Thank you for responding so quickly. He just called and it will be here tomorrow. he said it's about 4 yrs old, and he spent around 5 thousand on it. I said it will be a very expensive repair and may come close to replacen\ment cost but he wanted it looked at anyway. I assume Sony will work with me as an independent servicer on this as far as providing the CRTs,etc. Thanks again, Phil Bader Mike Jensen/Sound Pro Service wrote: >Phil, >This model was one that had the flicker issue requiring replacement of >all three crt's. The serial number range affected was 9000001 - >90006452. The symptoms observed with the flicker issue included a shift >in hue/color. Sony did extend the labor/parts warranty to a full two >years for this problem. > >Mike Jensen >Sound Pro >Rapid City, SD >-----Original Message----- >From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Bader >Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:45 AM >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [TechAssist] Sony KDP65XBR2 HDTV: white highlights get a >colored hue? > >This is a CRT type 65" Sony HDTV. Few years old. >A very "discriminating" customer says as he watches the olympics >volleyball,where there is a view of the white sand the white seems to >shift to a color,say bluish,etc.Doesn't stay pure white. He related the >effect to a shift in "kelvins". He says it's irritating,tho not severe. >Said he did not so far see this effect in HD mode. It's comming in next >week. >Any help appreciated. Manual, field guide,learning article,etc >Phil Bader > > > -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/