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Niagara

(9,363 posts)
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:14 PM Aug 9

Not a Computer but a 43" Vizio television, the guide isn't matching the channels, input issues and now no picture

If I had to guess it's most likely 10 years old which what I looked up is about the average lifespan of this television.


Last week, the guide wasn't matching the channels at all so I unplugged the television and the Roku device. Rebooting has always worked before. The guide was on track until a few days ago so again I rebooted both the television and Roku.







Yesterday I had some sort of input issue and couldn't get the television to work at all. I unplugged it all and plugged it all back in again and it worked.


Today, there's sound but only a brief picture after rebooting. The picture lasts for about 5 minutes.


My expertise in electronics is once setting a VCR clock in 1996 without an instruction manual and rebooting devices, so I'm not really tech savvy.


I'm hoping this television is salvageable and hoping there's a lose cable or something simple.


If this television needs to be replaced, I'm looking for a decent 43" brand under $400.


Any helpful suggestion or insights are welcomed.

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Not a Computer but a 43" Vizio television, the guide isn't matching the channels, input issues and now no picture (Original Post) Niagara Aug 9 OP
It could be the roku box too. Voltaire2 Aug 9 #1
Thank you for this, Voltaire2 Niagara Aug 9 #3
43 inch are pretty cheap. multigraincracker Aug 9 #2
Thank you, multigraincracker Niagara Aug 9 #4

Voltaire2

(14,631 posts)
1. It could be the roku box too.
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:33 PM
Aug 9

Do you have any other source for a tv input? Do you have another tv you could plug the roku into?

Most tv's have a menu for adjusting stuff. Unplug the roku and see if you can just use the tv remote (or if the tv has buttons for controlling it alternatively use those) to see if the tv works at all on its own.


Niagara

(9,363 posts)
3. Thank you for this, Voltaire2
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 04:42 PM
Aug 9

I now know that the television is done for.


Not exactly what I was hoping for but it is what it is.

multigraincracker

(33,913 posts)
2. 43 inch are pretty cheap.
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 04:34 PM
Aug 9

I’d pick up a Samsung that comes with the free cable network. I save a grand a year by dropping regular cable and using it. Might add Peacock for a few bucks a month to get MSN. I also added an over the air antenna for $45 and get another 70 channels of local broadcast that I love.

Niagara

(9,363 posts)
4. Thank you, multigraincracker
Fri Aug 9, 2024, 05:06 PM
Aug 9

Replacement will have to wait for awhile unfortunately.


I currently have a 25" PC monitor with speakers sitting in the place of the television, but at least I can watch TV.


We have an August DU fundraiser coming up soon too and I like being able to participate in that.

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