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BillB2446:
My wife and I have a 52" Samsung TV. We watch it from our couch about eight feet away directly facing the TV. Every time my wife stands up, the TV blacks out for a couple of seconds. Yet when I stand up, nothing happens. I am thinking it must have something to do with static, but it happens when she is at least six feet away and it never happens to me. I am stumped.

Any idea for the explanation, and is this slowly killing our TV?

Thanks.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: BillB2446 on March 01, 2024, 05:18:11 am ---My wife and I have a 52" Samsung TV. We watch it from our couch about eight feet away directly facing the TV. Every time my wife stands up, the TV blacks out for a couple of seconds. Yet when I stand up, nothing happens. I am thinking it must have something to do with static, but it happens when she is at least six feet away and it never happens to me. I am stumped.

And idea for the explanation, and is this slowly killing our TV?

Thanks.

--- End quote ---

The only obvious difference between you and your wife is that she doesn't have a Y chromosome. Are there any other differences that aren't obvious to us?

woofy:
No idea, but strange things can certainly happen.

Many moons ago I started my working life as a TV engineer for a now defunct company. One customer I visited was complaining that the TV changed channels all by itself at random times. I checked everything I could think of, including making sure the customer wasn't sitting on the remote control, but without anything conclusive. The lady had made me a cuppa and we were sitting down chatting. There was a fire in the hearth and in front of the fire her dog was snoozing. I reach out to stroke the dog and it looked up and yawned. At that moment the TV changed channels and I knew the reason, I said "your dog is changing channels". Imagine the look she gave me.
In those days the remote control was ultrasonic, just two channels. One to change channels, cycling through the few that ere available at the time, and one to toggle the sound mute. The dog was emitting just the right frequency to change channels when it yawned. I convinced the lady by shaking my car keys in front of the TV and muted/unmuted the sound a few times. Some time later I did get confirmation from the customer that it was indeed the dog, a very fluffy cuddly labrador.

BillB2446:
I am a lot bigger than her. That's all I can think of. This happens *every time* she gets up off the couch. I have never seen it happen once to me.

Zero999:
Does it turn of or simply lose the signal?

Is it cable or via an aerial?

Does it happen when it's connected to a DVD player or games console?

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