Problems with my new TV

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: dabuddha
I turned it all the way down and it seems a little bit straighter but the picture is very very dark now. Brightness is turned up and it's still dark.
I think I'll return it anyways because Best Buy just sent me a 10% coupon valid for this weekend. That way I can purchase the tv from bestbuy by having them PM circuit city and use the 10% coupon as well. Plus the ESP is the same price at Best Buy but it's valid for 4 years vs 3 years.

If that is the case, the power supply on that TV is weak. I'd try a Toshiba, Samsung or Sony. In all the Sony CRT direct view TVs I've had, NONE have had a distortion problem like that. I've seen it be rather bad in the Zeniths at my local gym, though.

Of course, I've recently become a bit disappointed with Sony for a number of issues, but an excellent experience with their customer service recently has me reconsidering that. My Sony 21" monitor started a wiggling problem at low refresh rates (annoying when you are working with a BIOS). I was able to get a replacement from Sony with no problem. The only bummer is I have to pay to ship this one back. I'm still waiting on the replacement (it's only been two days since I called them). I hope it all goes OK.

What kind of 21" Sony do you have? Part of my beef with Sony also had to do with the 2 21" G500s I bought from them a few years back. I had to go through 5 of them to get 2 that worked. Fortunately, it was during the bubble and shipping was free. Now though, my main G500 is starting to act up. The tint on my monitor changes every once in a while from yellowish to bluish and back. Oh well, anything thing about Sony to piss me off.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: dabuddha
I turned it all the way down and it seems a little bit straighter but the picture is very very dark now. Brightness is turned up and it's still dark.
I think I'll return it anyways because Best Buy just sent me a 10% coupon valid for this weekend. That way I can purchase the tv from bestbuy by having them PM circuit city and use the 10% coupon as well. Plus the ESP is the same price at Best Buy but it's valid for 4 years vs 3 years.

If that is the case, the power supply on that TV is weak. I'd try a Toshiba, Samsung or Sony. In all the Sony CRT direct view TVs I've had, NONE have had a distortion problem like that. I've seen it be rather bad in the Zeniths at my local gym, though.

Of course, I've recently become a bit disappointed with Sony for a number of issues, but an excellent experience with their customer service recently has me reconsidering that. My Sony 21" monitor started a wiggling problem at low refresh rates (annoying when you are working with a BIOS). I was able to get a replacement from Sony with no problem. The only bummer is I have to pay to ship this one back. I'm still waiting on the replacement (it's only been two days since I called them). I hope it all goes OK.

What kind of 21" Sony do you have? Part of my beef with Sony also had to do with the 2 21" G500s I bought from them a few years back. I had to go through 5 of them to get 2 that worked. Fortunately, it was during the bubble and shipping was free. Now though, my main G500 is starting to act up. The tint on my monitor changes every once in a while from yellowish to bluish and back. Oh well, anything thing about Sony to piss me off.

I have a G520 that I bought to replace a 21" Dell Trinitron from 1998 that died in July.