Quick question bout tate'ing tvs.

[Milkgoat]

I read through bloodflowers topic (very informative. Good job), but one question still remains. I flipped my TV for the first time earlier tonight, and all the colors were distorted. I had unplugged it and let it degauss for, say maybe about 20-30 minutes. Are the colors supposed to fix themselves eventually, or should I just give up trying to tate this TV.

Also, the colors were fixed once I returned it to it's normal position.

Thanks in advance.

[Gwyrgyn Blood]

From my experience, if they don't fix themselves after 5-10 minutes with a degauss, they aren't going to get fixed. Some TVs just do not like to be TATEed.

[lewisit]

@Milkgoat

i haven't read bloodflowers topic (and don't find it now - it's to ****ing early for a saturday-morning here) but i know that every possible question about tating is answered on D's site:

http://turn.to/vertical

imo this should help

[rolins]

From my experience, if they don't fix themselves after 5-10 minutes with a degauss, they aren't going to get fixed. Some TVs just do not like to be TATEed.

Exactly.

Btw, Milkgoat what kind of TV are you using?

[dpful]

It won't degauss because either the degausing coil is broken, or it's magnetized beyond the coils strength (to demagnetize it). If you had a demagnetizing force (like a handheld demagnetizer), you could brush the discoloration away. You can even use a big speaker magnet to brush the discoloration away- or in other words, magnetize it so it works in a upright position- if your coil was too weak in the first place, you'd have to do it again when you put it back.

I didn't read the degaussing post, but what those usually leave out is that colors work with a demagnatized screen, but also with a screen that's been magnetized to work at a certain angle (like yours is when it's horizontal- hence the speaker magnet trick).