Topic: Is There Any Way To Fix The Screen On An Old "Tube" TV That Has Burned Images On The Screen?

My old 35" big screen tube tv that is about 15 years old has some images burned onto the screen and I was just wondering if there's any way to fix it? The TV otherwise is in pristine working condition so it would be a waste to get rid of it and I wouldn't mind paying up to $100 to fix it as I'll need a tube tv for my retro gaming consoles which look like dog poopiedoop on LCD and LED Televisions.

@Neko_Rukiafan A 35" tube TV? Wow that must be a big beasty, sounds great! You can indeed do something about screen burn in if it's mild, with a TV setup/calibration DVD that has a 'screen wash' function, which fills the screen with lots of colour that's constantly moving around. A DVD that I can recommend is Disney's World Of Wonder which is a whole home theatre set up set that covers basic and advanced stuff, I got it to help me set up the geometry on my Samsung HD tube TV and it's really good. I haven't needed to use the screen wash feature but going by the high quality of the rest of the disc I imagine it's as good as any other. I should mention that my version of World Of Wonder is the Blu-Ray but I don't see any reason why the screen wash wouldn't be on the DVD version.

There's no guarantee that it'll fix the burn in but seeing as it's an easy thing to try I would say it's certainly worth seeing if it helps. Other ways of fixing it are beyond my knowledge but hopefully there's something you can do should the screen wash not be enough, like you say it would be a shame to get rid of a nice TV because of this problem.

Good luck!

Just pick up another CRT from a thrift store, garage sale or craigslist. People are always giving away those things for next to nothing especially this time of the year.

@Tasuki A 35" set might require a bit of hunting though and it's always worth repairing something if it can be fixed, I have a bit of a thing about stuff getting thrown away if it's working or repairable!

I don't think screen burn can be fixed. (All the articles on Arcade monitors I have read have listed that as the one thing to always avoid). Other minor things can be fixed apparently.

Burn in on a CRT style television is not reversible. LCDs sometimes have image retention which often will fade with time but burn in on a crt is due to the phosphors in the tube (which are finite) being used up at a different rate than others. Think of a car with a bumper sticker and you remove the sticker and that area is a different color.

@Noonch Are you definitely talking about the etching effect that's caused by showing a still image on the screen for too long? If you are then the screen wash business I was talking about must be designed just for LCDs and Plasmas then.

The probably with that is its probably cheaper nowadays to get a CRT then it is to repair one.

@Squashy Yes, the screen washing might help with LCD style tvs. Plasma, like CRT, can also be permanently burned in.