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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 10 points 2 months ago (14 children)

In college, a friend of mine had a TV whose picture would mess up every so often, and the solution was to take it in the hallway and drag up and then back down the hall by the power cord. Then, when set up again, it would work again.

There was never an explanation, that I know of, for why. Presumably there was some simpler method that would have achieved the same result but no one was interested in that.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

CRT? You were probably generating enough static electricity to do the electron realignment thing that they usually have a button to do.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 months ago

Woooomwmwmwmwmwmwmmmmm clear picture

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