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WTF happened to my TV?

HtownHtown Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
not seeing any info on this problem on the interwebs, so was wondering if any of you folks had seen anything like this before.

went to bed last night, TV was fine. woke up this morning, picture looked like this.

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with that stupid distortion/flickering at the bottom.

in motion: (shut up yes I have a terrible phone and its camera is ass. you can still kind of see what I mean.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1Y2dDH2g

has anybody seen this before? anybody know what's wrong/how to fix it?

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  • L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Got a speaker that's too close to it?

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Have you had any power surges/brown outs recently?

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    no speakers at all. just use the TV's speakers and occasionally some wireless headphones.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Does it do that on all of the inputs?

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    MushroomStick wrote: »
    Have you had any power surges/brown outs recently?

    don't know. not that i know of.

    could have happened while I was asleep, I suppose.

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    MushroomStick wrote: »
    Does it do that on all of the inputs?

    yes

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I guess you could try unplugging the tv for a few minutes and see if that helps, but you're probably going to have to make use of the warranty (if you still have one.)

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  • HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Already tried that. :(

    goddammit :(

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I know this is a long shot, but is the tv new enough to return to the store? If it is, I'd go that route in a heart beat over playing phone tag with manufacturer.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, if it's out of warranty, contact a TV repair place. Tell them (or show them like here) what's going on, and see what it'll cost to repair.

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