It's adjusted to play all regions.

I've had it from new, and I haven't used it a lot, but now it freezes sometimes when playing a DVD. I had a look inside, and it looks beyond my capabilities. Free to a good home BR6 area.

I have a Panasonic TX-26LXD80, which has been diagnosed in this forum as having the tab bonds problem. A shame, because it's an excellent TV, otherwise.

Fixing it is beyond my skills, and probably not worth paying someone to do it, so if you want to collect it, it's yours. BR6 area.

Re: Panasonic TX-26LXD80

Many thanks. I don't want to start dismantling just now, so it'll be a while before I can confirm this (or not) in my case. Meanwhile, in your video you speculate about the cause. I think you said you had found the problem several times at the left of the top of the screen - is that right? Well, I have my TV mounted on a stand on rollers - it's a wood floor, so it moves easily. When moving the TV, I always bend down that extra bit and hold the stand, never the TV itself, but my girlfriend insists on holding the top of the TV on the left to move it. Maybe...

Re: Panasonic TX-26LXD80

I've just found this forum, and your message. I also have a TX-26LXD80, which has developed a problem quite suddenly. I'm not a tech, but I was able to fix my 8 year old TFT monitor by replacing 4 caps last year, and it would be great if I could do the same for the TV. It's a shame the symptoms are different...

When I switch the TV on, the sound is fine, but the picture is just shades of grey, then some washed out vertical colour bars of different widths ([B]not[/B] like a test signal). Eventually, I get a picture of sorts, which freezes while...