CJT wrote in :

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When you say you tried with the VCR, did you try playing a tape?

And is the result the same on VHF and UHF?

It sounds like the tuner may have died. Does that set have a direct
video input? If it does, that would come in past the tuner.

Yah, tuner is dead for whatever reason. Power supply to it has gone, the
tuner itself does not work, etc. A mid 90's Magnavox TV set is 10 years old
and not really worth putting any money into to fix. You can hook up an old
VCR to the video input and then connect your cable to the VCR to use for a
tuner. Heck, you can get a brand new VCR at Wallmart for less than fourty
dollars. That is a *lot* cheaper than fixing a 10 year old television set.

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~Ohmster