Final ColorTrak2000 model...

[johnfull]

Originally Posted by brokenbroken

The first thing I would try is to re-solder that resistor to the board and check connections on and re-solder the other connections in that area.

Thanks.
I don't think it's that actual ceramic resistor that
is the culprit, though. From what I've read over the
years, there is some mysterious crack in the circuit
board that causes the problem. It's also got the
other problem of a poorly-shielded tuner that so
many have mentioned. The lefthand side of the
picture is washed out in solid black scenes on some
channels more than on others. That is supposed
to be a soldering issue, too, but I ignore it, since
I only watch over-the-air occasionally and can use
the tuner of the VCR anyway. HDTV converters
will make it obsolete next year, also.
I have NOT had the digital memory problems that
others have mentioned -- the EEPROM, I think it's
called. The only digital anomaly I get is when the
set has to be poked with a stick, the picture comes
on all weird and the 'Off' button for digital special
effects clears that up. In other words, the re-set
puts the set into digital effects mode. I still don't
quite understand why they spent money on that
stuff at the expense of some better signal processing. The color decoding circuits are top notch, though. Great color fidelity.