Snowy picture on certain channels and only sometimes

Recently the Comcast cable had a problem with service and the cable kept going on and off ever since then certain channels have been really snowy/fuzzy and other channels somewhat fuzzy, could it be a problem with the TV now or could it be the actual cable , it used to never be snowy/fuzzy, is there any settings we can check on the tv

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Hello, the best option for you is to put another (small) TV instead of plasma to check whether your cable is OK. If you need more info please advice. Arpi

Posted on Apr 26, 2007

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