Oddly, this doesn't come as a surprise

[unixronin]

At a breakfast Thursday cohosted by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and The New Yorker, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton told the audience his not-so-inner thoughts about the Internet.

“I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet... (The Internet) created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It’s as if the stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day. They feel entitled. They say, ‘Give it to me now,’ and if you don’t give it to them for free, they’ll steal it.”

“What we have here is a failure to communicate ... er ... adapt.” — Not Quite Cool Hand Luke

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[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

Someone local....

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Hmmm ..... Possible, depending on the value of "local". There's damned few consumer electronics repair shops left out there these days. I remember when I tried to find a place to get my first Pioneer DVD player repaired ... couldn't find a place willing to look at it for what it would have cost me to just buy a new one. Consumer electronics these days are so highly integrated repair is seldom cost-effective. But sometimes it's exactly the small towns like Laconia, with no big electronics stores in the area, where the odd repair shop is still hanging on.

At this point I've more or less written off the monitor anyway. I'd sooner put the money towards replacing another of our CRTs with an LCD, especially if I can only expect to get another year out of it. Still, I appreciate the tip.

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

The rejuvinator isn't really worth it. It's a crap shoot.

The free fix is try the shorting trick. But film it because if it goes it goes very well.

Prior to doing that I can write up an examination guide that might help. Let me know.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

But film it because if it goes it goes very well.

As in "Y'all hold mah beer and watch this now"? ;)

What does shorting the power transistors actually do in this case? I always thought it was usually considered a Bad Idea.

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

You're bridging the cathode to ground. Beam current will go to the maximum the tube is capable of. This will try to produce soft X rays but a pick off from the HV transformer will monitor current and shut it down. There are several other redundant safeties.

But...
If you see something like this I'd probably have to have a schematic to figure out how to do it right.
http://www.national.com/opf/LM/LM2453.html