Entertainment Center: TVs, Stereos, VCRs and DVDs - Blue screen on Toshiba LCD TV

I just bought a Toshiba LCD TV, actually this is my 2nd one. I took back the first with the same issue. Occasionally, my TV goes to a blue screen, but I retain the audio. It doesn't matter which input I'm on.

Its running off a cable HD box using HDMI cables. It will correct itself, once I turn the TV off for a few min and then turn it back on. As mentioned, the first one had this problem too, so I swapped it out for my current one. Same issue happened last night.

I did a search for this issue on the forum and found some answers, but I'd like somebody to address my specific issue. Somebody mentioned try "retuning it"? How?

Is this issue Toshiba specific? Should I just get a different brand? I had a Sony for awhile, and did not experience this issue.


Thanks!

Are you sure they didn't mean "returning" it? According to Consumer's Reports TV reviews a couple of months ago, Toshiba had a good reputation on their LCD TV's. They, like Sony, have dropped out of the plasma market, so LCD's are the only flatpanel models they sell anymore. According to CR, all the Japanese-branded LCD TV's were recommended, but other brands like Philips, Vizio, Olevia, etc, were not as consistently reliable.

I know Toshiba is supposed to be reliable, but the blue screen problem has reoccured and this is my 2nd TV.

Have you looked to see if there is a firmware update for the set? I know on my Phillips you can plug in a flash stick and update the software for the TV. Look on Toshiba's website.

Two TVs with the same weird issue tells me there may be something else causing the problem, and TVs might be ok.

Did the store find anything wrong with the first one you returned? (If so, I would have insisted they that tested the second one before it left the store.)

Have you tried the analog inputs to see if the problem continues? Have you swapped HDMI cables or tried the cable box with a different TV?

The fact that the blue screen would not correct itself when I attempted to play a DVD hints it might not be the cable box. The DVD is setup totally separate from the cable box. 1 HDMI from cable box and 1 HDMI directly from the DVD player.
I will look for a firmware update.

If it's not the TV, HDMI has issues all over the place.

Try a component cable and see if the blue screen goes away!!


fred

HDMI has issues all over the place.

Man, you got that right! I can't believe the manufacturers really think it's ready for prime time. Funny thing is, good ol' analog component looks every bit as good as digital to me. All we're talking about is that last three feet from a box to the TV, and analog can handle that distance with no degradation at all.