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Originally Posted by sampson159
we called this,"firing up".can set controls lower to correct.could be a weak crt but it looks ok.set your controls a little lower to see if it helps.we have some low grade crts that had this when they were new.admiral,rca,etc where very common.only very low level sets
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Smearing shows up regardless of Brightness and Contrast settings. Only the Color setting affects it.
I don't have a CRT tester, however the CRT still produces a watchable image even with the G2, kine bias, and drive controls set to their minimum. I very highly doubt a weak CRT would be that bright.
Unless I have an epiphany I'm just going to wait for the SAMS to show up in the mail, then start looking at voltages.