Re: Dodgy disc, player or TV?

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mal

Thats right spoil the ending of LOTR for those of us who have not seen it!

8-)

J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Dodgy disc, player or TV?


> I was watching the first Lord of the Rings film on DVD (region 2) last
> night, and noticed some horrible problems with black areas of the
screen.
> In dark scenes, the areas that should have been the blackest were
instead
> tinted a dark red colour - lighter than the surrounding "almost
blacks",
> which were displayed correctly.  The black bars above and below the
picture
> were also displayed with a dark reddish tint.  This effect is bad
enough
in
> RGB mode; using the composite connection it's so bad as to be
unwatchable.
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> Has anyone else seen artifacts like this on this DVD?  None of my
discs
seem
> to exhibit this problem.  I ask because if there was an encoding fault
that
> has been rectified in later batches, then I could potentially get the
disk
> swapped for a newer one, otherwise I guess I'm stuck with it.
>
> On a maybe related note, in LOTR: The Return of the King, in the scene
after
> the ring has been destroyed and the Frodo wakes up to be greeted by
his
> little hobbit chums (chapter 56), the image is so bright it leaves
green
and
> purple patches on the screen!  Maybe my contrast is set a bit high...
>
> Mal
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