Tv turned on by itself...no joke!!

[azguy1878]

This was very wierd..i'd thought i'd share this with you guys..I have a Predicta Holiday model that I plugged in..hit the power switch and nothing happned, no picture or sound, the tubes didnt even light up. Well about ten minutes later I hear a clicking sound and guess what... the tubes lit up! A few secounds later the picture tube lights up and then slowly decreases to just a line across the screen and dissappears!!! Made no sound!! Maybe it hasnt been plugged in for a while or something!! Either way..its unplugged now and staying that way!