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TV Audio and Video randomly go out.

Hi all! I did a quick search and didn't find anything relevant. So I'm hoping you can help me out.

I have a 52 inch Samsung TV. It is about 5-6 years old. In the last 4-6 months it started randomly losing sound and picture at the same time. The black outs last anywhere from a few seconds to almost a whole minute. At first I thought it was my cable box, but I had a recent issue with that and they gave me a new one but the issue persists. I next thought the issue was with my HDMI port, so I switched it over to the one I use for my Blu-Ray. Everything seemed fine at first but my family started complaining it was doing it again.

I hardly ever experience it since I barely watch TV. I don't have my exactly model number at this time. I have not noticed the blacking out on anything but the Cable box, but we don't use the other devices much at all. I can say though that since the problem started, I never saw the problem or had the kids complain of the problem from the WII.

Is it possible the HDMI cable is bad? I would think not since when I switch the ports, I switch the cable with the one I was using for my Blu-Ray.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. TYIA.
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Um, maybe later?

next time it happens, press the button on the cable remote control that displays current channel information.
if you do not see that appear, try pressing the "MENU" button on samsung remote.
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