Is your TV still under warranty?

The last few days my main LCD TV has been bawlky at channel changing and the volume has been sluggish and hard to control with the remote. When I would start changing channels it would just keep rolling up thru dozens of channels -rolling from one to the next. Or the volume bar would be hard to move, then just keep moving and get way too loud or too low. It happened with both remotes and new batteries. The TV is 4 yrs old so I thought the Ir receiver was going bad. (I actually put an ad on Craigslist and had a guy coming who wanted to buy it for a computer monitor. Then it seemed to respond better to the remote so I told him not to come). Then later today it was uncontrollable again with the remotes. I decided to google 'LCD rolling thru channels' and stumbled on the answer. The web page said the remote probably had a stuck down key -push them all to free it. I got both the remotes and tried them and they seemed ok in appearance. Then I got out my night vision scope --you can see the Ir flare with a night scope (or your dgital camera). Neither remote was firing without being pressed. Then I looked around the couch and the old DVD player remote was in the remote holder on the arm where we keep some various remotes. The scope showed constant firing of this little remote!! I picked it up and the firing stopped -- it had been pressed down in a tight holder on the couch. To prove the problem I simultaneously pressed the tv volume on the tv remote and a number key on the DVD player remote --- and the TV volume went sluggish- then out of control, and the channel changer did the same. Whoo Hoo!! Thanks again Google and some unnamed dude who posted there!

That seems a little odd to have unit without a remote and no other way to add or remove channels. The only thing I could think of would be some combination of the buttons -- holding the channel up/down buttons at the same time for a few seconds, or perhaps in combination with power button. Holding the two channel buttons, turn on the power.

I'm almost 80 and am missing out on a lot of TV dialogue because of the variance of high and low sounds that come across the cable. I'd like to buy a sound bar that is remotely controlled and that also allows me to remotely adjust the audio pitch on each speaker to where it is compatible with my hearing (or loss thereof). I have light weight ear phones that allows a limited amount of changing audio pitch. I'd like to have something other than earphones. I'll appreciate any thoughts; advice; etc. Thanks. Gene