Hi guys... I'm fearing the worst but I thought I'd ask here first.
The TV in question is LG 55LS4500 which I got real cheap, as it was broken.

When I first power up the TV, the power LED blinks 3 times (not sure if that means anything), the backlight comes on and a wide grey bar shows up at the far left side of the TV as per below:


I can only assume that at this point the TV is trying to display the name of the input source (PC, TV, HDMI, etc...)

After a few seconds, this will disappear and another bar will cycle in different locations...

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