Blurry on left side of the screen. Shadowing in different colors.

The TV requires thorough servicing and this might require attention by a qualified service technician.

Does that set have whats called a color wheel, if so that maybe you problem, and replacement is how you fix it.

These sets need to have all three colors - RED - BLUE - GREEN - lined up correctly on the screen in order for the picture to look normal. This is called convergence.

When its out of alignment the video will look 3-D, wavy, distorted, etc. Most of the time you just need to adjust your convergence in the menu. If you cannot adjust it in the menu - then your convergence is broken and needs to be repaired.

Convergence problems are very common on all Projection TV sets including Sony,Samsung, JVC, Philip Magnavox, Panasonic, Akai, Pioneer, Hitachi, Zenith, and others. You can get a convergenece repair kit wiith instructions from the links below.

Here are some of the most common problems with these sets...

Problem #1) Convergence

Yours may have one or more of the following symptoms

• Screen Looks 3-D
• Colors wont align
• Screen may look distorted or warped
• No Audio/Video - makes a chirping sound.

Problem #2

Another common problem is dull or washed out video.

Your set may have one or more of the following symptoms....

• Dull looking picture
• White looking picture
• Halos around objects
• Red/Orange looking picture

You can see some more examples and find a fix here
http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull

It sounds like a Convergence problem--go into the customer menu with the Hitachi remote and select convergence---look to see if one of the colors will not move---you can only move red or blue-----if something will not move you have a convergence problem.

Let me know here what you find and I can tell you what is involved if it is a convergence problem.

REGARDS, SD TECH

is the blurry all around the picture have different color like a smear of red, blue or yellow?
if it is i think the posistor of your tv is not working. it is the one who activate the degaussing coil around the picture tube the prevent color miss-landing upon opening your tv set.

needs a convergence board repair, not too hard to fix if you are handy with a soldering iron.

get the 2 convergence chips for this model @ partsstore.com

Yes, Convergence settings should be tried first before any color adjustment or any fluid changes are done. Remember that there are 3 colors to notice. Red, Green, Blue. The Green is the only one that you can not move with an adjustment The Red and Blue is ligned up on green. Some cases it does matter how linear the Green color is across the board, just how close you get the blue and red on top of green is what matters.

Convergence IC's should be replaced before any alignment is
attempted ....part # STK392-560....You need two......mount
to large heatsink...............T.

Red and blue present, but no green = bad green CRT is
best guess.Remove lower front panel = adjust screen and focus
controls for best pix..................T.

sounds like 2 different problems here. first problem sounds tuner related. second sounds convergence related. third issue (cost effective to repair ?) at this point i would replace the set. i hope this helps