Most CRT prompting systems in use today are more than ten years old, and, unlike fine wine, they do not get better with age. High voltage leakage, poor contrast, and fading phosphors add up to a prompter your talent strains to read. First generation LCD panels are failing because of old backlight technology causing loss of contrast and very low brightness. If the beamsplitter and prompter platform are still in good shape, you may want to consider replacing the troublesome display with a new LCD panel.