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Saturday, November 27th, 2021 11:08 AM

Screen goes black then comes back on

New Samsung QLED TV goes black then comes back in 5-10 seconds.    Only TV in the house that this happens on.   Had it on WIFi and now direct wired to internet.   Happened the same on both

ACE - Expert

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3 years ago

Use an external streaming device.

ACE - Expert

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3 years ago

This seems to be a common problem with Samsung TV's using the built-in DIRECTV stream client.  As bcbsncjlj suggests, use a separate streaming device and your problem will almost certainly go away.


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