Usmiech writes:

"Fred Mann" wrote in
:

I have a Samsung TV manufactured in 1998. I picked it up from a trash
pile on bulky-item pickup day!! To my surprise, it worked fine. But
occasionally, the picture would "compress" or shrink in an oscillating
fashion. It would "shrink" in the way that the image "shrinks" when
you turn off a TV (right before the screen goes black). It would
oscillate, and sometimes turn itself off. (sound was fine) Gradually,
this started to happen more often, until it began to turn itself off
after only a couple of minutes. Now, when I hit the power button, the
TV does not come on at all, but there is a "click" sound, followed
immediatley by another "click" sound as the TV shuts itself back off.
Any ideas?
Thanks!!!
Fred

Buy a new one at Walmart for about $100.

Heck, and I thought this was a *repair* groupt.

Great advice.

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