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A TV that flickers can be everything from a minor loose connection to a board-level failure that needs real diagnostics. In Phoenix, where heat swings are no joke and electronics live through baking summers, I see the same pattern often enough that it stops being surprising. You get a set that powers on, the picture looks wrong for a second, then settles into flicker, or it goes black while sound continues like a ghostly radio. The good news is that many of these issues are