Hey guys,
New here, but looking for opinions. We had a BIG storm come through on Sunday with many lighting strikes all around. I have DirecTV for TV and cable for internet. One lightning strike knocked out the Internet for several hours. During that storm my TV HDMI ports decided to go crazy on me.
Now, I don't have a coax from the cable company going to my TV, but I do have DirecTV coax going to the TV. I'm not sure if lightning did get it, but right now it's my best guess.
Let me try to describe the symptoms of my TV. My menu systems all work, on screen display seems fine, I can see menus when switching between inputs, TV menu comes up fine. My HDMI is having issues, but it's not completely dead. If HDMI just totally died, it'd be easier to diagnose (maybe), but I'm seeing signs of life. but it does seem to be getting worse.
When I turned on HDMI right after the storm, the screen would flicker with the DTV box hooked up. It would flicker, then it would go snowy white, then back on to TV, then flicker more. Then, it would just lose the signal, and the TV would report that the TV could not find signal. I've switched through all 4 HDMI ports, and the same behaviour happens. Sometimes, I can reset the DTV box, (it's a genie client, so it reboots fairly quickly), and when I do a reboot, sometimes I will see the TV recognize input (but not show anything), and then go back to searching for signal. Other times I will see the low resolution boot screen of DTV, then the TV will go black, saying searching for signal.
I know lightning does crazy things. Does this sound like something lighting would do? I don't remember a specific strike, but there was a LOT of lighting in the area.
If anyone could offer their opinions, I'd appreciate it. Also, if you have suggestions of what to do, that'd be helpful too. Seriously, thanks for any help I can get.
I'm kinda freaking out that my baby (the TV) is in bad shape. The TV is 4 years old, but has been great.
Thanks
Woody
New here, but looking for opinions. We had a BIG storm come through on Sunday with many lighting strikes all around. I have DirecTV for TV and cable for internet. One lightning strike knocked out the Internet for several hours. During that storm my TV HDMI ports decided to go crazy on me.
Now, I don't have a coax from the cable company going to my TV, but I do have DirecTV coax going to the TV. I'm not sure if lightning did get it, but right now it's my best guess.
Let me try to describe the symptoms of my TV. My menu systems all work, on screen display seems fine, I can see menus when switching between inputs, TV menu comes up fine. My HDMI is having issues, but it's not completely dead. If HDMI just totally died, it'd be easier to diagnose (maybe), but I'm seeing signs of life. but it does seem to be getting worse.
When I turned on HDMI right after the storm, the screen would flicker with the DTV box hooked up. It would flicker, then it would go snowy white, then back on to TV, then flicker more. Then, it would just lose the signal, and the TV would report that the TV could not find signal. I've switched through all 4 HDMI ports, and the same behaviour happens. Sometimes, I can reset the DTV box, (it's a genie client, so it reboots fairly quickly), and when I do a reboot, sometimes I will see the TV recognize input (but not show anything), and then go back to searching for signal. Other times I will see the low resolution boot screen of DTV, then the TV will go black, saying searching for signal.
I know lightning does crazy things. Does this sound like something lighting would do? I don't remember a specific strike, but there was a LOT of lighting in the area.
If anyone could offer their opinions, I'd appreciate it. Also, if you have suggestions of what to do, that'd be helpful too. Seriously, thanks for any help I can get.
I'm kinda freaking out that my baby (the TV) is in bad shape. The TV is 4 years old, but has been great.
Thanks
Woody
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