HD52W59 bowed picture

Your TV most likely has a convergence failure. You can get parts and instructions from www.tvrepairkits.com Here are some of the most common symptoms and example photos of a convergence problem Screen looks 3D Colors don't line up One or more colors can't be adjusted when using the convergence menu. Screen is bowed or warped.

If I had to guess I would say it's either the DLP chip or the prism. Simply put the lamp lights the DLP chip which directs the light into a prism and then onto the TV screen. The prism or prisms are responsible for aligning the colors correctly. The DLP chip is essentially a million little moving mirrors which direct light

If you're at all comfortable with electronics you might want to open the TV up to take a look. You might get lucky and find something obviously wrong with the TV. Sometimes adhesives melt and parts slip out of place. If your DLP chip is blown there isn't much you can do. You're probably right that this would cost a lot to fix and not be worth it.

have you reset the convergence parameters after installing the kit to fix the option? Usually you will need to reset the defaults to get the outer edges back in alignment.

mcnamara724,

Bad convergence circuit. See my tip at http://www.fixya.com/support/r4220499-change_projection_tv_convergence_ics for repair help.

Thanks for using FixYa and for the great rating.

hardrocko

Projection sets have two very common problems.

The first common problem is convergence

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. This is called convergence.

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,Mitsubishi,Zenith and others.
You can get more information and a DIY convergenece repair kit with instructions from the link below.

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

*Screen Looks 3-D
*Colors wont align
*Screen may look distorted or warped or bowed
*No Audio/Video - TV Shuts down - May also make a constant chirping sound

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

Your set 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 using this link on Fixya http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull

YOU HAVE A ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, ON YOUR BOW OR PINCUSION, OR A BAD RESISTOR, THE COLORS NOT LINING UP COULD BE A CONVERGENCE PROBLEM. I ADVISE YOU TO LET A EXPERT TO THIS DUE TO THE HIGH VOLATE ON THE CRT(PICTURE TUBE)

Try adjusting the convergence in the customer menu. If you can't adjust the colors then you may need to have convergence amplifiers. A professional can do this. Check around for price.

Go to Menu then setup look for convergence if you do not see convergence on menu then you have a open FUSE FL231 it is on right side of FBT flyback transfomer there is 3 of them small brown rectrangler looking caps it will be the one in the Middle.

t is the problem of convergence setting or convergence IC.
Comment by ready2helpu, posted on Oct 21, 2008 IF THE PROBLEM OF CONVERGENCE SETTINGS then check out this link 
http://www.somelifeblog.com/2007/06/sony-projection-tv-red-line-repair.html


if the problem of convergence IC THEN check out this link 
http://home.earthlink.net/~oleg.filippov/ConvergenceFix.htm

you can do it manually. 
thanks.

rca t v r52wh73 the picture is bowed at the top and bottom also the colors red green and blue wont match together as one picture