20 inch GE CTC166CS chassis red smearing but strong CRT

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Do you have a different source to try, like a DVD or BluRay?

Yep. Got another converter box, a DVD player, another DVD player with S-video, and so I can use this TV with a more modern source, I have an HDMI to S-video converter coming in the mail.

Originally Posted by zeno

Another thought.... IIRC the jungle IC in these was a Toshiba
TA8680. They were VERY high failure mostly for bad audio & AFT
problems.

I doubt it's the jungle IC because the customer controls work, and the smearing is slight. Frankly if it's the jungle IC then I'll just leave it alone. I've changed one of those IC's before. It is not fun. It is tedious, and I have lifted up solder traces before.