Tivo booting but all blue screen ie no outupt

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Tivo HD is showing a blue screen, no video or audio, yet it is fully booted. All front panel displays indicate the tivo is booted. When unplugging and replugging it in it shows the welcome screen for a few minutes, then at some point it switches and the video signal goes dead...but it seemingly continues to finish booting.

I have switched from HDMI to Composite cables to try something different and the same thing happens.

Any clues here or do I give up on this thing....I have had it for a long time....Tivo offers me a premier with a lifetime transfer for $350 the last time I called them...maybe it is time...unless there is a better deal out there.

Thanks

 

To answer these questions. It goes from the welcome...then flickers and goes dark and stays dark while it continues to boot.

I can ping the tivo just fine, it shows up on my network. When using the remote, it looks like (from the front panel) that it is receiving signal.

As for the price...$350 and you have to not use the old "broken" one anymore...meaning it cant be used or sold or whatever....At least that is my understanding, but I need to call them again. And as for better prices on ebay or something...I hate to buy a used one ... rather get it from Tivo then save $50 ... unless the deal was screaming.

Any morre thoughts out there?

 

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One more update. I pulled the tivo from the entertainment center/Home theater setup so i could mess with it a little easier.

Verified again that it crashes output and continues to boot with HDMI and Composite...HOWEVER...the video output is fine for analog (the yellow only cable)...so it looks really bad on the big TV, but proves that the tivo is still fully booting.

Seems to be something with HD output...is this fixable? I do have a parts unit that I bought once for the psu, but I wouldnt know where to begin.

 

That is correct...it works fine for SD/4:3 the grandkids cant tell the difference. Im gonna keep using it. I will find out if they will deal on the refurb premier.

 

I have tried a new cable and there is only 1 HDMI port on the tivo (I did try multiple ports on the receiver...I think the port is just bad...but the component cable went out at the same time...so i am stuck with the yellow compoosite video out...until that one dies.