HOW TO FIX YOUR TV

Most television is broken. In this instructable, you'll learn how to fix your TV with everyday household materials.

Step 1: WHAT YOU WILL NEED

To fix your TV, you will need the following:

• A functioning television set, large or small, old or new, cable or antenna or satellite.
• A thin, translucent medium such as wax paper, available from any grocery store.
• One to four lightweight rods such as a coat-hanger, depending on the structure of your TV's housing and any furniture it might be in.
• A non-sticking tie or fastener such as wire ties, hair ties, hook-and-loop strap (Velcro), gaffer's tape, zip-ties, etc.
• Something to cut with, such as a pair of scissors.

In this instructable, we will fix TV with wax paper, a coat hanger, a pair of scissors and wire ties.

Comments

[SharpyWarpy]

I don't get it. But then I always have trouble with things that are simple.

[across]

Does anyone know how to fix the vision on the TV? As our's keeps sticking and blurring and that. We've tried unpluging the TV then plugging it back in but it still won't work...?

[0boolean1]

this is perfect.

[emerson.john]

You could take advantage of waxed paper as a decorative medium. For example, in the fall, you could iron colorful leaves between some of the sheets, or cut out a turkey silhouette and iron it in place for Thanksgiving.

[duckythescientist]

 Absolutely amazing!!  I'm going to do that, and I think it will be the best thing that I have done for my life in months!!!!!!!!

[munchman]

Alternate Title: What to do when you are not watching (insert name of favourite crime/medical drama here)

^{_{NCIS FTW!!}}

[Derin]

,,agreed about the small text,FULLY,,

[munchman]

Very good... I am, however not on the board of internets, so unfortunately, even though I want to, I cannot award you an internet. Sorry...

[Derin]

=WIKITRAC LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=

[Derin]

*audience goes ooooohhhhhh at the failed attempt*

[Derin]

aha i see it the ! was negating the = at the end

OMGZORZ I FOUND A LOOPHOLE IN THE NEW SYSTEM

[froggyman]

i think i just felt my IQ fall...

[gravedigger32]

This is really funny! lol I thought I was about to get smarter...

[brandon borick]

one thing W.T.F.

[NIR_Brail]

how is this 'fixing' your tv? This should be titled 'making a light show' or something of the such. There's no actual 'fix' for anything, I mean, come on man.

[verbatin01]

Not everyone has the same sense of humor, but I thought it was funny. TV is a brainwasher and that's his point.

[NIR_Brail]

was that the point...ahh...um....ok then...hmm. I musta missed that part where it was trying to be a joke instructable then. Look, i don't mean to be sarcastic, didn't mean to come across that way in my comment, but when i saw the title i expected something of value not "another way to make a radio".

[sasquatchbmx]

you were watching bones when you took the picture haha (its a good show) and this is a pretty nice project

[slickricks]

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[rogue13_13]

Actually, the grammar used by the author was correct, most people just didn't read the instructable or simply didn't get the "joke". If you look at the instructable from the standpoint that modern television (or "T.V.") is flawed or "broken", the instructable makes perfect sense. The title may be a little misleading, but depending upon one's view regarding whether televisions is flawed, this might actually be considered a repair. I think it was a well made instructable, technically, and I personally enjoyed the sarcasm. Good job.

[cornflaker]

Writer's Strike Made Me Do It sounds good lol, And yeah like nature233 says please post it as an art thingy,I also thought this was about how to reapair a tv

[ottist35]

Some people just don't get it no matter how you explain it. This is an art piece; clever, funny and bordering on poetic. Come on people stop being so literal. Tv= Bad Beautiful,ingenious lamp= Good!

And for the language critics: Grow up! you probably wish you could speak another language half as well as this person. Obviously he is not a native English speaker yet he cares to share something funny with us. Your loss.

[nature223]

whoo boy...there's a few minutes I'll never get back, dude next time.....PLEASE post it as an artsy kinda thing,I thought this was a repair section entry

[mrmath]

Good instructable from the purly step by step with photos point of view. Bad instructable from the what the hell point of view.

[trebuchet03]

You know... fix your TV... just like you'd fix a cat or a dog ;)

[maker12]

fix a cat? oh I get it "honey were is the cat?" "In the lab" "the lab?" "I hope its not the....." "c,mon you are getting you're bladder removed!!" "crash boom" "damit you little....." " I DID IT I MADE A URINE LESS CAT" "holy crap!" "doint you know the kidneys are needed?"

[lemonie]

The first line of step one requires "A functioning television" How is anyone to 'fix' a functioning television? I think I failed to understand this one...

[aiden120000]

i think it means that the tv itself works, just the screen is broken. like when the monitor is unplugged on a computer

[aiden120000]

although upon reading the project, ithink it was sarcasm

[maker12]

true!

[LasVegas]

Wouldn't it be easier to wrap the wax paper around your head? Then the whole world's "fixed."

[Snipertofu]

or the opposite...go on a fixing rampage and tape waxpaper to everyliving thing in a 3 mile radius

[incorrigible packrat]

If you're lucky enough to require glasses, just cover them with fingerprints. No wax paper required. If you're really lucky, like me, and need Coke-bottle glasses, just take them off and everything more than 6" away is fixed.

[mollypierucci]

cute... kill t.v.

[davidlaska]

TV is supposed to be bad. You are shown all the bad stuff, what environments are likely to get you raped, robbed, conned and/or killed. All we do is relax in a safe place on a couch. With a little common sense, we can tell what is real and that is experience without all the work. Good TV is like watching the evening "Good News" (No news is good news)

[iisanother]

this is a great project, but you really need to give credit where due - it is based on an installation piece by Brian Eno called "Paintings and Sculptures," viewable
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRd9tb1yBQ

[plasticpool]

You're right -- it isn’t original. Lots of people have covered televisions with translucent stuff to make them into light boxes: Brian Eno to name just one. Thanks for the link! I've always wanted to see that. :-) Someone else sells a thing you can hang on your screen that divides the screen up into little boxes like pixels — I can’t remember the name. I decided to do it on the cheap so that other people could do it as well.

[foobear]

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/tvfilter.html

The original was called "channel one". I can't remember the artist's name though, maybe Nancy Frank.

[Razboz]

The Graffiti Research Lab did something very similar to TVs in the NYC streets i think.

[Razboz]

The Graffiti Research Lab did something very similar to TVs in the NYC streets i think.