Sony 60" SXRD problems

FilmYak · #1 12-24-2005, 02:56 AM

Just got my first HD set, and I absolutely love it, but I have several newbie questions.

First, running a DVD into the screen. Picture was awful (using component cables) until we changed the DVD player output from 4x3 to 16x9. Instant improvement in all areas except one.

In the deep blacks, there's a subtle pattern. Diagnonal gray stripes that move across the black parts of the screen, from left to right. Could this be caused by a cheap component cable? By powering the TV through a UPS system? Picture is lovely otherwise, but the diagonal lines are annoying as hell, and not sure where to start trying to fix it.

Second, my main input is a DirecTv HD Tivo, connected via HDMI cable. Overall, picture is great. HOWEVER... lots of artifacting on several HD channels. Watching replays of the '04 olympics and when the gymnasts run across the screen, it's pixellation city. Thought this problem was limied to LCD screens, not so much LCOS.

So, was I wrong? Or does this have to do with the broadcast being in MPEG2 compression via DirecTV? Will the switch to Mpeg4 improve the situation? Or... is it the Tivo? Maybe it compresses the images (even live images go through the box and are recorded for playback, obviously). or is it a part of the TV in particular, HD in general....?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

JonBaker99 · #2 12-26-2005, 01:56 PM

1st Problem: Try a couple of trouble shooting measures. First switch your cables. Next disconnect it from the UPS and try a different outlet. See if either of these solve the problem. Anything beyond that may require trying a different DVD player.

2nd Problem: This probably has nothing to do with your system. The Summer 04 Olympics were done terribly. Extremely poor encoding across the board. Every broadcast I've seen from the 04 Olympics in HD looked pixelated. At my office we run a 65" ISF calibrated Optoma DLP and it looks terrible on that program as well. If it isn't doing it as bad on any other programs, then it is just that broadcast. No way to correct for it. Crap in Crap out.

Hope that helps

FilmYak · #3 12-30-2005, 05:08 AM

Thanks for the info, Jon. Will check it out and see what happens.