The picture never gets too dark or too light that you cannot watch the movie but it is just aggravating to see the light fluctuate like this. It makes you just want to turn it off. But it is just like a fade
2006-12-13 01:39:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It's very possible that you TV is to old. my husband tried to hook up our DVD player in our living room and it did the same thing it was because our TV was to old. try going to your local electronic store to see if they have any suggestions
2006-12-13 02:44:09 · answer #1 · answered by Richard Serenity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can think of 2 reasons:
1. If your dvd player is hooked through your vcr, then the Macrovision on the vcr will cause the picture on the dvd player to do all kinds of crazy stuff.
2. Is this dvd player hooked up to an HDTV? If so, adjust the 'black' and this should help. Also, light fluxuations can be caused from having the dvd player hooked up through 'Progressive Scan'. Again, adjusting the black level should fix this.
3. The only other thing coming to mind, at the moment, would be a speaker setting on top of, beside or below the television, which is not magnetically shielded enough. Just move speaker further away from television.
When I had the same problem, it began right after I hooked up 'Progressive Scan' with component cables. Adjusting the black level fixed the problem. As progressive scan doesn't use 16 frames to make one picture, it uses only 1 frame so although the dvd will now look almost 3-d and AWESOME, this can cause light fluxuations because it must process from 1 frame to 1 different frame and must do it in an instant. good luck :-)
2006-12-13 09:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One possible cause for this could be due to the security code that is put into the DVDs by the production company. This code, which used to be called Macrovision on VHS tapes, causes a cycling of the brightness of the picture from light to dark. This security code was designed to stop people from making copies of tapes, or in this case, DVD's. The code activates when a second device such as a recorder is detected. If you had a VCR hooked up after your DVD player before it connects to your TV, the signal could be activated. I've even seen this happen when a DVD player is connected to a TV that has a built-in VHS player. It shouldn't happen with a normal DVD player, however. Check to make sure that the DVD player is going directly to your TV with no other devices in-between. Hopefully, this helps.
2006-12-13 09:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by multiwizard_rct 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the copy protection screwing up the picture. If you're running the DVD player through a VCR then try running the DVD player straight into the tv/monitor.
If you can't re-route the connections, you have two other options. You can always buy a "video stabilizer" unit to defeat Macrovision, but that's more money than you may want to spend. Depending on what model your DVD player is, there are sometimes hidden "hacks" or codes that can disable the copy protection. Go to videohelp.com and see if your player is in their database.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
2006-12-13 09:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Try cleaning it. The lens may be dirty or it could be just the DVD player going out and you'll have to replace it. That is if it does it with all the DVDs you put in. Also, check your connections to make sure they are tight.
2006-12-13 09:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by Shiva07 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clancy is correct ...
If the DVD is a copy, you may get the same result in quality.
2006-12-13 09:50:16 · answer #6 · answered by DocoMyster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i dont like it
2006-12-13 10:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by chelsae g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋