I've had this for a few years now and lately I'm seeing some wavy lines at the top most section of the screen. For a while it would start bad and gradually fade off but now there is a bit of distortion at all times. I thought it might be Wi-Fi interference or something since my router is nearby but that was not it. I using component inputs and am hoping I'm missing something. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

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Here are the waves and every now and again I'll get a vertical flash of one line. Here's where I am confused. I run a mess of stuff through a pelican switcher so I thought that may be a problem, no luck. The weird thing is I am using it for Xbox 360 there is no problem, screen is clear as a bell. If I play a DVD though the 360, bang we're back to wavy. If I run HDTV signal via comcast in, again no problems at all and no warm up time needed. It does it whether I use s-video, components or coax. My brain hurts.

Any help is appreciated and sorry I didn't post sooner.

Big Old Daddy

Search for "Hypermodule" it's beginning to fail. You'll need to replace several tiny surface mount capacitors... or send away for rebuild.

Thanks for the tip. Forgive my ignorance and this may be a dumb question, but why is it that the same component input is flawless when it uses the cablebox signal, and perfect for the xbox 360, except when the 360 plays DVDs at which point it's squigglevision? It's driving me nuts. As to replacing the capacitors, on a 1 to 5 difficulty scale, where does it sit fro someone with marginal soldering ability?

Thanks again for the help!

Hypermodule routes/converts input video signal into an output video signal. Each input resolution "takes a different route" though the hypermodule, so some inputs can be affected while others aren't.

Soldering skills needs to be 5 out of 5 on this one. Very fine point solder tip, 3x reading glasses, steady hands, and patients is required. Even then mistakes can be made...

Is this the kind of thing my local repair shop can handle and ballpark wise what am I looking at? Sorry to hit you with all the questions but it's the curse of looking like you have all the answers.

Thanks again

Labor is probably $275-$350 dollars. Parts are less than $10. Try to find a shop that can do the work in the home and is familiar with this problem. You don't want them to haul your Tv away and keep it for weeks and weeks. And you don't want them to pull out the hypermodule and send it away for rebuild because that can also take weeks and will cost more labor too.

Search hypermodule on ebay.