I was fixing to throw my TV away.
So my 32" Sony CRT started flashing about 3 weeks ago. It all started about every 5 minutes to now every 2 seconds. But now, if I watch it with everything turned all the way down(Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color adn etc.), it will play without flashing as long as I'm watching programs that doesnt have fast moving programs. But I could only watch it at night when I had all the lights turned off. My place was becoming more and more ghetto than ever before.........
Well I was going to call Comcast and cancel my service, then drag that thing outside somehow(I live on a 3rd floor). But for some reason I decided to plug in my DVD player and see what happens. It wasnt flashing so I gradually turned up my contrast and everything else. So far so good..... Now all the function is on fullblast, and it's not flashing at all. Thank Goodness!!!!!!!!!!!! It wasnt my SONY made back in 1996. I was starting to wonder about that, cuz I'm sure some members here still use TVs made more than 10+ years ago.
I also just plugged in TV coaxal straight in the back and everything looks fine too. I'm such a DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Say it with me if you can "jrhymeammo is a DUMBASS!!!!!!"
-jrhymumbass
so, how was it hooked up before?
Was it the cable box or what? What were you passing the signal through.
Up until a month or so ago, I never needed a cable box. I just split the incoming cable frrd to whatever devices needed it, mainly VCR's and TV's. I never "passed " the signal through any devices. I would watch the output of the VCR via comopsite inputs on the TV but, aside from setting up the VCR and its timer, these were generally just recorded tapes.
Now that I got a "digital HD" box, things change somewhat but the cable box is the only thing the signal passes through and it goes straight to the TV. The VCR still only gets the basic stations I had before "Digital HD" but I can live with that.