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From: Bob F on 26 Feb 2010 22:19
I have an old Sony LCD SDM-S81 that worked fine for me for a couple weeks after
I got it used. Today, I found it displaying pictures badly, distorting the
colors by seemingly greatly exagerating the intensity of colors in areas with
changing shades of colors (Photos and Video, mostly). Additionally, the colors
seem to flicker, as if the problem alternates at a high rate.

Can anyone give me any advance clues as to what to look for when I open it up?

It is the monitor. Plugging in my old CRT shows no suck problem.

Thanks.



From: N_Cook on 27 Feb 2010 02:51
Bob F <bobnospam(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have an old Sony LCD SDM-S81 that worked fine for me for a couple weeks
after
> I got it used. Today, I found it displaying pictures badly, distorting the
> colors by seemingly greatly exagerating the intensity of colors in areas
with
> changing shades of colors (Photos and Video, mostly). Additionally, the
colors
> seem to flicker, as if the problem alternates at a high rate.
>
> Can anyone give me any advance clues as to what to look for when I open it
up?
>
> It is the monitor. Plugging in my old CRT shows no suck problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Sell it to a dance/night club ?


From: Bob F on 27 Feb 2010 14:33
Looks like an intermittant problem. Today it's working.

Bad solder joint?



Bob F wrote:
> I have an old Sony LCD SDM-S81 that worked fine for me for a couple
> weeks after I got it used. Today, I found it displaying pictures
> badly, distorting the colors by seemingly greatly exagerating the
> intensity of colors in areas with changing shades of colors (Photos
> and Video, mostly). Additionally, the colors seem to flicker, as if
> the problem alternates at a high rate.
> Can anyone give me any advance clues as to what to look for when I
> open it up?
> It is the monitor. Plugging in my old CRT shows no such problem.
>
> Thanks.


From: William Sommerwerck on 27 Feb 2010 14:40
> Bad solder joint?

That would certainly be the first thing to check.

Is the problem on all colors, or just one?


From: Bob F on 27 Feb 2010 15:14


William Sommerwerck wrote:
>> Bad solder joint?
>
> That would certainly be the first thing to check.
>
> Is the problem on all colors, or just one?

First thing I saw was orange areas around faces, but also distortion on blue
areas, like a picture of an alpine lake. So probably all colors.


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