exploding tv i had a ge emerson color tv for about years and one fine day while we were watching something i doubt if the program was the cause we heard a mild explosion our screen went blank but there was sound so we thought oh we have special effects on the program but soon the sound stopped and smoke started to appear at the back of the tv the brilliant ees we are we unplugged the tv and called customer service only to be thrown around by please hold i will transfer u to blah blah finally we abandoned the idea of trying to fix the tv and got a new one we wanted a bigger one too after all the story what i wanted to know is is my problem an isolated incident or a common one i recall reading about russian tvs exploding but not here in the us why would the picture tube explode or even smoke i still have the left over tv set i might dig into it this summer any idea where i can get parts for these things probably will cost more than tv w my prasad prasadr vtvm cc vt edu
