I have an old(ish) Sony rear projection TV. I think it’s a 32″ model, number KPW41MN11. Recently it’s started ‘flickering’ when I turn it on, and tonight it started actually ‘flashing’, by which I mean the picture sort of ‘pulses’ on and off at a rate of about one ‘flash’ per second.
I’ve opened her up and it seems like the red and green ‘lamps’ (I don’t know if that’s what they are, forgive my ignorance!) are flashing this way but the blue seems to be fine. It’s quite an old TV and was given to me for free, but I’d still like to try and repair it if at all possible. It’s probably not worth the cost of new lamps (I hear they can be quite expensive) but if the lamps are just ‘flashing’ rather than not functioning at all then I figured maybe it’s just a dodgy capacitor or something on one of the boards?
If anyone has any insight please let me know. As I say, it’s an old(ish) unit (as in maybe 10 years?) but I’d like to know if it’s likely to cost more than its’ worth to fix.
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General at June 8th, 2010.
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I have a JVC HD-Z56RX5 TV. The bulb is out and I am looking for a replacement lamp online. The bulb model in the instruction manual is TS-CL110C. When I search this online I only find TS-CL110UAA. Is this model compatible?
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General at June 5th, 2010.
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Phillips 51″ rear projection tv. Bought around 2005/06…Works great but there is yellow color around edge of screen, like a border with some areas thicker than others. Is this a bulb problem or screen problem? Any affordable options to fix?Thanks for the help
There is 3 bulbs in the rear projection tv
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General at June 5th, 2010.
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I have a Panasonic projection TV that works great. It’s in the playroom where the kids can pretty much do as they like. While watching movies it looks like there are cobwebs in each of the corners of the screen. Does this mean that there are cobwebs in the rear projection tubes or cobwebs actually behind the front screen? Yes, its about 8 years old and no, I’ve never done any sort of maintenance. Other than the obvious “take it to a professional” answer does anyone know how to possibly blow out the cobwebs? Simply take off the back and see what happens? Thank you.
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General at June 2nd, 2010.
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My parents have a 52″ widescreen RCA HD Rear screen projection tv, and it seems out of focus, the weird thing is it’s only out of focus for about 5-10 mins and then it clears up, this only happens when turning it on after it’s been off for awhile. The tv was bought about 5 years ago, is there a chance that it is time to buy a new one? Cost is a big thing to us, and we are assuming that the cost of any sort of repair could in the end be higher then buying a new lcd tv. Let me know what can be done to fix the problem or at least what the problem could be so we can look up costs unless you can give me an estimate. Thanks for your help it is greatly appreciated!
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General at June 1st, 2010.
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Wondering if these ups/surge protectors are worth having for short power outages.
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General at May 31st, 2010.
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My tv keeps turning off dont know whats wrong with it shows good picture but out of now where itll turn itself off and start flashing a lil red light. got the lamp changed a couple of times already so does anyone have an idea of what might be wrong why does the lamp keep overheating so quickly? or could something else be the problem well please let me know id appreciate it
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General at May 29th, 2010.
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Sometimes the screen on my Sony LCD rear projection TV will flicker. It won’t go off or anything and it’s mostly around the edges but it’s pretty annoying. We called Sony and I don’t think they knew what they were talking about. They said something about leaving the TV on the same channel for a few hours and that should take care of it. That doesn’t do anything at all. It seems to be happening more and more now. We are thinking it could mean that we need to change the bulb. Is that a possibility? Thanks!
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General at May 28th, 2010.
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