Video Asylum

Posted by Robert William Leach on March 18, 2004 at 13:03:55

In Reply to: high-pitched tv noise posted by Agent E-45 on December 06, 2003 at 20:03:20:

What annoys me is some people can't hear this high-pitched noise. I thought the repair guys were lying. How could anyone NOT hear that? It's so loud! But I've come to the conclusion that it's just simply out of the range of some (probably most) people's hearing.

I recently bought a 32" TV, which I ended up exchanging, hoping for one that didn't make the noise, but the one I exchanged it for seems worse. You just can't tell when you're at the store which ones are making the noise and which aren't.

My last TV made the noise, but it wasn't near as loud, so I'd like to know: what characteristics about the TV make the sound louder? Is it the size? Are flat screens worse? What? I'm guessing size. So I'm going to see if I can exchange my 32" for something smaller, although I've read posts on 27" that claimed a loud high-pitched noise... My last TV was a 23", but *sigh*, I so wanted a large TV.