Toshiba 32" Model# 32A33 TV About 5 years old

You might have intermittent ON/OFF switch. Can't think of anything else according to the description of the fault.

If your comfortable doing it remove the back and unhook the connector from the inferred sensor board, then try to turn the set on with the buttons on the set and shut it off again, if it works ok then that board is bad, if you still have the issue replace the main board

Hello,
Are you using a universal remote? Does the power button on the set work properly?

You have an old tv so the best problems are bad capacitors and bad grounds. Have someone pull the board and search for high voltage caps [160volts or 250 volts] with 1 to 4.7 microfarads. Should be two or maybe three and check all grounds. If the 4 amp fuse is good than the above will save your TV.

You could try a universal remote

vertical collapse. usually not to expensive to fix.

your closed caption feature is turn on and in the text mode. either turn off the closed captions or change it from text to cc1

Buy a replacement remote - universal type to control everything except the toaster and kettle. Get your exact model number of tv and get a specific one from radioshack 15$

My dad and I fixed the TV/Video problem over the weekend using one of the solutions suggested. Make sure you stay away from the red wire running from the back of the tube to the circuit board.

1. Take the cover off the back of the TV.
2. On the bottom of the TV is a circuit board that is mounted on top of a plastic tray. Remove the cables running from the speakers by squeezing the tab on the white plug and pulling them up and off the board.
3. Looking at the back of the TV, pull the board+tray out (barely secured in there) and flip it 180 degrees so you're looking at the front of the board.
4. Desolder and remove the TV/Video push button. It's labeled on the PCB, and should be the second button in from the left.
5. Place the tray back in the TV and make sure the other buttons still remaining on the baord are aligned with the buttons on the front of the TV.
6. Put the cover back and you're done.

TV works as good as new again. Of course I can't use the TV/Video button on the TV itself, but the remote handles that fine. 20 minutes max, and no repairman needed.

you could be having a problem in your video circuit or your flyback transformer is bad have a tech look at it for repair.