Rickster71, I would love to be able to swap out cables or players, but my friends within an hour or two of driving are all low fi (composite or s-video).
I'll have to purchase a cable to determine if that is the cause. I'm thinking I'll pick one up at Menards and return it if it doesn't solve the problem (Holidays are usually easy to make returns).
Alamar, yes, I had it down to ONLY the tv and dvd plugged into a dedicated circuit.
It's either the component cable, dvd output, or tv input.
I'll pick up a component cable and if that doesn't solve it, I'll drag the player to where I purchased it a couple years ago and see if they'll hook it up to one of their sets. That will tell the story.
I was just wondering what would be more likey to fail. Cables, dvd output or tv input.