So I'm watching TV this morning, never watch TV in the AM, but I'm loafing around the house with a stomach flu.

Anyhow, watching Horsepower TV, doze off for a minute then wake up and the screen is blank.

I can bring up the cable menus, there's sound, and light around the edges - screen is actually grey, not black.

It's a 32" and only a few years old. What gives??

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

No idea, but that happened to my plasma once for no good reason. I fixed it by unplugging it for a couple of minutes, it seemed to "reset" itself. These things are really computers.

Yeah, I read somewhere to unplug for 4 hours to "reset the electronics". Maybe life would be better without the POS...

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I have had horrible luck with newer TVs...if I get 2 years out of one I feel like I did OK. It might be simplest to just buy a replacement and be done with it.

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2002 Ford ZX2
2 x 2013 Honda Civics

No way. $800 for a few years???

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Any of the other inputs work?

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I dunno yet.

I'm leaving it off for a few more hours. Then hook up my other cable box.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I've got an old b/w TV in the back room you can have.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

No thanks...

Nope, didn't reset. Total POS Samsung crap.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Doesn't sound like it's this problem, but there were bad capacitors put in tons of electronics for years.
I've rescued several monitors fiing them.
Search for 'bad capacitors' or go to www.badcaps.com.

Then there are the 2 Sony Trinitrons I have, one's almost 30 years old, the other a few years shy of that.
Net repair cost 50 bucks on one. Biggest issue is the dog ate one of the remotes and only a couple of the Universals will work one of them. One's in my garage, one's a spare in the basement.

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KLK, MCSE

1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

My last bigscreen was 2 years old when it let out a buff of smoke and the screen went blank. The repair guy asked what model it was, and the symptoms, and he told me to toss it and get a new one. He's the one that told me to treat newer TVs as disposable items.

I use a 15 year old Quasar with built-in VCR for my dog to watch movies when I'm at work, and it's still going strong....

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2002 Ford ZX2
2 x 2013 Honda Civics

I suppose it's repairable, but I might as spend a little more for a new one at some point.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I just hooked up my flat tube Sony. Thing must weigh 100 lbs. Works well and has a good picture.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Might be as simple as a blown fuse.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

They have gotten pretty cheap, I recently bought a 37" LCD for about $5-600. I'm finally replacing a CRT TV in the bedroom; good picture but it's the size of a battleship.