Picture bleeding

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I recently bought a Toshiba DVD player (not sure of the model number, but it's one of their cheaper models - pretty no frills).
To hook up the DVD player to the TV, I purchased a cheap S-video cable, for about $2 from the dollar store "Audio Gold" (if this cable is gold coated, I'll eat my underwear ;) ).
The problem is that I have a lot of picture bleeding going on. If a light object is set against a dark background, there is a visible light line going across the screen.
My question is: is this a fault of the DVD player, TV or cable?
Now, without bashing me for being cheap and buying a cheap S-video cable (I've spent plenty of money on audio cables - with no audible differences - don't bash this part of me either), is it possible that this problem is being caused by the video cable? If so, any suggestions for a non-videophile (I rarely watch DVDs...I rent one about once a month, and my TV is a 20", 10 year old RCA) around the $10-15 range (Radioshack perhaps?)
Thanks.

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Topic - Picture bleeding - Canuck Hoser 19:37:30 06/29/03 (3)

Re: Picture bleeding - SysInfo 21:58:29 06/30/03 (1)

Re: Picture bleeding - Canuck Hoser 06:56:12 07/01/03 (0)

Could be a problem with inputs - Dalancroft 10:30:58 06/30/03 (0)

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