Is this a flatscreen TV?
Is the TV turned-on and showing a picture?
Are you trying to take a picture of the TV itself or trying to take a picture of what is on the the TV screen?
If you want a picture of what is on the TV screen and it is a flatscreen TV, you do not want the flash to fire.
So you should set the camera to "no-flash".
Place the camera about 2 to 3 feet from the TV screen.
The camera should autofocus on the screen.
You should get a relatively good shot of the contents of the TV screen.
It will probably not be as good as you expected because,
It will likely show some degree of a moire pattern.
What is a moire pattern?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern
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if i point a canon a1200 to a tv, i focus when i shoot there is no flash,i only see the tv and room dark.However if if i zoom the flasher works. But if i focus away from the tv hold the release and point to the tv the flasher works.
if i point a fuji av 230, in the same position at the same tv,focus, and the flasher works.
I must chose one, but don't know which one is wright ? thanks

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