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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: gravdigr on February 10, 2008, 03:14:32 PM

Title: I'm a sad panda
Post by: gravdigr on February 10, 2008, 03:14:32 PM

So last night we wanted to watch a movie.  I have netflix and through it's view on demand service we decided to watch grindhouse.  So I hook my laptop up to our 5 month old 32" lcd tv, the movie played fine.  So this morning I go to turn on the tv and nothing, it's stuck in standby.  After some searching on google I come to find this is a common problem as somehow a power surge through the d-sub cable can screw up the mainboard and or power supply.  From what I have read if you want to use the tv as a monitor for a computer the safest thing is to use the hdmi port and a converter to connect to your pc.  Wish I had known this yesterday  :wail:

Title: Re: I'm a sad panda
Post by: Dwg115 on February 10, 2008, 04:49:04 PM

ouch!!!! is that common with all TV's?

Title: Re: I'm a sad panda
Post by: The Shoctor on February 11, 2008, 08:22:56 AM

I haven't had the issue with the Westy.. But I did tell you the one issue you I have is that will sometimes come out of sync when it changes resolution... Just turn it off and on again or change inputs and it's fine.

Title: Re: I'm a sad panda
Post by: decepticon on February 11, 2008, 08:25:19 AM

Unplug the tv for the day and see if it resets to factory settings or whatnot.

Title: Re: I'm a sad panda
Post by: gravdigr on February 11, 2008, 11:10:16 AM

Did the unplug for a day thing and nada.  I guess the problem stems from plugging and unplugging inputs while the tv is on.  I dunno exactly what TVs are affected but I know polaroid and I have seen posts about sharp and vizio doing this as well.