Thanks.....would that also cause it to lose all vertical? This did happen once or twice. And as I said earlier, when I turned it off there was a strange trace on the screen that was a bright line that kinda whipped around near the center of the tube, looked a little like a question mark being thrown about. I think this only appeared when I shut it off right after I lost all vertical.

My relatives are going to have someone check it out shortly and are considering buying a new flat screen RCA....either a LCD or Plasma....they're not sure what it is although it IS one of the thin jobs that you can hang on the wall. What's the consensus of opinion on the quality of these as opposed to other brands? They're not big time TV watchers but they do want something a little more high tech for the living room. Of course they want something reliable and hopefully long lived. Thanks again.