After 6 Years as Road Ornament a Widescreen Sony Trinitron Lives Again
In the first part of this mini-series, the TV had been salvaged and had most of the dirt as well as local flora and fauna evicted before an attempt was made to fix it. Unfortunately despite the insides looking remarkably clean and intact considering its use as a road-side ornament, that video ended with the controller refusing to power up due to issues with the power supply. In this sequel we get to see what six years of weather exposure means in terms of what components to replace in a CRT TV like this.
- ▪In the first part of this mini-series, the TV had been salvaged and had most of the dirt as well as local flora and fauna evicted before an attempt was made to fix it.
- ▪Unfortunately despite the insides looking remarkably clean and intact considering its use as a road-side ornament, that video ended with the controller refusing to power up due to issues with the power supply.
- ▪In this sequel we get to see what six years of weather exposure means in terms of what components to replace in a CRT TV like this.
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| Publication time | Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:00:48 +0000 |
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After 6 Years As Road Ornament A Widescreen Sony Trinitron Lives Again No comments by: Maya Posch September 15, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy After previously adopting a big Sony Trinitron CRT TV that had been trying to hitch a ride along the side of a road in Italy for at least six years, [Happychoice] didn’t give up on trying to fix it, with the second part showing the TV being more or less fully fixed up. In the first part of this mini-series, the TV had been salvaged and had most of the dirt as well as local flora and fauna evicted before an attempt was made to fix it. Unfortunately despite the insides looking remarkably clean and intact considering its use as a road-side ornament, that video ended with the controller refusing to power up due to issues with the power supply.
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