Rainbow colours appear on the screen after it fell over

My mother knocked her TV off the stand whilst cleaning. It now has a rainbow effect of colours in the top corners of the screen, other than this the picture and sound are fine. Is this something easy to fix or should she get a new one (out of warranty by 2 weeks). Thanks.

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Hey there well what i think happend is that the convergance has been modified and some parts has moved inside the TV. There's lots of posts in this website about this problem so just search for convergance. also check this link it will exlain you exactly how to deal with it http://cmpalmer.blogspot.com/2006/11/fixing-my-own-tv-part-i.html Let me know if you need more help :) Tom

Posted on Jun 26, 2007

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