Two Way Hourglass Bends on My KCS47

[Chris K]

Originally Posted by Penthode

Did you fix the hourglass issue? It is not the yoke.

No my friend, it's not fixed. The temporary viewing Band-Aid is to increase the image zoom using a Zenith converter box so the letterbox borders are off screen but, you can still see the bends in any sort of straight horizontal or straight vertical images. I had the TV show "Concentration" on where there's a crosshatch letterbox game board and you can see it there.

Just a quick edit of this post. The bending was reduced when I pushed the yoke forward and the zoom made it watchable, so I was happy with it and that's why I sorta put it to rest but yes P'thode, the problem still exists although it's far less noticeable. It has always struck me that this is probably a voltage issue with the B+ being low...at least the B+ going to the yoke. To be honest, I've not checked the DC level on the TV but there's a NOS 5U4 in it so my confidence stemmed from that.