems beyond what I had originally estimated, still no picture or sound regardless of inputs used. I can't access any of the on-screen menus either.

Bill,

Your three criteria for repair worthiness are what I had in mind as well. Item B was especially applicable, this TV had a beautiful picture that was just beginning...

Re: ANOTHER 32" Trinitron...is it worth it?

I'll give it a shot thanks. I'm certain it's near death, considering its make and age. Bear with me, this thing is god-awful heavy, and I'm currently off from work with pneumonia... so my strength isn't what it should be.

Hi all!

New to the forum, stumbled across it a day or two ago looking for solutions to my flickering SyncMaster display issue... which I found here, thank you all very much. So, I decided to join.

I'm going to get right to it.

I have a 1994 vintage Sony 32" Trinitron. From what I've been reading here they appear to have somewhat of a reputation LOL.

Mine has actually given me 16 years of troublefree operation, absolutely flawless the entire time. Just the other day however it stopped working.

When I power it on, I...