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Old 03-01-2026, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RCATUBES View Post
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Sometimes on startup there is a brief vertical flash in the center of the screen, but it's an inch or two ABOVE these burnt-out phosphors so I doubt that caused it...
I'm guessing that one time your vertical flash wasn't very tall and fell on this spot, burning it, but I have to say I've never seen a color CRT burn like this.

Has anyone else seen a color set get a burn from deflection failure? Does this set maybe have a spot killer circuit that's not working?
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