The phrase "a static television" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a television that is not functioning properly, displaying a static image or noise instead of a clear picture.
Example: "After the storm, the only thing on the screen was a static television, with no signal to be found."
Alternatives: "a non-functioning television" or "a television with static."
Israel refused to negotiate and a standoff ensued for 20 hours, while static television images of an empty balcony on a gray, modern dormitory transfixed the world.
"I had no choice," she said, sitting at her kitchen table opposite a static-filled television topped by rabbit ears.
But the embellishments often only obscured the choreography, as Ms. Wong's dancers were frequently competing with projections of nature scenes and numbers that made the stage as disorienting as a static-filled television screen.
As he spoke into a push-to-talk microphone tethered to a vehicle that he used for cover, his radio commentary was accompanied on television by a static shot of the tower from an unwieldy camera that belonged to the university's in-house station.
In Emma Griffin's intelligent staging, Mr. Bleckmann delivered the opening verses dressed in a suit and standing on a television tuned to a static channel.
At this point my television starts up a static storm: possibly in protest, it's hard to say, but from where I'm sitting she looks like she might be wearing all leather.
Television used to be a static category until cable increased variety, and telephone service was stable before cell phones.
"Toxic" has been covered by artists such as Mark Ronson, A Static Lullaby, Reece Mastin and Ingrid Michaelson, and in television series Glee.
The educational component consisted of brief textual information delivered through a static telehealth base unit with a small liquid crystal display (LCD) screen (Cornwall and Kent) or a dedicated interactive television channel (Newham).
