I have just put$600.00 into this TV. I had it home 2 days and it is still messed up. The repairman now tells me that I need 3 picture tubes, and they are $175.00a piece. Is there somewhere I can buy these for less? If I had known it would have cost me this much, I would have replaced it. When you turn it on, it looks like a peacock, the colors are red, white and blue.

If it has a blue cast someone likley turned up the blue brightness inside the TV...there are 6 knobs...2 for each color..try turning that down. Its not the PIP or bad tube...

it would probably be easier to have someone come out and take a look at it before you go buying parts you may not need to be spending money on. it may be a simple fix for a repairman and not so simple for you...

I do not have a Zenith B25A02Z TV. What I do have is a 1988 Zenith Color TV SE2517P. I called a local tv repairman and discussed the problem over the phone. He can take a look at it if we bring it in (service call to the home cost $100 just to show up). He said it was worth fixing since he thought it was only the sound. We have a great picture. He charges $20 to look at it but we have to leave it. He lives 20 minutes away one way. We think it is worth the trip if we can get it loaded into our minivan. We live in western NY where the weather can get pretty ugly many days. I will post the solution later when I know. FYI

You would need the service manual in order to change the picture tube properly as there are dangerous voltages stored inside the tube also the tube would have to be set up properly as well. You can get the service manual for your model at the following link. They will email it too you right after purchase. Heres the link.
http://servicemanuals.vstore.ca/

The tube should be ok its the IC's regulating the convergence is your problem . A tv repairman should be able to repair it fro around $250.00 - $300.00 or less depending on who you call. Good luck

So this is a rear projection TV.

Chances are the tubes are out of alignment. When cleaning or anything never move the tubes as it will be hell to get em back properly.

In the back you can take off the rear panel and move the tubes to partially re-align the picture.

This is generally followed by a model specific procedure using the remote to bring up alignment grids to finalize the picture alignment.

The reason for the 3 colours in the picture are that the rear projection units use Red, Green and Blue tubes to create the one colour picture.

All in all... When I messed mine up it took about 2 hours to set it straight again.

Now I just have to fix my flashing screen problem and i'm set.

the problem with your tv is in the video circuit the ic or transistor needs to be replaced there is a box on the fixya home page just enter your zip code in the box and it will help you locate a repairman in your area.good luck.

First of all boards don't leak anything. The leakage was caused by one of the projection tubes leaking its coolant. If the faulty tube wasn't repalced then you will start all over again with the same issue and cause more damage to the TV. Not only that but the loss of coolant in the tube will cause the picture to be partially out of focus (the defectinve tube that is). DVD players don't break ANY chips inside of the TV. Sounds like a repairman who doesn't know what he'she is doing and needs to exit this type of work.

The average life of a picture tube now days is only 6 to 7 years,base on the symptom and the age of the set I hate to tell you but your picture tube is bad and it has to be replaced but a new picture tube for this set would cost more than a brand new television,I would suggest not to spend any money and invest in a new set.Sorry

You disconnected something else or it got pulled on by accident..