Sony KV32S42 with spot in upper left corner

[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.

[zeno]

Usialy if you bang on the set you will see it. As a rule its very messed up.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by zeno

Usialy if you bang on the set you will see it. As a rule its very messed up.

Yes! If the shadow mask has broken loose, tapping on the TV will show a fluttering in the area of concern for a few seconds. I forgot about that.

John

[pac.attack76]

Yes, ill get a pic in a few. I've never had a Sony with good geometry. Any other set was always perfect to me. I got it to look a little better. Moving it to a different position in the room caused a little spot in the bottom left corner as well.

[pac.attack76]

Pics as it is now.

[JohnCT]

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.

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