After i turn the tv on for a few minutes, red and green sparkles appear.Very visible on dark colors.What could be the problem? I have a Zenith z42px2d plasma tv. How much would it cost to get fixed and would it be worth it? Thanks!

T-con board is causing all your problems. You are correct. You can get parts from here: TV Parts Universal TV Stands DLP Chips ShopJimmy

bad color wheel

In that set its usually a bad picture tube. The lines you are seeing are called retrace lines. You can take it to a shop and they may be able to rejuvenate the tube

My tv didn't turn green, but the red separated significantly. It started off happening after a few minutes of being on (I suppose the defective part was "warming up"), then it got to where it was like that immediately upon turning the tv on. In my case, I had to pay a tv repair man $350 for a new part. There are 2 microcircuits that control the color alignment--one that controls the red only, and the other controlls the other 2 colors, blue and green I believe. Maybe your part is the blue/green controller, mine was red. The repair man said these parts fail so rarely they don't stock the part. The cost of repair may be different for a different part, but either way you have to choose if it's worth that cost to you. If you get rid of it, I'll buy your tv stand ;-), I bought mine from a friend and didn't get the stand in the deal.

WHAT COLOR ARE THE SPARKLES? IF RED , BLUE AND GREEN, THEN IT NEEDS TO HAVE THE PANEL VOLTAGES ADJUSTED

Hello, My name is Dave and I can help you fix your Plasma TV. Do you have Black vertical 1.5 inch line or lines on your screen that come and go? Then give me a call. Please feel free to give me a call @ 1-503-432-9904 or message me at [email protected]

Thank you!

Dave,

prob bad crt. blue gun weak. new tv is answer.

if you set is over 4 yrs old the tube is at fault,you may try to adjust the screen settings.

my screen is yellow