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Thanks for letting me know. I have asked the local TV repair here in East London. They told me that they are not able to fit the chip as it is a very fragile one where you need special tools for.
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At least this souds somewhat promising. Can you post the German link and the instruction/poster, please? I am German and will hopefully understand it.

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Stefan

@Philips: If one of you guys...

...three years. Does this model have a built-in self-destruction timer?

Funnily, when the colour problem first occurred I brought the TV to a local TV repair that called me after three days and...