Don't buy toshiba or magnavox. I just had to throw away my 3 year old magnavox 15 inch flat screen in the kitchen because it started screeching when you started it up - apparently a common problem (blown something or others - astounded when I googled it!). I ordered online a Toshiba with a DVD player and it is terrible - going back to Best Buy tomorrow. Snow on some channels, big delay when you change channels, and you have to either choose between having black lines on either side or weird stretched out people. Sharp is supposed to make the best small LCDs. Highly recommend going to a store and checking them out - some are much better than others.

Your TV got damaged and likely will have to be repairs or replaced. If the lights dimmed, then you had a power sag, not a surge ... although there may have been a surge when it was restored. Does the surge protector indicate it has been blown? Typically there's an indicator light, or is it obviously burned/damaged?

I have about 55" Phillips smart tv. Model 55PFL3907/F7 SN: VM1A1213110389. I had a power outage and the tv and direct tv modem were working when the power went out. Not so much when it came back on. The TV has a pink/violet picture stuck on it which has yellow writing. Doesn't seem to be a Phillips logo just some random picture. Plus the Direct tv modem isn't working properly either. The Direct tv company is coming to check it out but I'm looking for some input in case it turns out that the problem is with the tv. Thanks for any help you can give.

Sylvania, Magnavox, Philips, Emerson, Symphonic, are all brand names used by Funai Corp for LCD televisions - a low end manufacturer of consumer electronics. While originally a Japanese based manufacturer, most of their manufacturing is now done in China. They're also an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) of other consumer electronics, such as DVD/BluRay players for better known brands, but usually for that, they have specs and quality control dictated to them. As far as their LCDs, I'd look at other brands - they're just too low end. Maybe spend $100 more (I looked at the Target ad) and you should end up with a little better product. Get LED backlighting, 1080p resolution, and a few more inputs. People may say that you can't see the difference between 720p and 1080p at 32 inches but the difference comes into effect in the scaling that the television does in order to display the various resolutions. If this is just a secondary display, it may be OK, but if it is your primary display look around - Costco, Sam's Club, etc.