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Originally Posted by villagetinker
I am going to ASSUME the TV was connected to a cable for the television signal. If this is the case the a surge probably came in through the cable to the TV. If you have an external tuner (like Comcast, or Spectrum, etc) test that device to see if it is working. Also, see if the TV has a fuse. Finally, unplug the TV wait several minutes, then plug in again and see if it resets and comes back on.
If all of this fails, then as suggested above contact the manufacturer and the store you bough it from to see about repair or replacement.
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Correct. I had a lightning strike about four years ago. The lightning hit the tree in our backyard and spread through the roots in the ground. It actually exploded roots in the lawn. Wow, what power. The current came into the house on the burried cable service not the power service. At the time we had a Comcast Set Top box. It took out that Box and also took out the HDMI input in the HDTV the Box was connected to. The other HDMI input still worked. Called Comcast and they came out and replaced their Set Top Box. The tech assured me, there will be no charge for the visit, it was their problem. We never said the word "lightning". Yet when my bill showed up the next month, Comcast charged me $80 for the service call. It took me 3 months to get that charge removed. They kept saying that the tech coded the call "customer charge" even thought they had a record of their equipment being replaced. Went all the way up to regional VP in Jacksonville before that $80 was removed.
In Florida, any time severe storms are forecast, we shut down and UNPLUG our computers, TVs (now on WiFi) and MY Router and any other expensive equipment from the phone, cable or electric outlets.
BTW, Surge Protectors DO NOT protect against lightning strikes. It goes right through them.
Word to the wise...
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