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THERES GOTTA be some DVD experts here!

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I got one of them Panasonic DVD players model DVD-RV31S heres a linky

well i rented thirteen days and i play the movie and there these horizontal bands of discolorings EVERYWHERE. its pretty severe. i dont think its normal and its really ANNOYING, i just spent $185 on the thing and its giving me DISCOLORINGS!!! somebody please help, i dont really want to take it to a repair shop cuz they shaft with those ridiculous repair costs. anybody have any idea whats going on?
 
Sometimes the rental DVDs will be incredibly scratched up.. that causes problems sometimes.

Also, it seems that some DVD players always have problems with certain titles.
 
Does it come up with no disc in the player?
Have you tested all your connections, and checked that nothing is interfering with the signal?
 
how are you running your video?
try going straight from your DVD to the TV, not through anything
 
COuldn't this be associated with you trying Zone 2 discs being in the US? Zone 2 disks are Europe/Japan and have ID=2. US/Canada discs are Zone 1. Players can scramble the picture if you tell it to play a region disc that's not what it was hardwired to play.

Or maybe the player is a cheap import from European stocks and no one told you? Or there might be a switch on the player allowing you to select the zone.
 
we can figure this out, but more info is needed.

How are you connecting the DVD to the TV? RCA, S-video, component or COAX cables?

Is it connected directly to the tv?

 
I connected my DVD player directly to the TV through component video. I heard you need a special video component cable, but is that really necessary?
 


<< but is that really necessary? >>



not really. cables wouldn't cause that kind of problem (as long as they are properly hooked up)
 
I don't know for sure either and I've been tempted to try standard RCA cables myself. But based on your symptoms, I would think there IS something different with component cables (and not just the $60+ price tag!)
 
OK THIS IS THE DEAL SO FAR:

i tried composite video and i get NO discolorations at all. i went out and bought a $40 component video cable and tried it out, i still get the damn discolorations! sh|T! what should i do?
 
Component video involves three cables. Composite video is just one cable, and is the most common for the &quot;video&quot; connection on consumer TVs. It's commonly referred to as RCA, though that's really just audio. There is also S-Video which has a mini-DIN computer-like connector.

I'm going to hazard a guess that your TV doesn't have Component video, and I'm virtually certain your PC video card doesn't. Most PC video cards I have seen usually have composite video out, though I have seen S-Video in a few cases. Do you have the optional video module for your Gladiac? I think that is composite video in and out. I know the 2MX TV out model uses S-Video.

Your specs don't show a PCI mpeg decoder. Those can sometimes get overzealous with Macrovision.

Do you see the color problem when you play a DVD just to the computer monitor, not the TV?
 
this is all TV work no PC, and my TV does have component video, i had a Toshiba hooked up for 2 years with component video with no problems at all
 
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