Hitachi 46W500 46 in. TV/DVD Combo "old plays black" Questions

...? its driving my 94 yr old father crazy It is stupid as it serves no purpose at all-----I have removed a few----and several people I know have used a carefully cut piece of black tape to cover it

...old tvs when the horizontal hold was out. Sound is good. When I select picture in picture The small picture plays beautiful. but the large pic. is still out. has anyone experienced this type of ...

...black rectangle fills most of the bottom half of the screen. It goes away when I prees the audio or surround sound button but it comes right back. I also noticed that if I press the mute button the ...

...longer. Second, these things don't last to long. I have a player only that is 5 + years old that still plays movies. I haven't used the Panasonic for about a year. I do use it to PLAY movies

old tape with sound to check that the video plays sound ?? if you have the sound of a previous tape then move to 2- from where you are recording if you are recording from tv rf channels then move to 3

...black or is ready to display the video from the Panasonic. Press play on the Panasonic Remote and see if the film appears. In most cases, it's a simply straight forward operation. If the video tapes ...

...black, do you feel static from the screen? If not then you probably lost your High voltage to light up the screen. If you do feel static, and in a darkened room can see a gray screen, then you have ...

...old. It has started to lose color.There are a few faint lines appearing. Is there a part needing replacement. Or can it be reprogramed? What shall I do. luxdesign You can try a hard reset: Unplug TV ...

old tape. Now it could have been a bad tape but most likly something is wrong with the mechanism. If you cant see anything out of norm, dont try to force the tape out as you WILL cause more damage and