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Re: Shadow effects on widescreen tube televisions

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I've got an engineer coming to look tomorrow so I'll let you know what he says. The effect almost looks like someone has smeared a black/shadowy band around 1cm wide, broader at the top and bottom, slightly curving in at the top an bottom. Measuring from the edge of the picture itself to the start of the banding is around half a centimetre. The effect shows on both 100Hz and progressive scan settings (the TV deinterlaces within the set if selected). One cannot switch off to normal 50Hz.
When I went to the local store saw this effect on at least half of the tube televisions I viewed. The best way to see it on my set is when watching bright panning sequences. Also by switching to DVD and not playing the DVD, this shows a plain blue background and the dark patchs are easy to see.
Very irritating once spotted! Thanks for your interest Jeechung.


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