Why does my CRT TV flicker?

Question

I bought a Samsung Slimfit TX-T2082 SDTV about 8 months ago and have noticed some flickering in the picture since day one. The flickering is basically some slight unsteadiness in the picture which occurs mainly when a scene cuts from a bright picture to a darker one. The kind you see in old, classic movies. The flickering would mainly occur when a scene cuts, it would flicker for about 1-3 seconds and then stop. Looks to me like some kind of refresh rate thing, but I don't know why it's so obvious on this TV. On my older TVs, I never noticed this issue.

The flickering occurs on all sources, whether I'm watching cable, watching DVDs, or playing video games.

Does anyone know what the cause is and how I can go about fixing it? Also, if any of you have this exact model, do you experience flickering?

Answer 1

Could be that your 60Hz is lower than it should be.  Have you verified that your frequency is in fact at 60Hz?  Have you tried another outlet?  Do any fluorescent lighting do the same thing?

Answer 2

Check the wires.