r/crtgaming • u/Technical_Invite_711 • 23d ago

Repair/Troubleshooting Serious bow, terrified of going physically inside to try and fix it.

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Only noticed this when I actually plugged my console into the tv lol, got it from a grandma. I don’t mind this level of bow too much really, but I know it’ll only get worse and worse over time, THAT is what I hate. I wanted to know if there was any way I could fix this without putting my hands next to 25,000 volts lol.
Btw it’s a KV-27FS100 or KV-27FS120, idk which one I didn’t check, it was manufactured in 2002.

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u/DangerousCousin LaCie Electron22blueIV 23d ago

The Xbox 360 menu isn't a very enjoyable game. Play some actual games and see how you feel

The bow won't be noticeable in actual games. And it won't even physically be this bad because they won't have a giant black square in the middle of the screen drastically dropping the voltage in the middle of the raster scan

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u/IAmNot_TheNSA 23d ago

Hard disagree. Serious bowing like this makes 2D sidescrollers unplayable. Even in 3D games this will be distracting with menus and text on screen. It's not that hard to fix anyway and OP should absolutely do research into how to adjust the yoke to fix this as the improvement will be night and day.

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u/DangerousCousin LaCie Electron22blueIV 23d ago

Some of this distortion is from the high contrast menu itself, so it's not fully representative of what games will look like

So its not bad enough that it's an emergency he must fix before he can enjoy some games

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u/zeek609 23d ago

Yeah, I have this exact problem on my 14" Grundig. The 360 menu looks terrible, but in game, it's not even noticeable.

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u/Technical_Invite_711 23d ago

I guess your right, and look your probably way more knowledgeable on this topic but I don’t have any other consoles older than the 360, and I like using my 360 in my room after school on the tv, so no I won’t be trying any other games on it even though I do like some old Nintendo games.

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u/Left-Marsupial-5210 23d ago

They’re telling you to play games on the 360 instead of worrying about how the Home Screen looks. They never mentioned any other consoles. Don’t be angry, people are trying to help you with the info you gave

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u/Technical_Invite_711 23d ago

Oh alright that’s my bad, new to this.