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Old 07-28-2023, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by vortalexfan View Post
That's interesting because I've worked on several old portable color TVs from the 1980s and and even a few non-portable units from the 1980s that when I tipped the TV forward (or maybe it was on its side) the picture tube would get messed up by looking like someone ran a powerful magnet across the screen and that would be the end of the TV.

Any ideas as to what I was experiencing and what would be the best way to avoid that?
This sounds like the shadow mask was previously broken loose and got permanently dislodged when you tilted it.
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