Is it time to put my TV out of it's misery?

sunflower27

Hi there

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I am wondering if my TV has had it.

I have a 6-year-old Beko TV. Over the past weeks I have noticed that the picture will just freeze and the only way I can get it to work again is to turn it off at the powerpoint and then turn it back on a few seconds later. Sometimes it freezes up again immediately, sometimes minutes and hour later and sometimes it is OK for a day or so (and I start to think it has fixed itself )

I really am not in a position to be buying a new TV at the moment, so am wondering if there is a simple explanation for this. I know I am probably clutching at straws, but any advice welcome.

Neffa2

does it do this on all sources (TV, DVD, games console)?

sunflower27

Neffa2 wrote: »

does it do this on all sources (TV, DVD, games console)?

Hi

No, just TV (I don't have games and don't recall it happening on the DVD).

I first noticed it happening about 8 year ago for a few months and then it seemed to sort itself out and was fine for ages.

It is frozen every morning when I turn it on though. Like this morning, so I turned it off and on for a few seconds and it is running fine now.

Thing is, I am looking to rent out a room and can't do so if the TV is playing up like this but I'm not financially in a position to buy a nice big new one.

Peter Rhea

What kind of signal are you feeding it?

sunflower27

Sorry Peter, what do you mean by signal?:o

It's just plugged into the wall, no aerial or anything. Excuse ignorance, I am obviously not technically-minded.

Peter Rhea

The 'pictures' must come from somewhere, where does the wall connection lead?

John mac

have you got a sky box, upc box?

how many cables are comming out of the tv, (apart from the Power )

what channels have you got?

sunflower27

Two cables from the TV (one being power). I have a chorus ntl black box with a good few channels... BBC, SKy etc.

Vince Cable

The cable box is probably the source of the problem, not the tv.

Neffa2

sunflower27 wrote: »

Hi

No, just TV (I don't have games and don't recall it happening on the DVD).

I first noticed it happening about 8 year ago for a few months and then it seemed to sort itself out and was fine for ages.

It is frozen every morning when I turn it on though. Like this morning, so I turned it off and on for a few seconds and it is running fine now.

Thing is, I am looking to rent out a room and can't do so if the TV is playing up like this but I'm not financially in a position to buy a nice big new one.

Does turning the TV on/off fix the problem or are you turning the cable box on/off as well?

watty

CRT pictures don't freeze. Unless it's a madly expensive high end "pal plus" Philips or Sony WS with digital processing.

It will be the NTL box. (UPC now).

sunflower27

watty wrote: »

CRT pictures don't freeze. Unless it's a madly expensive high end "pal plus" Philips or Sony WS with digital processing.

It will be the NTL box. (UPC now).

Oh, thanks a million, guys.

I will have a closer look at the box and make sure all the cables are connected properly. If they are and it keeps happening, I will enquire about getting another box.

Much appreciated.

Capt'n Midnight

there is a chance something is overheating , so make sure there is plenty of ventilation around the TV and anyboxes especially if it happens more on warmer days