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Posted on Nov 18, 2007

My picture looks like cartoon characters from new commercials

My TV is 1 year old and the picture appears like those new tv commercials that have a look of real people but they are distorted cartoon looking characters. I have tried to reset, etc to no avail. I have called TV repair (still under warranty) but thought I would ask if anyone else is having this problem?

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  • ClearPic Dec 07, 2007

    yes, mine was 3 days past warranty and the pic looks like an animated cartoon. sometimes everthing will turn blue, and also a hortizontal blue line will appear often

  • dinotech Jan 22, 2008

    having the same problem. any fix for this problem?

  • braddukenuke Feb 06, 2008

    Same problem WRT the cartoon character look. Anyone find out what causes it?

  • mhmhmh Mar 08, 2008

    Same problem WRT the cartoon character look,same model tv

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I had recently noticed the same thing happening with mine.Then the left half of the screen turned black and has various red, green, and blue vertical lines. The right half of the screen shows has the picture just fine. It's exactly right down the middle of the screen.

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