When TV is turned on, it is frying w/ noise. sometimes I can adjust/shake the cable that links the the TV to converter box. the picture will then show, maybe for a few hours then fry and automatically shutoff. the tv sits on the fridge and its the 2nd tv to fry, I've replaced cables.

SOURCE: Black screen

could be some bad solder connections on the crt socket or around the flyback area dealing with the brightness

SOURCE: picture in picture problem

When you use the Time Warner Digital box, you're using the tuner inside that box rather than the tuner inside your TV to select a channel. Picture in picture TV's have two tuner's inside so you can view two channels, but they can only tune the analog channels from your cable company, and only if it's hooked up in a manner that will permit this to happen.

So you only have one digital tuner (the Time Warner Box) so you can only view one channel at a time even though your TV supports Picture in Picture.

It MAY be possible to have limited use of the PIP if you connect your TV in a different way. Your Time Warner box is most likely connected to your TV set with composite cables, those are the Yellow, Red, White cables. If you buy a coaxial cable splitter and split the cable before it goes into the Time Warner box you can then run a coax cable into both the Time Warner box and the coax input on your TV. This would allow you to tune the analog Time Warner channels with both of your TV's tuners. In my area I think the first 60 channels or so are still available in analog, but there is no way to watch any of the higher premium channels without the Time Warner box.

If you go through these steps and you select the coax input on your TV your PIP will work on the lower channels. It MAY be possible to tell your TV to display the input from the composite cables on one of the PIP screens and the input from the coax on the other, but I kind of doubt it.

I know this sounds complicated and if you're not familiar with the way all this works it is complicated. The reason lots of people won't respond to this kind of question on this site is because there is no easy fix and by trying to help I run the risk of getting a bad rating. I don't get paid for this, I just like trying to help, so if I have not explained this in a way that's helpful to you please ask some additional questions before you give me a bad rating. Thanks.

SOURCE: Panasonic TV picture shrinks to a line

There is an IC which controls the vertical deflection and over the course of a few (or 8) years with the set heating up and cooling off some of the connections work their way loose causing the symptoms you describe.
If you were to bang on the side of the set you could likely "pop" it back in but this is not a good solution. The vertical IC needs to be re-soldered. This is especially common in Panasonic sets. About 10 minutes with a soldering iron should have it worked out.

If you're handy with a soldering iron I can tell you what to look for.

SOURCE: HDMI connections no longer work after lightening storm. TV works

try replaced H board

SOURCE: The cable guy programmed the cable remote to turn

Does your cable remote have a little button that says "tv" ? Usually you have to tell the remote which machine it is controlling, and you do that by first pressing the button "tv" "cable" or "cbl" "dvd" etc. Once you do that, it will use the frequency for the item you selected. After you turn on the tv, you'll then have to press "cbl" or "cable" to operate your cable box.

Your power should be fine unless you also had a surge or lightning strike.