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Hello, I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced this before. I have recently bought a couple of complete boxsets from anime247.com and etc places,and when I got the dvds I checked them out and played them in my apex dvd player, and experienced wierd black lines during the action scences. There horizontal black lines that appear where the character had previously been. Ever experience this? Is it commen? Is there anyhting that can be done?
Also I was wondering with the complete boxsets do older TV's and dvd players make a diffrence? My friend has a newer dvd player, and flat screen TV, and she has pixilation show up in alot of her boxsets. And I have the same ones and I can't see the pixilation (but I do have an older Tv and dvd player).
Thanks in advance..^^ Sorry if I ask to much, I am a baka. Baka pride!
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05-06-2004, 06:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2004, 06:39 PM by SirChico.)
Wow. I had the same (black lines) problem playing Mahoromatic on an Apex. I switched players and there gone! I suggest using (or finding) another player.
Although, it isn't preferable, it will solve the problem. It's sometimes frustrating figuring out which players play which HK's perfect... They have there quirks.
Hope that helps.
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These are known as interlacing artifacts. Whether you see them or not depends on your TV and DVD player. For example, on my progressive scan player and HDTV, I get the same problem with most anime DVDs when my DVD player is set to progressive component output. By changing the DVD player's settings to play video material (30fps, as opposed to film, which runs at 24fps), the interlacing artifacts disappear. If you're using a progressive scan player, make sure you have the deinterlacing configured properly. Also, if you play your DVDs on your computer DVD drive, you should get the same problem, as most software DVD players have crappy deinterlacing.
Because your TV is not HD and your DVD player is sending a 480i signal, these bars should not be present. However, make sure your player is configured properly. If, for some reason, your DVD player is performing 3:2 pulldown conversion on video source DVDs, then this could be the cause of the problem.
As for why your friend can see pixelation on her set, that is due to the quality of the picture on her setup. Because she can view finer details on her newer and sharper television, compression artifacts are more visible (this is especially true on HD/EDTV sets with progressive DVD players). Some newer DVD players have a variety of noise reduction features, which do a pretty good job at eliminating some artifacting. She should experiment with her DVD player's settings to find the best viewing conditions.
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her flat screen must be a piece of crap or the sharpness is set way too high i only have that problem on my tv when some idiot turns the sharpness to the MAX and my tv which is a cheapo apex 20inch flatscreen after turning sharpness to zero the picture is crystal clear whether its satellite or HK's.
i know on my bros EXPENSIVE 20 inch philips flatscreen he gets them lines only when he using progressive scan on ANY anime dvd whether hk or r-1 he has no artifact problem either his set blows mine away in terms of picture quality and sharpness! he can turn his up all the way and still maintain an incredible picture!....
just turn off progressive scan and your picture should be fine do the above for artifacts..
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05-06-2004, 11:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2004, 11:43 PM by Japschin.)
I have a 60" LCD and a 50" Plasma. Both from Sony. Actually, come to think of it, I don't get much pixelations when I am watching HKs. All images are really clear, except once in awhile, the characters' outlines get blurry.
Other than that, I don't have any problems with pictures. The only problem I do have is the dvd players. The players don't play some FX DVDs well or don't play at all. Either there are a lot of freezings or there are a lot of pixelations.
Don't ask me for the settings on the TVs. I have no idea since I wasn't the one who set them up.
Depending on how old the TV is, maybe it's time for a tune up by the tune-up specialist. There are couple whom I know, they are really good but the fee is really high. It's about $1.5k for a day's work. After the tune-up, the TV's resolution is 200% better than when you purchased it new.
