Found a Capehart

[kbmuri]

Eric -

Thanks. You're saying what I was saying, just you're using the proper terms and are more eloquent. "Beam not firing" is my clumsy code for "cutoff". Seems reasonable that if the beam were being pulled completely out of frame by a magnetic field, that field would collapse rather slowly when power was shut off, causing the "white line" to creep onto the field of vision. Instead it just appears in place, as though it were suddenly turned on.

I did try looking at it in the dark. No picture, even after several minutes of acclimating to the datkness. Then I shut off the set and the white line to white dot seemed startlingly bright.

Whe I said I put the TV "aside". I meant I put it back in the cabinet and placed the cabinet as a display-only lamp stand and knicknack shelf in my guest-room. Inconvenient to dig it all out now for further tests, but I'll definitely try the magnet trick later. Need to focus on one TV at a time, the Magnavox is up to bat right now. When I get back to this set later, I'll post more on it. Thanks for your input.

- k