Don't dump your CRT RPTV! - Page 385

 

Forget the glasses, get me that DISC!!!

I love my Darblet and hope you get your hands on one as I'm curious as to what setting you settle on with your CRT.

 

That would be AWESOME. Many thanks.

 

 

That would be AWESOME. Good luck.

 

 

I use HD 70 for my Hitachi. It's (you guessed it) AWESOME.

 

 

Michael

Bob thanks for thinking of me, of course I'll take one... I'll ( well, we Michael and I, we'll get you) a demo disc in return.

HEY! Wheres MY 2013 Demo Disc?

Waiting for you on the table in Vegas. See, right there in the picture. THAT one's yours!

I know very well the virtues of these sets. Putting 9 inch tubes onto a 65 inch screen creates huge advantages.

If i didn't already have one, or even if I lived on the other side of the country, near the set, I'd grab it up.

This model is one of the best CRTs RPTV made.

Would it be forward to say that a cleaned, shimmed and calibrated 65813 or a 73" model with 9" CRTs is the holy grail tv set for those in the know. If I had the means to get that 65813 across the country I'd pounce on it as well.

If the round trip from NJ to VA wouldn't end in divorce, I'd consider it, too.

Guess I'll have to settle for my Hitachi.

Hope you find a good home for it, though.

Too bad it can't be mine.

The other 65813 for sale a year or so ago also involved a round trip from NJ to VA, and he never reported in his post any family problems! Does your wife object to the trip, or another hulking piece of furniture? The 65813 is actually pretty svelte.
Edited by taichi4 - 1/18/13 at 10:56am

Yes, MY 65813 was sold to a fellow AVS'er from NJ in December 2011. I think I remember him saying it took 6 hours to make the trip.
He spent 2 hours looking the TV over.
Then, we rolled it right out the front door onto his pickup truck bed.
Last I heard, he was very very pleased. He also got my Lumagen HDQ VP, also calibrated by Craig Rounds.
The current 65813, owned by my best friend, is a beauty. He has been very diligent to prevent burn in.
No Gaming. Non smoking house.
I have had 1 PM about the set.
I will know this weekend if the set is still available.
He mentioned he may GIVE IT AWAY to his nephew.
I am going to let him know that there is at least one person asking for a price, which I also don't know.
I told him to ask $300-400 and see what happens.

I was only able to get $550 for mine WITH the HDQ

One of the bigger problems is that I would then need to get rid of MY baby, which ain't happnin' anytime soon.

Bob might have room for a couple of these in his garage, but I don't. 

I made a youtube video of the problem with my Mits WS-55413 HDTV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmiRs7yOF28&feature=youtu.be

TV would not power up for a couple of cold rainy days, then it came back. First time trying to powerup the unit it stops after 4 seconds, second attempt brings it back on and the picture problems appear. After a few minutes it gets better.

Any idea on where the problem is and is it just a board swap? I could do that if it is easily accessible. Our other Mits RP-CRT WS-55315 is just starting to have the same problem, not as bad yet.

Thanks!

Fred

Well folks, I talked to my buddy this morning about selling his Mits WS65813.
His Elite will be here next Friday.
He said he is giving the TV to his nephew for free.
I told him there was a prospective buyer, but he said no, he wanted to do this for his nephew. Very thoughtful on his behalf.
So, I am sorry to get anyone's hopes up, but the Mits 65813 in Chesapeake, VA is not for sale.
His nephew is one lucky 25 year old guy.

Hello all,

I'm newly registered. Have read many of the posts in this excellent thread and have an issue that I thought the great minds like Mr. Bob could help with. I'm not ruling out a paid phone consult either. I purchased this Mitsubishi WS-65869 brand new on 9-11-2002. Have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the picture vs. current panel technology.. Over the last several months, the picture has developed the symptoms shown in the attached screen shots. I have twice returned the set to operation by replacing the 7 caps on the DM module PS board. I just replaced the coolant in the blue gun hoping it was part of the issue since the coolant has never been changed. To my surprise, the 10 year old coolant was nice and clear, and there was no crusty build up on the lens. White text on black screen results in dark band across the screen, which I have seen when editors try to put nice crisp white titles on black background. To prevent the overshoot, most editors put a 1 or 2 pixel blur to soften the light to dark transition..

On another forum, there was a similar problem described which ended up being a bad cap on the CRT PCB. That makes sense to me, but I'd like opinions of those who work with tv circuits on a regular basis. I have a degree in electronics and had amateur radio and FCC first class licenses many moons ago. I went the route of semiconductor fab equipment tech after college that ended up being my decades long career before leaving to start a video production company. Most of my alignment skills are geared towards the camera end of things using wall charts.

I share Mr. Bob's opinion about CRT PQ. I worked for Sony in their booth at NAB and when they brought out their OLED production monitors, they placed two of them next to a CRT in a darkened demo area. It took a few minutes,before I was able to pick out the CRT. That shows just how nice the black levels and contrast can be with OLED. I'm trying to keep the Mits in operation until OLED for the living room comes out of the stratosphere in terms of pricing.

Thanks for any advice you can give me. I know my way around the circuitry but unfortunately, I never invested in a good scope for the house. I was spoiled because I was able to check out nice tools from my employer for personal use on a short term basis. I do have a good Fluke voltmeter though.

Regards,

Greg B.

Here are he screen shots...

Enjoyed the conversation. That career thing has taken a few twist and turns, but has always seemed to work out for the better..Talk tomorrow.

Greg

Got ours up for sale in good shape for its age,
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=321070412327&index=7&nav=SEARCH&nid=46313013326

I used the auto fill info from eBay, thanks. Guess not everything on the net is accurate lol.