Picture unclear blue/red colors around figures.

Magic focus button don't work.Colors lines R,G,B mis alignment,have colors shadows picture or 3D pictures.The tv have a problems known as a convergence problems,it dead.The tv convergence board it dead,must require replacing 2 STK convergence ICS and some or all it resistors to solved the tv convergence picture problems.The shop,will cost u $300-350 for parts and labors.

This tv is a DLP projection tv right?Magic focus button push don't solved the focus picture problems,have colors shadows or 3D pictures problems?The tv have a problems known as a convergence problems,it dead.The tv convergence board.Must have it 2 STK convergence ICS and some or all it resistors to be replaced to solved the tv picture convergence problems.The shop,will cost u $300-$350 for parts and labors.

These sets need to have all three colors - RED - BLUE - GREEN - lined up correctly on the screen in order for the picture to look normal. When its out of alignment the video will look 3-D, wavy, distorted, etc. Most of the time you just need to adjust your convergence in the menu. If you cannot adjust it in the menu - then your convergence is broken and needs to be repaired.

Convergence problems are very common on all Projection TV sets including Sony,Samsung, JVC, Philip Magnavox, Panasonic, Akai, Pioneer, Hitachi, Zenith, and others. You can get a convergenece repair kit wiith instructions from the links below.

Here are some of the most common problems with these sets...

Problem #1) Convergence

Yours may have one or more of the following symptoms

• Screen Looks 3-D
• Colors wont align
• Screen may look distorted or warped
• No Audio/Video - makes a chirping sound.

Problem #2

Another common problem is dull or washed out video.
Your TV may have one or more of the following symptoms....

• Dull looking picture
• White looking picture
• Halos around objects
• Red/Orange looking picture

You can see some more examples and find a fix here
http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull

There isn't anything you can do yourself for this problem, but it should be worth having a qualified technician look at it.

I would say the crt's are at the end of their life.

It sounds like your fluid in the color guns is contaminated and you need to have it changed.

You have a projection light element out. I had the green element go on mine. I had a service agreement so a repair tech changed it.

lupe0112,

I'm no expert, but I think that you have a problem with the convergence of the 3 color guns. I've been working on a similar problem. As a first step, have you tried "Magic Focus?" The Magic Focus button for the Hitachi 53UDX10B is at the left of the small front panel controls that also include your RCA composite and SVideo connectors. Let the set warm up for about 20 minutes (as recommended by the user guide), and then press the Magic Focus button. When you press the Magic focus button, the set will auto align the 3 color guns. If this doesn't fix your problem, unplug the TV for at least 4 hours and try again.

use the advanced options page and reset the factor blue and red convergence defaults then do re apply the auto color defaults color at first it seemed very red (which is good because red was the missing factor in the green picture) but after reseting all the color and tints to the normal ranges I then reset the color auto correct again and all seems fine.

You will need the convergence circuit repaired......IC's replaced,
B+ resistors checked and then magic focus activated......T.