I'm unsure of the question here but at 7 years you would get estimates and then decide what to do.
Bob
My Samsung LN46A540P2F TV which is about 7 years old has begun to give issues with reception. I have two antennas in the house and have connected them both to the tv with the same result which does not occur on my other set so I am pretty sure the problem is not antenna related.
What happens is that the pictures cuts out (weak/ no signal message) for about 2-3 seconds every minute and pixelates mildly about every 20 seconds.

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