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TV repair

  • 23-08-2009 6:09pm
    #1
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭


    My Philips 28PW9616-05 has started to display rounded sides to the picture when turned on, it settles down after about 15-20 mins.
    This is a normal TV, not plasma or anything. The picture is fine other than the rounded sides.
    Easy fix or bin job?


Comments

  • #2
    FredH3as
    Closed Accounts Posts: 540 ✭✭✭FredH3as


    And this is in the Computers & Technology forum because.....:o


  • #3
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    FredH3as wrote: »
    And this is in the Computers & Technology forum because.....:o


    read your post again


  • #4
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    mukki wrote: »
    read your post again

    Just for a minute I was thinking that maybe a TV was NOT technological. :)


  • #5
    Maboza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭Maboza


    In fairness to Fred this would be better placed in Home Entertainment


  • #6
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Wouldn't the Mods move this to HE if needs be?

    Maybe I should just post it in there anyway to get a few replies?


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  • #7
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    I've noticed all the replies so far have been off topic. One post would do for a forum switch if a mod wanted one.

    As for on topic... i've never heard of that happening to a monitor over time. Perhaps you should just keep it on all the time or let it warm up. (bad quality?) Can you take a photo and upload it?


  • #8
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    wolfric wrote: »
    I've noticed all the replies so far have been off topic. One post would do for a forum switch if a mod wanted one.

    Good point Wolfric.
    wolfric wrote:
    As for on topic... i've never heard of that happening to a monitor over time. Perhaps you should just keep it on all the time or let it warm up. (bad quality?) Can you take a photo and upload it?

    This is a lovely TV, albeit a little old. Great picture and sound.

    Product Info here... Philips 28PW9616-05

    I will take a pic tomorrow to show what I mean. It'll have to cool down over night.


  • #9
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Typical, turned it on this morning, ready to take a photo and it didn't do it. First time in two weeks. :rolleyes:
    I'll take one as soon as it happens again.


  • #10
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,744 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Finally got a pic of the curvature...

    TVScreen.jpg?t=1253350360

    Still straightens up after a few minutes.


  • #11
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Ahhhhhhhhhhh I see whats happening, you have been torturing your poor TV with repeats of the Scarecrow and Ms. King :D

    Seriously though I have seen this before on older CRT pc monitors, but i was not an issue that just corrected it self, is there some kind of auto adjust that kicks in on the tv that corrects it maybe?

    When i have seen this on monitors (actually it was a philips one too) I would go into the display setting of the monitor by pressing a button on the front , can't find a pic of the settings , but they where part of the image adjust and position settings

    for lack of a pic here is a rough ex of what i mean: (_) or )_(
    you would then adjust these to the screen.

    This is probably no help to you op sorry :o

    Edit : had a quick google on this http://books.google.ie/books?id=a3CzoaCAFuUC&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=tv+picture+curved+at+the+sides&source=bl&ots=a19JEwPC1k&sig=xQiVqGyoSOg7veSDkYdFF_ndDMA&hl=en&ei=aqS0SoWTH8ec4gbyiph9&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=tv%20picture%20curved%20at%20the%20sides&f=false

    see bow and arrow section, but many other places say similar things all point to a fault with the tv :(


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