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01-11-2010, 08:47 AM
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The Sears is back
Been organizing the house lately and it turns out I made room to put another TV set, so I decided to drag out the old Sears (by Sanyo) that I got several years back. I hadn't powered it up in at least three years, so I thought I'd just display it and not use it. Then I decided that since I have two of those newfangled digital adaptors, I'd hook one up and see what happened.
Wellsir, the thing powered up with a monochrome picture but after a few minutes, color popped in. Not a bad pic, either, though it definitely needs to have the convergence done (which I'm probably not going to mess with.) There was a terrible buzz in the audio whenever text appeared on the screen, but a little fiddling with the AGC lessened the problem. On to the pics! Here's a bad one (I forgot to turn off the flash), but it gives you a look at the set itself
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01-11-2010, 08:49 AM
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I have a hard time snapping the digital camera at the right time. Think I'll go back to my Instamatic...
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01-11-2010, 08:52 AM
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And now, the problem
Here's really the only problem I'm having with the set: the top has somewhat severe pincushioning. I messed with the height and the vert. linearity and that made it a little better, but there's still a pronounced curve. The SAMS showed a...pincushion phase?..thingie that I adjusted, but it made no difference. Is this something that's easy to remedy? Youall may remember what a yutz I am when poking around inside a TV, so if there's a simple way out of this, I'm all for it! Otherwise, I may just have to live with it--we don't watch much TV anyway.
P.S. The picture looks better in person than in the picture. Must have shaky hands...
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01-11-2010, 08:53 AM
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Here's another pic, with the show in letterbox format. Not so bad when it's full screen.
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01-11-2010, 09:30 AM
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What a huge forehead on that man...
Seriously though, I like the set, and it's not likely there are many of those left. Is the cabinet grey or green? Any idea what year it was made? Last edited by AUdubon5425; 01-11-2010 at 09:33 AM.
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01-11-2010, 09:51 PM
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Looks pretty good! Those aren't sets I ever expected much out of. I think on the smaller ones they simply ignored the pincushion issue; since yours has the control but it doesn't seem to work...sounds like something flaky in that circuit. "Okay, Bryan, tell me something I don't know..."
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01-12-2010, 08:54 AM
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01-13-2010, 07:28 PM
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 It actually has a very good picture IMO especially since it was a bargain set...
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01-14-2010, 03:22 AM
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01-15-2010, 01:41 AM
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You basically have to go through the same shotgun process as you would when recapping a late 40's-mid 50's American made set with paper caps.
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01-16-2010, 12:08 PM
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looks like something in the pincushion circuit failes.. Possibly the coil itself failed?
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