I just bought a Toshiba 20AF46C Direct View TV and I am having what seems to be a problem with the picture. I notice it most when playing a DVD (I use a Toshiba DVD player with ColorStream RGB connections), but I can see it sometimes while watching regular TV also. I am not sure if I can explain this properly, but when I am playing a widescreen format movie, the top edge of the picture where it meets the black bar looks to be slightly concave. I also see a similar, albeit slight, distortion when watching regular TV. I understand this is called "pincushion" but I can't find any settings for that in the menu so I can fix it. Does anyone know if this model has a service mode and, if so, how I get into it?
I'd appreciate any thoughts.
If you just bought it, take it back to the retailer for a new one. If you bought it used, this is a problem in the pincussion driver circuit and a trained tech should be the only one troubleshooting this circuit as its part of the horizontal sweep correction circuitry, and thats part of the High Voltage circuit. Let us know how you made out with this problem, And Good Luck
I also bought a Toshiba 20AF46C and have the same exact problem that Ed experienced. So I took it back to get another one and this new one also has the problem but it is less noticable. I also noticed a black bar on the right of the tv when playing videogames (only when the games are widescreen though). I'm gonna have it checked by a tech and see what happens. Or I may as well take it back again since I'm wondering if it's worth keeping it.
i have a thoshiba satelteL40 laptop.2 days before onwards there is a blue thread like line verticlly in the center of the moniter of my laptop? what is the problem? how it can make ok?