On 14 Jan 2003 06:57:49 -0800, solteszbr@msx.upmc.edu (ben) wrote:

>This could be just some strange coincidence but I was pointing my

>Cannon Optura Pi at my TV last night while I was showing my son how to

>use manual focus. Later when I tried to turn on my TV – nothing! Now

>my GE TV is about 10 years old but I've never had any problems with it

>and nothing recently to suggest it was about to die.

>Could the infrared from the camcorder messed up the TV somehow through

>the tube or remote sensor? I'm very perplexed.

I assume you have switched the input back to "tuner"...? ;-)

If so, the only thing I can think of (unlikely) is that

the brightness was set high enough on the TV for feedback of

the camera image to damage the TV (the camera "sees" the TV

screen, sends an image of it to the TV which brightens it,

that is picked up by the camera which again sends it to the

TV, etc. - but DV is limited to a fairly safe level of

output, the TV should tolerate brief over-brightening, and

failure would likely happen while you were watching it...).