Standby turn the tv on and flashing standby light stays on and and the word element is on the tv I call element last year but didnt write down the solution they gave me. there is nothing in the book that comes with the tv on how to get it out of the standby mode

Hi ya
I had the same problem just today with my Goodmans GTVL26W8HD TV I was at it all day trying to get it to turn on. It was like it was stuck in stand by mode, Until my partner opened it up and unplugged the control panel at the top of the TV ( The manual control buttons ) now it works via the remote control . He does stress however thats its extreamly dangeroue to mess with TV;s as the electrical current in a TV even when unplugged can Kill , So if you don't know what your doing leave well alone and get someone who does know what they are doing to do it for you
Good Luck :-)