Toshiba 27" CRT TV (27A33, 2003) bowed in at sides

[CRTguy]

Originally Posted by vol.2

I would focus on the electrolytics in this section, beneath the vertical output IC.

However, I would also heed redk's advice and check the electrolytics in the power supply, and I would also check all of them in anything that gets hot (next to a heat sink or power resistor) or just any of them in the deflection area as those tend to get a lot of juice.

This set is an Orion set (not actually made by Toshiba) and it's 2003, which is capacitor plague era. There's every possibility that all the lytics are going to leak or explode unfortunately.

I will probably just wind up replacing the capacitors in those areas. There aren't that many. I do notice that the vertical deflection section of the board is a darker brown than the other parts. This TV has a beautiful picture. The tube has a an Orion sticker but it was actually manufactured by Matsushita. 6th gen games look especially amazing on this CRT.