Blur This Zenith rear projection screen is ten years old and the picture is very blurry, lack of focus. Is this a convergence issue, fluid, or what? Anyuthing I can do?

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Most likely a unit this age with start showing signs of weak crts. These crt's hava a life of 7 to 10 years and your discription is failing crts. I am afraid it is time to move to a new unit.

Posted on Feb 11, 2008

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