Hi Guys, I have an old Viewsonic n4785P (aka VS12070-1M) LCD TV built January 2008. It's huge (thick) and doubles as a space heater but it has a nice bright picture and works well as a bedroom TV.

I believe the Tcon board is toast (see [url]https://youtu.be/_fgAEG3_R6k[/url]) and I wanted to know how specific of a replacement board do I need to get? For example:

The existing tcon board is a popular V420H1-C07 board that has 3 inductors (some have only 2). The V420H1-C07 is printed on the board.

There is also a sticker along the edge of the board with:...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi everyone, Been a lurking member for a while when trying to figure out why a whole rash of monitors, at the office, began to die around the same time.

My dad was an IBM'er my whole childhood and I watched him work with soldering irons, etching circuit boards, and many different computers. I expect that was the beginning of my electronics fascination.

My early experience with computers started in the 70's with IBM 5100's my dad would lug home. After he relocated to Boca Raton, FL to work on the...