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In Reply to: Curious...what is this blotching I see in all DVDs?... posted by Beatlephile on June 01, 2002 at 09:30:38:

I own a Sony ES9000 DVD player as well. It is connected to a 61" Sony XBR. The artifact that I have seen occurs on most DVD's that I watch as well and I would discribe it as a shadowy type banding that is seen when there are light objects and dark objects on the screen together (like in What Women want when the camera pans from a white wall past some dark brown bookshelfs) or in artificial light conditions (like in Gladiator when Russel Crow is in the tents, near the beginning of the movie, when campfires are used for light). This banding sometimes moves with the object and then disappears. Sometimes it is so slight it is not noticeable. It does not occur in all scenes but is random. Is this the kind of artifact you are referring to? I have yet to figure it out, even had a Technician look at it and he did not know.
KM

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Yeah, exactly what I was saying, I have the same player and used it with the same TV. <nt> - Beatlephile 12:20:52 06/02/02 (1)
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- It is to the point (esp. while night watching) to where it is becoming quite annoying <nt> - Beatlephile 12:38:22 06/02/02 (0)
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Now I'm curious... - cfraser 12:20:43 06/02/02 (0)
The next time you see it, could you maybe jot down some DVD timings? So I can look for it, say in WWW and Gladiator, both of which I have. I have a Sony 51" RPTV. I have a cheap Apex DVDP, and a slightly less cheaper RP56 that I know has a pretty good chipset which is fairly glitch-free, so I could try both and that might point to a DVDP or TV issue. i.e. if I see the blotches with both DVDP's then I would say it's the TV, if I don't see them with the RP56 then I'd say it was the DVDP. Thanks.
The "blotches" I saw were like small bright green "inkblots" that lasted a few seconds, but did not move. They did not appear at a lighting or texture transition interface. I returned the disc as "defective" (the sound sucked too) so can't check it again.

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