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Originally Posted by pac.attack76
Can the mask be damaged without any damage to the case. I can't find any cracks or marks indicating an impact. I also couldn't find any lose magnets inside. Ill keep trying. Its real small, in the corner.
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Certainly. The Trinitron was by far the most susceptible to warped/dislodged shadow masks and it didn't take a lot. Just falling on its face would be enough, something that was common because CRT TVs are so damned front heavy.
I've also seen a Sony mask damaged by a manual degaussing coil.
But as premium a product as Sony was, we got by far the most complaints about geometric distortion or convergence errors from Sony. Even the low end RCAs had the pre-yammed yokes (zero adjustments available) and those things were all virtually perfect, every freaking one. In other words, yours might have fallen in the realm of "normal" back then.
Can you post a pic of it?
John