Hitachi Projection TV

Read the manual, sounds like an alignment problem.

I got same issues with my 43" TV. Simple, a big chip needs replacement. Material and labor cost about $350, plus some cost for shipping back.

Thanks to both of you guys.

Sounds like a shotgun fix and a new TV. 350 plus sipping and tax is a new 42" flat screen TV at Wal-Mart.

It's a real easy fix. Throw it away and go buy a new TV. Problem fixed.

I'm serious. With the price dropping and quality improving the new Hi Def digital TV's are the best solution.

What's the throw? What year was it made? Back when I was working stages projection TV systems did have to be calibrated prior to the concert.

Somebody might want it who knows how to do that.

Some of this stuff ought to be given to museums.

I wish I had a Smith Corona 9050 word processor for instance.

Somebody could make a fortune off a disc feed adaptor that read all old floppy discs and fed into computers that don't easily allow such inputs now.

Hell even phonographs till their dying days had 78 rpm speeds.

Its a 2005 model young by TV standards.

Hitachi 3D Picture

Hi,

You have 2 choices, 3D glasses or repair convergence circuit. Confirm convergence fault here: http://calgary.convergencerepair.com/gallery.asp

Change defective ICs, maybe smoked resistors. Don't do it yourself. Most DIY ends in scrapping the TV. 5 main reasons:

1. Rookie damages foil on PC board

2. Usually more than ICs are defective, resistors must be changed. If you do not know which ones, it is big problem.

3. Rookie damages other parts of TV that were ok before repair attempt.

4. Most replacement STK ICs sold on the Internet are duds.

5. Expert knows if adjustment is needed after repair, rookie adjusts when repair is not complete and creates major problem.

If the unit produced a reasonable picture before convergence failure, crts are most likely ok and unit is worth repairing.

Get an expert, pay a reasonable amount for correct repair. If in Canada, get me.

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