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lexx21 · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 119

Here are the tubes on the pg6200 that I picked up a few weeks ago. They look to be pretty cooked and it would seem that the previous owner didn't set the raster size correctly. The blue tube looks to be workable, but the green and red look like they are toasty and brown. What would be the best course of action here?

Another thing that I noticed was that all 3 tubes needed to be bled badly. After taking the lens' off and turning the unit up on it's butt, there were no air bubbles moving around on the face of the tube. I have started the unit up once just to ensure that all 3 tubes were working, but shut it down immediately after that.

So, what would you guys suggest? The electronics seem to be in good working condition, and I am on a shoe string budget.

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

Honestly I would look for a different machine, it will likely cost more to retube that one, than it would to get one with clean tubes, I would look for the same model with good tubes so you have 100% backup parts, in the meantime I would use it as-is within the wear and live with the wear.

Erik

picree · Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 351 Location: Johnson City, TN

ditto-those are some pretty dark pop tarts Thumbs Down

tri_joel · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 646 Location: Northern Virginia

Where are you? I have three tubes from a 6200 that look pretty much the same. You can have them for the cost of shipping. Send them to VDC for rebuild.

Elaine Benes · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1416

tri_joel · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 646 Location: Northern Virginia

paw · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1176 Location: Arvada, CO

I wouldn't spend any $ on the PJ.

I'd either:

- Find another NEC 6Xtra or 9Xtra with better tubes and keep this for spare part (some parts are interchangable between the 6 & 9)
- Get this one working for little $, set up the image within the burned area, live with it and save up for a better condition PJ
- Part this one out it you can't get it to work cheaply and save up for a PJ in better condition. The lenses alone use to bring a good price

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:40 am Post subject:

Don't the 6pg and 9pg use different tubes or is it the same tube number's between the Xtra's?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:58 am Post subject:

paw · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1176 Location: Arvada, CO

tri_joel · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 646 Location: Northern Virginia

I'm a green kinda guy, not alpha sprout eating eco terrorist green, but green none the less. Things have sure changed since I discovered this site just a few years ago. I just saw another thread stating VDC is no longer rebuilding tubes. This sucks. I loved my 6200 with toasty tubes and the complicated set-up. Damn, I learned a lot from that machine. Even with the toasty tubes it still had a great pq, except for white scenes which were brown or pink. A year ago I wouldn't have hesitated re-tubing it, but it happened to fail just as I found two BG1208/2s (one with brand new tubes in it) and a tab-tensioned motorized screen for next to nothing on craigslist.

I'm hoping once I get Craig here in the near to distant future and have a proper calibration that I will be as happy with my BG1208/2. I'm starting to think that by the time I get my HT done and am ready for a proper calibration that buying a 9" machine and not calibrating it will be more economically feasible and a better end result.

I miss the days when money was a factor in deciding which CRT PJ to get. Now it seems many of you are just biding time until a good digital comes out. That's okay, Lexx21 and I will still be watching our toasty tube CRTs and thinking we have the bee's knees in HT!

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:22 am Post subject: