Possible to fix blue corners on a Sony direct view TV? (1 Viewer)

[Richard.J]

This is an entry-level Sony Wega 27" TV that I bought a few years ago. I played with the service menu for probably a few hours getting the geometry to a point where I was happy with it, but there was still one thing about the television that bugged me. There was a lot of blue in three of the corners, and a little red in the lower left corner, the upper left corner being the worst. I just shrugged it off for a while...

Recently I got a 34" Sony XBR HDTV (which took a LOT less tweaking to get it how I like it ), and I put my 27" in the kitchen/dining room. See, I like to kick back and watch some TV while I eat, but I'm a bit spoiled by the XBR now, and the blue/red corners is bad enough to bother me on any lighter scenes.

Changing the color temperature setting to 'warm' doesn't help, no does playing with the standard color controls. I was wondering if it's possible to fix this without paying a professional to do so?

Thanks.

 

[MichaelWalsh]

Sounds like you need to go over it with a degausing coil. Unless your menu has a degausing option or there is a button for such on the set?

 

[Andre D]

I thought most Sony's degause as you power them up.

 

[Richard.J]

If it does degauss on startup, the effect isn't strong enough to fix the problem. There doesn't seem to be a manual degauss, either.

I read up a bit on degaussing coils; perhaps I might take that route.

 

[Jack Briggs]

Richard, did you have unshielded speakers placed near this WEGA?

 

[Richard.J]

Jack: Actually, yes the TV used to be sitting next to some old Pioneer CS-D9000's (3-way floor standing with 12" woofers). They never seemed to affect the picture unless they were playing at far higher volume than I'd normally listen to them at, so I figured they weren't permanently affecting the screen. Perhaps I was wrong. However, I'm using a little Klipsch Promedia 2.1 system with it now that I know is shielded, so the problem seems to be permanent unless I do something about it.

 

[Jack Briggs]

Well, Richard, manually degaussing that set probably is useless. Discoloration caused by magnets fast becomes permanent damage. I know. It's happened to me. JB