HDTV 'know it all's' please enter...

Discussion in 'General' started by rwfanatic, May 21, 2010.

  1. rwfanatic

    rwfanatic

    7,178
    451
    Joined
    Jun 20, 2005
    I have a 42' LG plasma tv and somehow, out of nowhere, all 3 of my HDMI ports have been messing up when being used. The screen will... 'flash' I guess would be the easiest way to describe it for a split second, and then the sound will go out. To get it back I have to turn down or turn up the volume then it'll last just a few minutes before doing it again. If the tv is out of warranty how much am I looking at to getting this fixed? It's quite annoying. So annoying in having to turn the volume up and down that I've gone back to using AV cables, [​IMG]. Has anyone heard of this before?
     
  2. crank lucas

    crank lucas

    13,244
    11
    Joined
    Nov 19, 2007
    could be the cable itself and not the port, try it with another cable
     
  3. rwfanatic

    rwfanatic

    7,178
    451
    Joined
    Jun 20, 2005
    Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I've been through 3 different brands. All 3 cords in all 3 slots can't be faulty.
     
  4. rwfanatic

    rwfanatic

    7,178
    451
    Joined
    Jun 20, 2005
    Yeah... still need some assistance with this.
     
  5. jumpman247

    jumpman247

    8,330
    705
    Joined
    Dec 21, 2000
    Have you called LG?
     
  6. rwfanatic

    rwfanatic

    7,178
    451
    Joined
    Jun 20, 2005
    They said they wont have any available technicians to come out and look at it this coming week. I'm wondering if having them come and look at it/fix it will be super expensive, or should I just find another repair place to fix it.
     
  7. hollowpoints

    hollowpoints

    492
    10
    Joined
    Mar 5, 2003
    what do you have connected to the set via hdmi? Cable/satellite converter, game system, DVD player?

    I work for a cable company and have replaced quite a few converters due to bad HDMI ports. I have a Pioneer plasma, a Scientific Atlanta HD DVR converter and an Xbox 360 both using HDMI cables from monoprice.com. Every once in a while, the audio cuts out every few seconds on an HD channel or goes out completely, and I have to switch to a standard digital channel, then back to the HD channel to restore audio. Never had a problem with my 360.
     
  8. rwfanatic

    rwfanatic

    7,178
    451
    Joined
    Jun 20, 2005
    Just my ps3 goes through the HDMI slots.