tivo picture problem

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"Mario" <mbrosrules@eartstink.com> wrote in message
news:37ffatF5c7opgU1@individual.net...
>I just acquired a philips hdr212 tivo very very cheaply (you get what you
>pay for). The problem that it has is horizontal green lines that flicker
>randomly across any live tv including new recordings. I've tried both the
>coax input and the rca type inputs, both display the green lines. I put the
>hard drive from my other philips tivo in it and the existing recordings on
>that drive don't have the problem. Would any of you know if the problem is
>the tuner or something on the motherboard? or maybe it's something else
>entirely. Which brings me to my big question - is it reasonably fixable?
>
> thanks for any and all info you can share
> Mario
>

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