What causes this sort of HDTV picture distortion?

[MustISO]

Do DVD's do the same thing?

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
KV30HS240

Are you sure about that? I can't find anything on that model.


ifesfor has a point. Do you have the problem in all HD resolutions? What about 480i?

Oops, it's 420 not 240. KV30HS420.

I couldn't tell you about different HD resolutions. I've only tried whatever broadcast feeds our local cable carries. However it has the problem on ALL inputs of any type that I've tried. Standard cable, HD cable (well, the broadcast channels on cable), and DVDs. It's gotta be some overall setting in the TV that is screwed up, rather than being a messed up input.

 

[Muadib]

After reading the manual, I think it's either your TV, or the cables you are using. Are you using component cables for the DVD and cable box? Try changing the settings below, but I'm leaning to your set being defective.

Set DRC on your remote to CineMotion
Go into the video menu, and turn clearedge vm off.
See if it happens using a different screen mode: menu, screen then select. This setting won't work with HDTV.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Muadib
After reading the manual, I think it's either your TV, or the cables you are using. Are you using component cables for the DVD and cable box? Try changing the settings below, but I'm leaning to your set being defective.

Set DRC on your remote to CineMotion
Go into the video menu, and turn clearedge vm off.
See if it happens using a different screen mode: menu, screen then select. This setting won't work with HDTV.

Didn't work. CineMotion and VM-off seemed to make it a *little* better, but the majority of the problem is still there.

I don't think it's the cables. They are brand new component cables that have no visible defects. The TV also had the same problem on composite video cables before I changed cable boxes to one with component output.

I guess it's time to schedule a service call tomorrow.

 

[Muadib]

The service call is free, right?

 

[tfinch2]

Watching porn a little too close to the TV?

It's on both pics so it's not the channel...

 

[Sukhoi]

Yeah it's a free call. They came today and took the TV back with them. Initial guess is the TV just sucks and there's probably nothing to do about it. But they're going to try it on some other input sources they have at the shop and see if higher-end inputs get rid of the problem. The guy said they have been getting a ton of calls lately about image problems on Sony HDTVs, and the usual cause is the Sony TVs dealing with lower-end inputs horribly.

I think that thing in the pic is the red-eye or something.

 

[Sukhoi]

Sorry for the late update. Got the TV back a few weeks ago and it looks great now. Turns out some board was DOA from the factory. The TV repair guys replaced it and the TV has been great since then.

 

[Muadib]

Glad to hear it was an easy fix.