I think I've found a TV that's WORSE than Funai

[radiotvnut]

And that would be most any Philips (NAP) set made during the last 10 years. I've seen plenty of the L01.1U chassis sets with the bad cap in the horizontal drive circuit that usually takes out the HOT and those sets are very cheaply built. I just tossed a 2005 27" L03.1U chassis set that looks to be even cheaper built than the L01.1U sets. This set would power on with a raster for a few seconds. Then, the raster would fade into a line at the top of the screen and then the TV would shut down. I found a 10uf, 160V cap that was running hot; but, replacing it did no good. I also replaced a surface mounted diode (that I read about on the Internet) and another diode off the flyback that fed the cap that was running hot. After that, I decided that I'd had enough and tossed the TV. The guy that owned it runs a flea market and I doubt he'd want to put over a few dollars in it; so, why pull my hari out over it?

OTOH, I just fixed a 25" '94 Philips-Magnavox and all it needed was a 100uf, 200V cap replaced, which was a very common problem in those sets. After replacing the cap, doing some solder touch up's, and making some minor adjustments; the TV worked great and the owner was happy.

It seems that NAP still made quality TV's up until around '99; then, they went down the drain. I believe NAP sets were assembled in TN up until a few years ago. The one I just tossed was Mexican all the way. Even the LG-Philips CRT had "made in Mexico" stamped on it.