well I tried it and got a flash on the "ON" LED on my television but that was it just a quick flash, but I am not sure if this was left over energy in one of the capacitors in the television or the battery.

Still this television seems to draw a lot of energy from the wall before it turns on completely so this may have been a bad choice. The rest of my sets are flat screens and cost too much to try this and if I try this on my kids television I instantly move his gaming tv into one of the flat screens....... dilemma as to how to kill bust this myth.....