Olevia 26" Flat Screen
I too had a similar problem with my 26" Olevia LCD TV, except it would flicker at different frequencies like a strobe light. The flicker would even increase in speed, giving the visual illusion that the TV was about to blow up. After several power-on, power-off, unplug, repeat, I was about to give up and think about looking for another TV. I saw your posts here and both of you "hit" the TV and it seemed to fix it, right? Same here -- I gave the TV several good lateral "whacks" upon the outer edges of the unit! The whacks weren't violent, just slightly "jarring" and after that, the TV stopped the flickering. As you've said, it is quite juvenile to go beating on electronics, but interestingly enough, this method of "fixing" the electronics does at least seem to have an effect if done correctly.
I do also note that I went into the TV's menus and intentionally set the "Back Light" setting to "Dark" and "DNR" to "Low" to perhaps attempt to lesser drive the back light. Since the beatings and then the much more rational idea of changing the menu options, the TV has worked, at least for a while now, relatively well.
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