Hello,
For the last couple of months I've been dealing with an issue that I cannot seem to find anyone else having. I bought the 42LD550 exactly 5 years ago, this TV is not in the living room so it does not get as much use as the other TV.
The first time it did this was last winter (2014) but it only did it once and never again. About the middle November this issue started up again, I noticed it was always in the morning or at night when the TV would be off for awhile. I haven't been able to fully prove it but it seems to happen when the room is cold. I'll turn it on, it will be fine for about 5-10 minutes then about 95% of the screen will freeze, fade with lines on top and the image will refresh in which the process repeats again (see videos below for example). The top 5% of the screen is fine with no issues. The sound works fine. If I turn the TV off for a couple minutes (sometimes I can just turn it on and off) it will be fine with no issues at all for the rest of the night/day. Tonight was the first time I just left the issue alone, it landed up stopping after about 2-3 minutes and was fine. Some days it won't do it at all for a few days then it'll come back randomly.
I also noticed after I power cycle it that sometimes it'll blink to a black screen very quickly about every 60-120 seconds. This will go on for about 5-10 minutes then stop. The blinking is very quick with no issues with the sound. Just like the issue above after it stops it doesn't come back.
I've been searching weekly since November for answers, I've looked all over google and Youtube. I haven't found any pictures or videos that match my issue. I've also asked for help at other places with no luck. I just want to know if I can actually fix this or should I be shopping for a new TV (which I hope isn't the case
)
I've included pictures and below is two video links. The first was from last year and the second is from tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxDI_EDL1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSJDm31i09s
For the last couple of months I've been dealing with an issue that I cannot seem to find anyone else having. I bought the 42LD550 exactly 5 years ago, this TV is not in the living room so it does not get as much use as the other TV.
The first time it did this was last winter (2014) but it only did it once and never again. About the middle November this issue started up again, I noticed it was always in the morning or at night when the TV would be off for awhile. I haven't been able to fully prove it but it seems to happen when the room is cold. I'll turn it on, it will be fine for about 5-10 minutes then about 95% of the screen will freeze, fade with lines on top and the image will refresh in which the process repeats again (see videos below for example). The top 5% of the screen is fine with no issues. The sound works fine. If I turn the TV off for a couple minutes (sometimes I can just turn it on and off) it will be fine with no issues at all for the rest of the night/day. Tonight was the first time I just left the issue alone, it landed up stopping after about 2-3 minutes and was fine. Some days it won't do it at all for a few days then it'll come back randomly.
I also noticed after I power cycle it that sometimes it'll blink to a black screen very quickly about every 60-120 seconds. This will go on for about 5-10 minutes then stop. The blinking is very quick with no issues with the sound. Just like the issue above after it stops it doesn't come back.
I've been searching weekly since November for answers, I've looked all over google and Youtube. I haven't found any pictures or videos that match my issue. I've also asked for help at other places with no luck. I just want to know if I can actually fix this or should I be shopping for a new TV (which I hope isn't the case
)I've included pictures and below is two video links. The first was from last year and the second is from tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxDI_EDL1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSJDm31i09s
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