Comments on: Skill TV: A CEO who understands the value of maintenance: Joel Leonard interviews Patrick De Groote

By: crownliftman

crownliftman — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:22:59 +0000

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By: djs_4096

djs_4096 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:30:20 +0000

You really don't want to mess nearly surrounded by that projection TV. You must get a technician. Yes, it will cost you about $200, and you may not feel it's worth the investment.

The best business you can have done is to have the insides cleaned. Your projection TV uses high-intensity CRTs to get the persona on your screen. The static-electric on these CRTs attracts dust. And if your in-laws or someone in your home smokes, that smoke will get attracted to the CRTs as well. Have them professionally cleaned and you may be bowled over at how bright and crisp your ancient TV can look. Have him sterile the mirror, too (The mirror re-directs the persona from the CRTs onto your flat screen).

Most CRTs also have a cooling fluid as part of the lens configuration. Have this fluid changed as well.

Go to your community Electronics store and question them for the name of a community technician they use to set up or renovate TVs. Call the tech and tell him the brand and model of your TV. He will know what kind of servicing it may possibly use to keep it looking new.

By: Shivanand92

Shivanand92 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:37:15 +0000

Yes, you can. I’ve done this in the past. Your television needs to have the RCA or S-record port, as well as an RCA or S-Record Input mode. The only problem with this is that the output feature for S-record or RCA is austerely too poor for today’s feature ordinary. But yes…you can do this with an “ancient notebook.”

By: BRUTALITY

BRUTALITY — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:17:52 +0000

Televisions that used cathode ray tubes (CRT) had a honestly well defined duration. This was since CRTs are only a puffed up type of thermionic valve (yanks called them "tubes") and the working life of a valve was renowned nearly to the hour. This information was built up over decades of use.

Large (tv size) Plasma and Liquid Crystal Displays have not been nearly long sufficient in domestic use for this amount of information base to build up. Any estimates of how long they'll last in domestic conditions (dithering ambient temperatures, being switched on/off a lot etc) are only guesses so far. Question this inquiry again in about 5 or 6 years and you'll have more accurate answers.

Based on laboratory calculations and experience from less vital types of these screens, your domestic tv must be excellent for 10 years or more. But it's really too soon to make a honest comparison with the CRT sets.

There is nothing you can do to proffer this away from each additional from maintenance the screen sterile, not banging it about and generally being nice to it.

By: Chief_Reynolds

Chief_Reynolds — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:53:48 +0000

Your tv is an ancient CRT rear screen projection, if you really want to try and boost the picture. You can try and get the guns re-aligned. This will but cost cash. I am not sure how much it will cost. If you can get into the service menu options, you can re-align the guns physically.