My tv is loseing its colour and brightness, any ideas what it could be??

Question

My tv is loseing its colour and brightness, any ideas what it could be??
serious answers please not just....get a new one because i would like to find out whats wrong with this one first

Answer

It depends on the age of TV really. One thing my uncle showed me and hes a total guru on household electricals hes made his fortune on the design and manufacture of them starting work out of his garage is that over the years dust can build up on the tube having got through the vents. Because the tube gets hot it burns the dust and turns it into carbon. The carbon acts as a conductor and distracts some of the signal away from the screen. He fixed an old TV of mine by taking off the back and carefully hoovering all the dust and carbon out. It worked a treat too!brbrAnother possibility is that the screen is going. As you probably know, its not just bog standard glass but its got special phosphor dots all over it and over the years the phosphor dots can wear out.brbrHeres a little information on brightening a CRT which should also work for your TV. It might just help you squeeze the very last life out of it if you can be bothered!brbrhttpwww.repairfaq.orgREPAIRFtvfaqa