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madamesilverspurs

(15,805 posts)
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:14 AM Jun 2012

Ummm...

Weird. Woke up in the middle of the night, heard voices in my living room. So I grabbed my trusty cane and made my way down the hall, stuck my head around the corner to see no one there. But the conversation continued, seemed to be like an infomercial about, of all things, some kind of face cream. At that, I surmised that I must have left the TV on as that's where the sound was coming from. So I grabbed the remote and turned to point it at the TV and was amazed to find it off. I clicked it on, and the conversation stopped, the TV showing Comedy Central where I'd watched Jon Stewart before heading off to bed. Turned it off, and it remained quiet, no more chit chat.

So, any ideas? And, no, I'm not doing drugs and I don't drink.

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Ummm... (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Jun 2012 OP
Early onset Schizophrenia? Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #1
Do you have a sound system or only the TV? Waltons_Mtn Jun 2012 #2
Your TV is possessed liberal N proud Jun 2012 #3
Ghosts in the machine! HappyMe Jun 2012 #4
Our tv sometimes does weird things like that KatyMan Jun 2012 #5
DON'T GO TO THE LIGHT!!!! jorno67 Jun 2012 #6
Bwah! nt gateley Jun 2012 #7
Mine does that if I don't turn off the aux amp:speakers that I usually turn on for Pandora. nt patrice Jun 2012 #8

Waltons_Mtn

(345 posts)
2. Do you have a sound system or only the TV?
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:17 AM
Jun 2012

My sound system is connected to my cable box. I can listen to a channel without having the TV on.

liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)
3. Your TV is possessed
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:17 AM
Jun 2012

We have a couple of cars that way, they run when they want to.

Sounds like it didn't shut down completely, just shut off the video. It is weird.




KatyMan

(4,191 posts)
5. Our tv sometimes does weird things like that
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:38 AM
Jun 2012

I think it was down to the fact that I had the cable box recording a show, and it would turn itself on to record every time the show was on, like if it repeated at 2am, it would record and sometimes the tv would come on. It's pretty disconcerting! I usually thought the cats did something to the remote. Damn cats...

jorno67

(1,986 posts)
6. DON'T GO TO THE LIGHT!!!!
Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:56 AM
Jun 2012

or wait...are you supposed to go to the light...or NOT go to the light...I can never remember...

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