Video Asylum

Posted by JoshT on May 12, 2000 at 12:38:35:

In Reply to: Re: Help! Problems with new DVD player and TV! posted by mickey bob on May 10, 2000 at 11:06:40:

Thanks for all of your suggestions.

Here is what happened:

The technician from Tweeter came by yesterday afternoon and adjusted the picture's geometry somewhat, both using a remote control and also by moving around the magnets on the CRT a bit. The result is a lot closer to perfect, but you can still notice a slight bow at the top and bottom (i.e. if watching a letter box movie) if you really look for it. The technician said that I probably wouldn't do any better with any other unit though, and I trust him. Anyway, I'm now satisfied, which is all that matters.

As far as the horizontal discolored stripes, he made those totally go away. Mickey Bob, you may want to arrange for a similar visit, because this technician told me that the Sony Wegas have this problem with certain DVD players when they (the TVs) are set to their factory settings. He also said that no one really knew about this problem, or how to fix it, until quite recently. In any event, by simply adjusting one setting (using a remote that he brought with him), he made these "bars" go away entirely. It was quite cool to watch.

He then spent quite some time adjusting color, hue, brightness, sharpness, grey scale, etc, etc, until the picture really seemed optimum. Pretty cool -- no charge at all, he just wanted to get it right. I'm now very happy with the component video connection. I've watched most of the scenes from the different movies that caused this problem to occur before, and they are all fine now.

So, just in case anyone else reads this who has had similar problems with a Wega, it is fixable. You'll be happy with the results. Compared to the component video, the S Video connection seems a bit too bright (the color is overkill and not as subtle). Just my observations.

Thanks again to all who responed!

--Josh