TV repair

busterb · 12-22-2006, 07:14 PM

I have a Toshiba 32" that's 7 years old. It's getting darker as time passes.
I tried this for a living years ago, before I got hungry and quit.

Anyway I looked on back and see no adjustments. I can get a Sams photofact
for about 22 bucks. If I pull back and there's no adjustment, I'll be POed. I'm guessing that I'll have to swap a board out. Somewhere. But I guess the photofact will tell me that.

Guess what I'm asking, anyone have a clue? About the tv and what I'm trying to say.

Hell maybe it's my light going out.

DanaC · 12-22-2006, 07:30 PM

I have absolutely no idea what you just said

xoxoxoBruce · 12-22-2006, 07:34 PM

I do, but don't know the answer.

WabUfvot5 · 12-22-2006, 09:14 PM

You could post at this place and ask. I had that dimming happen to a computer monitor. Ended up finding another so I never figured out what caused the dimming.

Beestie · 12-22-2006, 09:35 PM

If you have a plasma you are done.

Undertoad · 12-23-2006, 12:26 AM

If you receive your signal over the air, all your TVs will be obsolete on February 17, 2009 anyway. That's the date analog TV stops broadcasting, in favor of the new digital TV.

CRT-style TVs are now cheap as hell because they are all going away soon.

skysidhe · 12-23-2006, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you receive your signal over the air, all your TVs will be obsolete on February 17, 2009 anyway. That's the date analog TV stops broadcasting, in favor of the new digital TV.

CRT-style TVs are now cheap as hell because they are all going away soon.

Yeah, my son told me the same thing. This is why the cable company gave me a free converter box. Unfortunate for them I ordered satillite tv instead.

WabUfvot5 · 12-23-2006, 02:56 AM

Ja, but will it really switch over? It has been pushed back before. If even 10% of the population doesn't have HD by then there will be a lot of angry people with a lot of time on their hands.

Clodfobble · 12-23-2006, 08:42 AM

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If you receive your signal over the air, all your TVs will be obsolete on February 17, 2009 anyway. That's the date analog TV stops broadcasting, in favor of the new digital TV.

Seriously?!

Or am I too gullible this morning?

SteveDallas · 12-23-2006, 08:59 AM

No, it's serious... they want everybody to switch to digital TV (which uses a different frequency space) so a) they can stop broadcasting on both frequencies and b) they can sell off the existing analog frequencies to well-heeled corporate interests. But as Jebediah says they've delayed it before--I think the original deadline was 2007 or something like that.

Undertoad · 12-23-2006, 09:06 AM

It's no joke. Turn off your sound and go to dtv.gov. (The site looks like it was done by a 13-year-old; your federal gummit at work.)

Obsolete is a little strong of a word... you will be able to buy converters to get the signal and watch it with an old TV.

Also if you are on cable or satellite these things do not matter to you, it's only over-the-air broadcast that will change.

SteveDallas · 12-23-2006, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Also if you are on cable or satellite these things do not matter to you

They do if you own your own satellite receiver(s) and you have to run out and buy new ones.... or if the cable company jacks up its rental fees on your converter. (Now, why would they do that?)

glatt · 12-23-2006, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

you will be able to buy converters to get the signal and watch it with an old TV.

.... it's only over-the-air broadcast that will change.

If I have a roof-top antenna strapped to my chimmney, will that stop working well, since the bars will be spaced at the wrong wavelength?

Undertoad · 12-23-2006, 03:41 PM

I don't know, but I do know that unlike analog, either you get the signal and it's perfect, or you don't get it at all.

Flint · 12-23-2006, 03:48 PM

Does this mean, since I don't watch TV, and don't care to have any type of TV signal pumped into my home, that I can get a bigger TV, for cheap, to run as a monitor (as long as it has an S-Video) for my 5-Disc DVD changer? (And possible Nintendo Wii I might get soon?) :::measures cabinet:::

12-22-2006, 07:14 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	TV repair I have a Toshiba 32" that's 7 years old. It's getting darker as time passes. I tried this for a living years ago, before I got hungry and quit. Anyway I looked on back and see no adjustments. I can get a Sams photofact for about 22 bucks. If I pull back and there's no adjustment, I'll be POed. I'm guessing that I'll have to swap a board out. Somewhere. But I guess the photofact will tell me that. Guess what I'm asking, anyone have a clue? About the tv and what I'm trying to say. Hell maybe it's my light going out. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

12-22-2006, 07:34 PM	#3
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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Does this mean, since I don't watch TV, and don't care to have any type of TV signal pumped into my home, that I can get a bigger TV, for cheap, to run as a monitor (as long as it has an S-Video) for my 5-Disc DVD changer? (And possible Nintendo Wii I might get soon?) :::measures cabinet::: __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-22-2006, 07:30 PM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I have absolutely no idea what you just said

12-22-2006, 09:14 PM	#4
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	You could post at this place and ask. I had that dimming happen to a computer monitor. Ended up finding another so I never figured out what caused the dimming.

12-23-2006, 12:26 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you receive your signal over the air, all your TVs will be obsolete on February 17, 2009 anyway. That's the date analog TV stops broadcasting, in favor of the new digital TV. CRT-style TVs are now cheap as hell because they are all going away soon.

12-23-2006, 02:56 AM	#8
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Ja, but will it really switch over? It has been pushed back before. If even 10% of the population doesn't have HD by then there will be a lot of angry people with a lot of time on their hands.

12-23-2006, 08:59 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	No, it's serious... they want everybody to switch to digital TV (which uses a different frequency space) so a) they can stop broadcasting on both frequencies and b) they can sell off the existing analog frequencies to well-heeled corporate interests. But as Jebediah says they've delayed it before--I think the original deadline was 2007 or something like that.

12-23-2006, 09:06 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's no joke. Turn off your sound and go to dtv.gov. (The site looks like it was done by a 13-year-old; your federal gummit at work.) Obsolete is a little strong of a word... you will be able to buy converters to get the signal and watch it with an old TV. Also if you are on cable or satellite these things do not matter to you, it's only over-the-air broadcast that will change.

12-23-2006, 03:41 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't know, but I do know that unlike analog, either you get the signal and it's perfect, or you don't get it at all.

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