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Old 12-15-2019, 07:49 PM
DeLorean00 DeLorean00 is offline
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Originally Posted by MadMan View Post
I feel like it persists long enough to do damage, especially because it's so focused. But I'm new to all this, so I really don't know.
I am new to this too. That's why I am asking so many questions. I have restored a number of TVs before I joined but I made a lot of guesses and I googled a lot.

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Originally Posted by decojoe67 View Post
I always thought that the dot in the middle of the screen at turn-off was normal for vintage tube TV's, but actually it's not. I forgot what the reason is for it, as I'm not a repairman, but it's really not what you want to see.
Yeah, I remember as a kid back in the 1980's seeing TVs do this all the time. But I seem to remember my parent's TV collapsed into a line that got smaller.

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Originally Posted by Chip Chester View Post
It's not TV, it's HBO. Re: their iconic power on/power off bumpers.

I've got flat panel TVs that take longer to boot up than instant-on CRTs of years past.
I know those HBO bumpers. Yeah, I have some slow flat-panel TVs, I have often wondered if they had broken when waiting for them to boot.
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