I have a ws-55819. the picture is out of focus, more so on the left and right, less out of focus in the middle. Its like there are 3 separate pictures, out of alignment

It has no lamp, just the three picture tubes and they are not your problem.

I would suggest you do an inspection looking for any signs of Glycol leaks.

Each of the three tubes has a sealed area with this liquid in it, clear and very toxic.

Pull the front speaker grill off and remove the inspection plate behind it. There are three large circuit boards. Right to left as seen from the front---signal/control board green in color, Middle board tan colored----deflection/power and far left board main power and HV supply.

Leaks may be hard to see, it will not be a lot of liquid and or may appear as discoloration of parts. Leaks if there will be in first 3 inches or so of front of boards.

The green board is the most likely in your case---I will attach a photo of what it looks like and you will see the liquid on the square part on that board. The board has parts soldered to the TOP! and slight amounts may appear as discoloration of solder seen there.

As I said, you must look closely as even a tiny amount can cause real odd problems.

Let me know what you find and I will assist you.

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SD TECH

SOUNDS like you have bad filtor capacitors in 9v and 5v circuits. J.D.W.

No,need to diagnose.It a 100% convergence problems.Convergence problems very easy diagnose.The picture look like 3D,colors lines don't lines up.Fuzzy,out of focus.Convergence controls don't work to lines up any colors cross.The tech is cheating u if he said cost $125 to diagnose.If u know how to solders u could fix this convergence problems about $100.U can buy a convergence kit at Websites Tv repair World.com,Tvrepairkits.com.The shop everythings fix parts and labors only $300.

This is a common problem that would require 2 Convergence output IC's to fix . The part # STK392-560 replace with STK 392-570. a repair shop would charge between $200-$300 (parts cost $60.00)

No, that'll do it. Once you've changed em you'll know right away if somethin isn't right. But take faith and fire that puppy up. If the pix is good you did good. If something is amiss. I'd be happy to walk you through it. My money is on you though.

This set does have a lamp, it utilizes 3 picture tubes (red, green, blue) The tubes are not available as new any longer. It is recommended to replace all 3 after the reaches 5yrs of age because a new tube will over drive the others in brightness but it is possible to only replace the defective one. You can try Tritronics at 800-638-3328 for rebuilds.

best place to get them with instalation instructions included is the following link. you need two STK392-570 ICs
http://servicemanuals.vstore.ca/

Well I have a Mitsubishi WS-65413 65 in. Rear Projection Television and when I power it on in the morning it looks as if the picture on the bottom of the screen is bending and parts of the picture "double up" but like the person above me said after it gets warmed up it goes back to normal but every 3 or 4 hours it might get messed up for a min...Anyways: Is it the picture tube going out?? If so how does anyone know how much it would cost to repair/replace & What is a "Convergence Module"?? I don't know if my T.V has one of those or not but if it doesnt is that the problem perhaps?? Please help me or ill be forced to go outside... :-( ..... thanx 4 the help ppl!! -
- Zachariah-

Bad convergence ic and should replace caps also

http://home.earthlink.net/~oleg.filippov/ConvergenceFix.htm
http://cmpalmer.blogspot.com/2006/11/fixing-my-own-tv-part-ii.html

caps:
· http://www.chrisandnat.com/Projects/BlinkingTV/blink.htm · http://www.jeremyburns.com/Mitsubishi-Green-Blinking-Light-Fix.pdf
· http://www.fixya.com/howto/h159332-mitsubishi_dm_board_repair
· http://hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=32186
replace DM

GREEN-YOU HAVE TWO STK392570 CONVERGENCE ICS' GETTING READY TO FAIL.SOME FOLKS HAVE REPLACED THEM ON THEIR OWN,OR YOU CAN GET A REPAIR TECH TO DO IT FOR AROUND 300.00$.JOE TV