Question about Toshiba 55H70 55" Rear Projection Television

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I recently noticed the convergence was off on my Phillips rear projection Tv. When I fixed it, I noticed that there was a bowing of the image both on the top of the screen and bottom of the screen. I have heard people describe it also as "hourglass" like. My problem is minimal as I can only see slight bowing on the top of the screen and bottom and that is the only place of distortion. Can someone suggest what to do to fix this problem? Is this something fixable without repacing any parts?

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No im sorry there is nothing to do but replaceing the convergence IC

Posted on Oct 30, 2006

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The first common problem is convergence

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When its out of alignment the video will look 3-D, wavy, distorted, etc. The TV can also shut down when the convergence starts to fail.

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,Mitsubishi,Zenith, RCA and others.

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Problem #2 - Another common problem is dull or washed out video.

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