I purchased a new color TV and noticed a streak of rainbow color down the right side. Someone suggested that there could be a strong magnetic field nearby causing it. The TV was sitting on a chest of drawers and when I looked in the top drawer I discovered a toy with a very strong magnet. I have removed the magnet but I still have distorted color on the right side. How can I fix this problem?
Hey fman, welcome to TechLore!
To make it easy on you, read this forum thread:
http://www.techlore.com/forum/thread/11247/
Someone recently asked this question, and I've provided a lot of info there. Post back here if you have further questions.
Thanks for the help in degaussing my color tv. I unpluged the tv for 24 hours and when I pluged it back in it no longer has the distorted color on the right side.
That's great! Keep an eye out in the TechLore forums... The next time someone asks about degaussing a color TV, you can be the expert!