So I have a crappy TV at my place, which is a rented house for university.

The TV has some color malfunctions and also sometimes it blurs the image with no reason. While this may seem minimal at first glimpse, it turns very frustrating to watch whatever it is on this TV.

So, the deal I have with the house owners (which are filthy rich by the way) is that if something malfunctions in the house I should warn them immediately and they solve it with no costs for the 3 living creatures here, except for lamps.

So, now the objective:

I wanna get rid of that trashy TV, it really annoys me, but I can't just hammer it. I need to break in a way that makes it seem like "it just happened".

I already thought of pouring some water drops inside it, plug into the electricity and wait for the fireworks, but I fear to put all the damn place on fire.

I need a better and cleaner way to do that.

HELP ME! 

You will burn in Hell.

1) (extreme) go outside and lock your door, kick it in run inside steal "take your own tv" and go hide it somewhere outside in a bush etc

2) (time consuming) Take all the screws out Open it up, take out something that looks important, and put it back together

3) claim some crazy bird you bought home couldn't accept you didnt want to see her after and she threw the T.V out the window

Steal some gold watches, cigars, tiaras, maybe a dead hooker... you know, the kind of stuff rich people have lying around and put them in the TV. Alert the house owners of the wrongdoing but pin everything on the TV.

They'll probably kill the shit outta that thing, problem solved.

I've seen it done before, it's a foolproof plan

Just tell them that it's been used a lot. If you imply some sort of sudden defect, they may be suspicious. Switch the TV on and demonstrate what's wrong with it. If you know the age of the appliance, that will help your case, and also mention that the defects make it unbearable to use. I'm sure they'll understand (as long as you don't try to deceive them).

buy a rat and keep it in a cage. Put the cage right under the electrical wire. Let the rat chew the wire until it is cut in two. The rat should get killed by the electricity, and most people are too lazy to fix the thing and would just replace it. Dump the rat on the ground under the TV and throw the cage in a nearby dumpster.

Call the owners and tell them a rat chewed through the cable and died on the floor and that you need the place cleaned out and the TV replaced.

while this is a reasonable answer, you sir, are no fun.

OH MAN, I just edited my post for grammar as well.

We are now mortal enemies.

I like the open it up and take out something important looking. It's feasible and would be effective.

Cut through the legs of the table the TV is sitting on. Then let gravity finish the dirty work

If it is installed on a wall loosen the screws =D