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Old 02-16-2013, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson View Post
At one end of that control's range you'll get almost no signal, and at the other end you'll get wackadoodle picture & sound.
That's exactly what I was expecting with the control, but at one end I get 0 signal, when I turn it up at one point I get low signal followed immediately with normal signal. What I can't get is the wackadoodle picture no matter how high I crank the control.

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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson View Post
Bear in mind that 1940s TVs were designed to be watched in dim lighting. I suspect we're all guilty from time to time of cranking the controls up too high and expecting these old sets to have an ultra-bright screen like modern TVs, that you can watch in a sunlit room.
I will admit that I am guilty of that from time to time. When I set the brightness control at it's proper value for viewing in a dimly lit room, and the source is full motion video, the problem is almost unnoticeable. Almost unnoticeable doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist though. It needs to be found and repaired.
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