I've seen some strange things but this seems like truly one of the stranger technical issues I have ever encountered.
We just purchased a Samsung LN32B36 TV for our bedroom. On Wed I picked up an RNG110 HD box from Comcast. That is where the strangeness started. When I first turn on my TV, the remote for the cable box will not function. I know it isn't the remote, it works fine on my other box and the remote from that one will not work in here either. Moving around with the remote doesn't help, neither does moving closer or further from the box. Every now and then I can get a single command to go through if I keep hitting buttons but it's too infrequent to be useful. After a few minutes the problem goes away and the remote then functions normally (until the TV is turned off again anyways). The cable box stays on, I don't normally turn it off.
My first thought was that it might be something odd with the HDMI connection (maybe it was locking up when the devices synced or something) so I unplugged it and switched over to a set of component cables. Same thing. The TV is located on a dresser next to a doorway. On a hunch I moved the cable box (still connected) around the corner of the doorway and the remote worked normally. Moved it back to it's position next to the TV (sitting under the lower-right corner) and it stopped working again. One last test I did was, once it was working, to turn the TV off for about 15-20 seconds and then turn it back on. It still took the usual amount of time to start working correctly again.
I am completely baffled by this behavior. I was hoping someone here might have some ideas what might be causing this. If it is a problem with the TV, I only have 14 days to return it or exchange it at the store (I don't know if they have any more of this model for an exchange either) or I can go through Samsung to try to get it fixed.
We just purchased a Samsung LN32B36 TV for our bedroom. On Wed I picked up an RNG110 HD box from Comcast. That is where the strangeness started. When I first turn on my TV, the remote for the cable box will not function. I know it isn't the remote, it works fine on my other box and the remote from that one will not work in here either. Moving around with the remote doesn't help, neither does moving closer or further from the box. Every now and then I can get a single command to go through if I keep hitting buttons but it's too infrequent to be useful. After a few minutes the problem goes away and the remote then functions normally (until the TV is turned off again anyways). The cable box stays on, I don't normally turn it off.
My first thought was that it might be something odd with the HDMI connection (maybe it was locking up when the devices synced or something) so I unplugged it and switched over to a set of component cables. Same thing. The TV is located on a dresser next to a doorway. On a hunch I moved the cable box (still connected) around the corner of the doorway and the remote worked normally. Moved it back to it's position next to the TV (sitting under the lower-right corner) and it stopped working again. One last test I did was, once it was working, to turn the TV off for about 15-20 seconds and then turn it back on. It still took the usual amount of time to start working correctly again.
I am completely baffled by this behavior. I was hoping someone here might have some ideas what might be causing this. If it is a problem with the TV, I only have 14 days to return it or exchange it at the store (I don't know if they have any more of this model for an exchange either) or I can go through Samsung to try to get it fixed.