Help - my picture has the shakes! - PdL

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Help - my picture has the shakes!

Recently I began to notice an issue with my simple video rig. When playing a DVD the corners or sides of certain objects on the TV seem to shimmer. Last night, (watching a DVD) there was a scene in which the lead character was in a room with a few windows behind him. The sides of the windows seemed to wiggle or vibrate very slightly. (It was most prominent on the vertical sides & corners.) Its difficult to describe the effect but its as if the sides or corners of the object are shimmering slightly.
I have noticed this issue with newer DVD's as well as older ones - so I don't attribute this problem to the actual (DVD) disc. What would be the likely culprit - my DVD player? My TV? For the video portion I am using an inexpensive Pioneer 563A > component cables > four year old basic Toshiba TV. (TV does not have any digital inputs.) For the audio I run a pair of cables from the stereo outs of the Pioneer 563A > tube preamp > power amp> speakers. FWIF the DVD player is located on my stereo rack, which is about 8 feet away from the TV.
TIA for any suggestions.

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Topic - Help - my picture has the shakes! - PdL 05:44:15 12/08/04 (2)

Re: Help - my picture has the shakes! - rico 07:44:04 12/08/04 (1)

Re: Help - my picture has the shakes! - Eric L. brown 08:22:42 12/09/04 (0)

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