I'll tell you what, I have talked to about 3 other owners of JVC 27 inch sets, and they have all experienced the same problem after a couple years or so. One of the owners told me he had it repaired and it works fine now - the problem is supposedly a faulty tv tuner. I am thinking of getting mine repaired, but if it costs more than $50, I'm better off just buying a new tv. I contacted JVC with this issue and explained to them the problem and that it is very common. I asked if there was any way they would fix it for free or re-emberse my repair costs and they told me no because they have never heard of such a problem. Frankly, I'm pretty upset and I definitely won't be buying any more JVC products.