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[Diablos]

(Please don't say "BUY A NEW ONE" )

I have a 27" Sony Wega TV. I've read on various websites (be it a review, consumer feedback, etc.) that the problem is because of a design flaw with the TV.

What happens is on very bright scenes (usually only white, sometimes really light tan) these pinkish/purpleish streaks appear. You really can't notice it -- at all -- when you're doing anything else though, which is weird.

Here's an example:

And a negative image to really show it:

If I take this to a repair shop can they just wave a magnet over it and eliminate the problem? Or is this a more serious flaw for those of you who are good at identifying TV flaws?

btw, there are no external speakers near it.

 

[hooded pitohui]

My TV does the same thing... sometimes it's purple, yellow, or green. But as I'm moving out of here in a few weeks and chucking the thing anyway, I'm not looking to get mine fixed.

So, uh, bump?

 

[Duderz]

I used to have this same problem, and was told that the "magnetic fields in the Earth" were disrupting my picture.

No joke.

Anyway, just move your TV to a new location, and your set should be fine. Worked for an older CRT I bought a few years back, and a newer Samsung SlimFit I bought last Christmas.

Assuming, of course, this is the same problem. :/

 

[Diablos]

I've moved it a couple times, didn't make a difference. :\

lolz @ "MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE EARTH." :lol I believe you, it's just that I would start laughing if someone said that to me face to face.

I know it's a design flaw, but I'm trying to determine basically if other gaffers have had this problem, and if it was fixable with a magnet repair method. If not, that tells me the electron gun is messed up or something, and that just sucks.

 

[muttyeah416]

if you have external speakers or surround sound, and they are really close to the tv, move them away that might help

 

[Diablos]

if you have external speakers or surround sound

Nope.

I have speakers but they're nowhere close.

 

[distantmantra]

I had the same thing happen with my old 27" Sharp TV. Everyone I talked with thought it had to do with external speakers being too close it, but the only other electronics in the room with it were a DVD player, Xbox, PS2 and a Gamecube.

I always figured it was getting old (bought it in 2000).

 

[The Shadow]

If you're talking about that band on the bottom, I don't think that's magnetic. It doesn't look like it anyway.

I used to have this same problem, and was told that the "magnetic fields in the Earth" were disrupting my picture.

A. The Earth *does* have a magnetic field.

B. If a TV has been in one position for a long time and is moved, it can affect the picture because the relation to the Earth's magnetic field has changed.

 

[Diablos]

I had the same thing happen with my old 27" Sharp TV. Everyone I talked with thought it had to do with external speakers being too close it, but the only other electronics in the room with it were a DVD player, Xbox, PS2 and a Gamecube.

I always figured it was getting old (bought it in 2000).

Mine has done it since day 1. Well, close enough TO day 1. I didn't notice until a couple months later.

The shadow: The band at the bottom is just how the photo was taken.

I totally believe you about the magnetic field, but this is a well known problem among those who have the same TV, so I was wondering if anyone else here knew how it could be fixed as it IS a design flaw.