[stringpickin]

Hey and good day.. I can't think of a better way to describe the problem than the title. If you close the front door of the house the picture will jitter then settle...........maybe, then sometimes it will jitter up and down, the top corners will jiggle in.. But never does it go black. It is as though the picture looses configuration and then snaps back. Tap on the side of the TV and most the time the jittery picture will react to the tap. If left alone usually the picture will settle in to hours of operation without any jitter. Sometimes jitter every now and then. When it is jittering if you lightly tap on the bottom it is affected generally double as much as tapping the upper side. So sometimes it jitters a couple times and stops, other times it jitters for minutes and minutes and eventually stops.

When a friend plugged in his PS2-3 to the front input, the sound from guitar hero the picture was affected so much by the game noise that we had to patch the sound directly to the receiver and not use the TV speakers. Anyway it acts mainly as though it is a loose connection. When the TV is cold and turned on fresh it takes a while before it stops jittering and becomes stable.

Is this a connection and/or a component on a specific board that is known for doing this? I figure I can pull it out and solder it or replace the component fairly easily with some good instruction. I know nothing about that part, how it works etc. But if I can find the thing I can get it cut out and get a new one soldered in if it needs to be done. But I need some good and helpful direction.

So is there a place on a board that is known to cause this problem generally. Sure would be nice to find it before it goes completely and/or destroys something else while doing so, not to mention to watch a movie without the jitters would be nice too.... Sure appreciate your time and help. Thank you.. Stringpickin