Tv "grounding out" cable?

My cable provider called and told me to disconnect my TV as it was interfering with the cable to my home and my neighbors. The tech. they sent said that my TV was "grounding to itself" and I would need to have it repaired. I bought my tv 6 months ago, it's a Sanyo 32 inch flat screen. Has anyone heard of this?

Answer:
the condition is referred to as a hot chassis and it will back feed amperage threw your cable line and cause problems hes not talking threw the back of his neck you can detect this with a meter
is it working ok ? can you receive various channels ?
then its not your tv , since if your tv was interfering with the cable (grnding it out) it would affect what you see on your tv.

saying that how did the cable company know it was you ?
could be a bad connection somewhere or water on a connection

and are you sure it was the cable company ? (have to ask)
Sanyo has high failure tuners, and it dosnt surprise me at all.

Thats why you pay cheap for it.

Ive seen it b4. Buy a Sony.
well,,,, does your TV have a three prong or two prong?

If it has a two prong, then it wont gorund itself cause it is connected directly to your hot and netural lines, in the wall...

if your tv has three prongs,,,, then the third prong is the ground lead.. I doubt, the TV is the problem, if anything your outlet has a grounding problem. take an electrical tester to it
During a lifetime working professionally in electronics I have never heard of something "grounding to itself".
The expression just doesn't make technical or grammatical sense.

The "tech" was talking through the back of his neck.

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