Don't dump your CRT RPTV! - Page 252

1080p will also garble your pic, on a CRT RPTV, which is 1080i max.

Whenever I turn off the power strip for my BD player and then leave town and come back again a few days later, my Panny BD player has automatically reset itself to 1080p without my knowledge or consent. Has caused a myriad of problems, including my not being able to play with and review that Moome box they sent me.

Might want to doublecheck that as well.

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You'll need to replace that coolant cover. That caked on stuff is what's causing those other problems, and even if you get it off there will still be residue in that area.

Replace it.


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Usually the leakage covers a much more massive area. Since yours is confined to such a small area, that board may be salvageable. It's a 4 layer board, but only the top and bottom layers are used. A talented tech would most likely be able to bring it back from the edge for you. If you'd like to send it to me, contact me directly, no pm's please. We'll talk about it.

Don't worry about it happening again - a shed can be placed appropriately to prevent that. Which should be done now, to shelter all 3 boards, as the other 2 might get leaked on next.

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The ICs can be had from Union Electronics or MCM, the token amount of heat sink grease ultra cheap from Radio Shack. In many cases no resistors are needed, but can be found also at RS if need be. If needed they are usually burned or whited out from stress.

$80 for that kind of package is exorbitant with a capital E!

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No truth to that. Sony power supplies never have any problems, that I have heard of in the last 20 years. If he can sell you on putting in a non-needed power supply board, you should also ask him if he has some great swamp land to sell you in Florida, too.

Pioneer Elites of model year circa 2000 yes, but even then, that is the only board in the entire set that has that cold solder joint problem, and there are many boards in those sets. As a very readily fixable problem, it is really not an issue as far as reliability goes on these sets. In fact, it attests to how well that PS board was designed, that it can take the kind of punishment that cold solder joints can cause and still stay stable as a rock, and once resoldered will last forever after that. I have been producing that result for years on those sets, 100% permanent fixes.

This is not a disposable TV. Today's TVs are disposable TVs, not these CRT TVs. These are permanent TVs, and were made to last back then, and I mean last indefinitely. When their owners have respect for them, they can still show HD that is so substantial that it beats the pants off a lot of the current day offerings out there, many of which don't have near the richness and density of fully dialed in CRT. See my original post at the beginning of this thread for more of the why.


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CRTs don't fail in the way you are describing, they are incapable of that kind of phenom on their own. That is a scanning issue, somewhere in the circuitry leading to and feeding the CRT. Don't worry, your CRT is just fine.

More to the point it is a linearity issue. Horizontal linearity, to be exact.

Intermittencies always primarily point to cold solder joints, a failing resistor would be a very exotic and rare cause and definitely not on the beaten path.

If by DIP you mean what's needed for the huge number of super tiny conn's on each side of the monolithic ICs that are the brains of today's electronics, no that's not what's in play here. Very simple, spaciously placed legs on the ICs in question, and not too many at all. Piece of cake for anyone DIP capable.

A horizontal linearity issue is most likely a problem inside the IC, tho, and will most likely require replacing the offending IC.

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No. Either your fresnel or lenticular will have to be replaced. Usually it's the fresnel that develops any such problems.

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Somebody's going to make out like a bandit at that price. They are going to get that unit, set it up properly, and have a picture that is every bit as good as that of a new 55" fixed pixel out there, which you'd pay thru the nose for, buying new. Plus tax.

For a fraction of buying new.

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True for "most people". Not true for everyone. Most people don't thirst to drive Lamborghini's either, or have a taste for the fine handling of a Mustang, which they would love regardless of its capacity for speed. Nor have a taste for the subtle nuances of deep puff bass, and the delicate intricacies of what shows up there every now and then, completely hidden from the normal populace.

We who do, know who we are, and we are not trying to keep up with the Joneses.

No pun intended...



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And ungodly expensive!

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