Down Under TVs

[larschr]

I am familiar with the 100Hz-problems. In 1996 my grandparents bought a pretty expensive 28" Nokia 100Hz TV. At the time, it was a great set, but to my great supprise it lasted for only 4 years. It had sound, but showed only a horizontal white line on the screen. My guess would be a bad v-(op)amp, i think both Nokia, Finlux and Luxor had too small heatsinks on the v-amps, which by the way was usually placed on the circuit board on the CRT base. Last summer my father bought a used Philips 100Hz widescreen (from about 2002-2003) in the same price range, and it got a much better picture, so clearly something has gotten better over the years. My mother has a Finlux widescreen (50Hz) from 2003, and that is absolutely not a good set. Actually, all my old sets outruns the picture on the Finlux, and most of the old ones has better sound too. Hope the v-amp in the Finlux dies soon...