Blank screen on TV

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RambleTamble

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We have a 50" Samsung TV and last night, the screen went blank. The light for the remote flickers when I hit the power button on button, but the screen remains blank. I swapped it out with a computer monitor, and everything worked fine with the same HDMI cable.

According to ChatGPT, it's probably a problem with the T-Con board (timing control board).

Anybody have any experience like that? The TV is probably 7 or 8 years old.
 

Our problem is we have an aging 55" Samsung. It has 3D.
Scarce 3D capable TVs now are super expensive. If this goes none of our 3D movies will be any good.
So, we put a smaller one on the table under it and save the big one for 3D and the better movies.
 

I have a Samsung older than yours and haven't had that problem. I found this short video that might help you, but I could not find any button on the bottom of my TV. Maybe yours has a button like the speaker is referring to.

 
MACKTEXAS said:
I have a Samsung older than yours and haven't had that problem. I found this short video that might help you, but I could not find any button on the bottom of my TV. Maybe yours has a button like the speaker is referring to.

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There is a button on mine as part of the remote sensor on the bottom of the TV. I tried what the guy in the video said to do (which would reset the software), but it had no effect. I also unplugged it for a minute.

I guess it's time to take the TV apart and find the T-Con panel.
 
Jules said:
Is your TV three months past the warranty? We never bought another Samsung again.
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No, it's about 7 years old. I've had fairly good luck with Samsung products.

I just ordered a new T-Con board off Amazon. It looks like it's coming from China, so it's going to take a couple of weeks to get here.

We'll have to watch movies on a little computer monitor until it gets here. I think I'll set up the monitor on the coffee table to make it easier to see. My hearing isn't so good, so I need closed captioning to be able to understand the dialogue in movies.
 
Did you try unplugging it and waiting a few minutes and plugging it back in. Sometimes these new electronics have to be reset. Hope you get it figured out.

I have a gnat in the back of my tv screen that i can't get rid of.
 
MarciKS said:
Did you try unplugging it and waiting a few minutes and plugging it back in. Sometimes these new electronics have to be reset. Hope you get it figured out.

I have a gnat in the back of my tv screen that i can't get rid of.
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Yeah, that's the first thing I tried. It didn't make any difference.
 
I know you stated you had unplugged it, but sometimes (rarely) my samsung requires everything from cable box, outlets, outlet strip, etc. to be unplugged. Then there is the whole remote control dance, back and forth. Good luck!
 

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