MBA Black Screen - and ALWAYS is black (will not boot into OS)

I've read and done everything. Many are saying they are able to get a restart and change settings - but I can not get pas the black screen at all. I continue to do a hard restart, it goes to black screen. I use the control-option-shift-power, and it powers back to the gray screen, then black again. I do the command-option-p-r and it goes to gray screen then black. I can't get it into the OS to even change the settings.
I even tried the connection to a TV and it also is black. This is a constant cycle to the black screen.
I don't know what version the OS today, but I know I have updated once in the last 30 days, but not in the last 2 weeks (manually, I have not).
Any advice to get to the home OS screen, so I can adjust settings?
2012 MBA

OS is 10.9.2.
I booted into command-r to get to the Time Machine backup from Jan 25th of 2014. I have a screen that I can see, but when I restart (I have not restored from backup), it goes back to black screen. I AM WONDERING now if I should just restore, then work on the settings for the black screen ??

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