DVD Player leaving "ghost" images on screen

[corysmith01]

Not sure if the title accurately described what's happening. Here goes. I've noticed that, on high contrast scenes, specifically black and white, when the screen goes to black, there's a "ghost" image left on screen, like an artifact. I've put this in the DVD section b/c I actually think it's the dvd player. I came to this conclusion by noticing that, when countless similar situations happen on cable, no ghosting is left. It only happens with the dvd player. An example would be during credits for a movie; the screen is black, white type comes up, and if that type fades away, a remnant is left there...like it doesn't go to completely black. Very weird, and highly annoying. And like I said, if this same scenario played out on cable, there's no ghosting, no remnant.

So, can I deduce that it's the dvd player and not the tv? And if so, what would be causing this? It drives me bonkers when I'm watching a movie, and a scene dips to black...only to leave this ghosted image on screen. My dvd player is a DV7600. Anyone ever experience this? How can I alleviate it...or can I?

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Not sure if the title accurately described what's happening. Here goes. I've noticed that, on high contrast scenes, specifically black and white, when the screen goes to black, there's a "ghost" image left on screen, like an artifact. I've put this in the DVD section b/c I actually think it's the dvd player. I came to this conclusion by noticing that, when countless similar situations happen on cable, no ghosting is left. It only happens with the dvd player. An example would be during credits for a movie; the screen is black, white type comes up, and if that type fades away, a remnant is left there...like it doesn't go to completely black. Very weird, and highly annoying. And like I said, if this same scenario played out on cable, there's no ghosting, no remnant.

So, can I deduce that it's the dvd player and not the tv? And if so, what would be causing this? It drives me bonkers when I'm watching a movie, and a scene dips to black...only to leave this ghosted image on screen. My dvd player is a DV7600. Anyone ever experience this? How can I alleviate it...or can I?

I don't have an answer but I'd like to hear the answer.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Not sure if the title accurately described what's happening. Here goes. I've noticed that, on high contrast scenes, specifically black and white, when the screen goes to black, there's a "ghost" image left on screen, like an artifact. I've put this in the DVD section b/c I actually think it's the dvd player. I came to this conclusion by noticing that, when countless similar situations happen on cable, no ghosting is left. It only happens with the dvd player. An example would be during credits for a movie; the screen is black, white type comes up, and if that type fades away, a remnant is left there...like it doesn't go to completely black. Very weird, and highly annoying. And like I said, if this same scenario played out on cable, there's no ghosting, no remnant.

So, can I deduce that it's the dvd player and not the tv? And if so, what would be causing this? It drives me bonkers when I'm watching a movie, and a scene dips to black...only to leave this ghosted image on screen. My dvd player is a DV7600. Anyone ever experience this? How can I alleviate it...or can I?

Interesting I guess you don't have another source to send a DVD movie to the tv? What video connections do you use, HDMI, component?
Don't know why cable TV would not give you that ghosting and the DVD player would. How old is your TV? Plasma?

 

[XEagleDriver]

Corysmith,

Have you run AVIA II or similar HDTV tune-up disk? The tune-up process test patterns normally encourage you to adjust the contrast and brightness levels to settings below the factory presets and may alleviate the problem.

XEagleDriver

 

[j_garcia]

Do cable and the DVD input both have the same calibration levels? I know that I have a different cal for the Oppo which is on a different input vs cable. Different settings on the two inputs could account for this. I don't think it is the player, this is something that would seem to be the TV. I am using a 40" Aquos and I don't have this issue.

 

[corysmith01]

I'm currently running HDMI, both for the dvd player and cable box. Oh, the tv is a Sharp LC32GP3. I haven't done much calibration on it, perhaps a little here an there...it looked pretty good out of the box save for the color being too much and the contrast set a bit high, as well as the backlight needing to come down some. It's very strange. I remember the wife and I watched the animated movie Persepolis, which is virtually all black and white and it was near unwatchable.

As for the settings/calibration, what could cause this to happen? Maybe I could adjust? Meaning, what is it that could produce this ghosting? Not enough black? Too much? Too high contrast? I could go and try various settings, but I'm not sure what would affect this.

 

[j_garcia]

Too much contrast and brightness will cause the ghosting, as will a panel with slow pixel response time. Has it always been this way or did it just start happening?

 

[corysmith01]

It's always been this way. This is actually a replacement for a defective Sharp I had initially. This is the GP series, which are supposedly targeted at gamers, and is supposed to have a quicker response/refresh time of 6 ms.

It looks to me...and I don't claim to think this is the problem, just my assumption...it looks like the pixels are lit due the the image on screen, but when the following black scene comes up, they can't go completely dark. Very weird...and highly annoying.

 

[corysmith01]

Well, good news and bad news. I got the ghosting to go away. It was, indeed, a mix of contrast and backlight. What I did was pause a movie on a scene that went from light to a black screen, and paused it with the ghosted image. I then opened my settings and adjusted until I could no longer see the ghosted image (mostly contrast). And, viola. It was gone.

Now the bad news. I took it for granted, as this was a nicer tv in sharp's lineup, but the settings I set for the dvd carried over to my cable. That is, the settings for the tv seems to be input-wide. I thought for sure each input would have individual settings. Apparently not. When I clicked on the cable input, my picture suddenly looked a bit darker and less contrast-y. I checked the settings and sure enough, the settings I used to get rid of the ghosting on the dvd player were retained on the cable input. Weird. I thought the settings would be individual, by input.

 

[corysmith01]

Alright, solution...I think. The tv has various "modes" for each input. By selecting a different mode, I was able to maintain different settings on each input. I just set my cable to "standard" and adjusted, I then set my dvd input to "movie" and was able to adjust. Cool.

 

[jamie2112]

Good deal Cory.Glad you figured it out.

 

[j_garcia]

That's one of the things I like about the Sharps - each setting is not only specific per input, it remembers what you were using last when you switch to that input.