Refilling Philips/Magnavox CRTs

This is the final shortened version of my video describing the process I have used for many years to refill the CRTs in a Philips/Magnavox big screen rear projection television. The operation was performed in front of the camera live in the TV shop that I contract my labor to. The cost of the coupling fluid varies, but is usually less than $50.00 US(in the US). I have enough practice that I can do the labor in under 2 hours(for two tubes; blue and green). This repair procedure is usually priced at around $300 in my area.

NOTE: This video was shot in 2004 and since then I have discontinued refilling the red, as the red CRTs are never cloudy or yellowed.

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Howto & Style

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• crt
• crts
• projo
• projection
• refill
• clean
• bigscreen
• tv
• television
• DIY
• cloudy

[Hitchenz421]

i have the same tv & i need to know how many times you filled the syringe & put the glycol in each color & what is the name of the tool that you used to unscrew those screws & size, thank you

[susquatch8]

Thx for the great vid. I had a Mitsub VS-50705 moved laid down on its back & now it won't work. It powered up & would shut off after a few minutes.Now it won't power up at all.Is it worth fixing or should I scrap it? Its about 10yrs old & I paid $60 & the color pic looked great before the move. Thx for your advice.

[mrlichenstein]

I guess I was lucky. I found an RCA rear projection TV next to a dumpster. Turns out the deflection board is bad and needs a fix (a common problem with the ITC222 chassis models). I have seen just how good the picture is when I got the TV to finally power up and it is NICE. I don't know what the screen would look like when coolant has gone bad but I guess I'll find out soon enough. Right now the picture looks excellent and crisp but the convergence is off on edges. I've seen that on normal CRT's

[sniper2000001]

hope it's as easy as it looks lol...