anilkc2000
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Grainy pic with Panasonic DMP-BDT220; pls help
It has been 3 weeks since I bought this brand new Panasonic DMP-BDT220 player from another forum member. It was bought recently from Amazon; was on sale as member had one more same player. My old DVD player had conged off and thought this will be a replacement and upgrade (networked, blue ray) also.
I had a demo b4 picking this up and all was looking good - only diff was monitor there was a computer and not TV( don't know whether that makes a diff). I came home and tried connecting the player to my 3 yr old TV ( LG 32" LCD, HD Ready) using the HDMI cable that came with my TAta Sky HD box (same cable is working fine in that old setup). Was disappointed to see a grainy menu screen;same grains stayed on when I played any DVD also. Tried RCA cable connection and grains are gone (ofcourse, now it is RCA pic quality - but that is expected also). Over the last 3 weeks here are the few things I attempted to make the HDMI work - but with not much success:
> 1. Player setting -Reset all to factory setting |no change
> 2. Played around with few resolution settings
>> a. HD resolution -> tried changing default auto to 720p (as TV is not full HD) | screen went blank for a few seconds and came back but with res setting reset to auto.
>> b. HDMI Output -> 24p Output changed from default to Off | No change
>> c. HDMI Output -> RGB Color Mode changed default of YCbCr(4:4:4) to RGB(Enhanced). | Could see some reduction in grains but they are still there - cannot miss.
> 3. Got a new high speed HDMI cable | no change.
> 4. Read somewhere that proximity of HDMI cable to power cable can cause grains. Tried keeping player 2 feet away - no change to grains
Another observation after some hours of playing (mostly YouTube) is (this also is only while on HDMI):
> picture sometimes flickers (going blank for a second or so).
> a crackling sound comes at times( I initially thought it is some electric spark from a loose plug/ bad wire but on careful investigation could confirm source as TV speaker. Turning off sound via HDMI and switching to RCA just for sound did remove this but that is also a compromise, right ?)
I did check for cable loose connection - while the player end HDMI plug fitting can't be called perfect tight, it is also not that loose.
It is again weekend ( only time to explore / investigate) and I realized that I have ran out of ideas. But I am still hopeful that there is something else to try and fix this. ( seeing my disappointed mood, my toddler also agrees
...his Cars2 is waiting becoz of this :-().
Request help/inputs. Thanks in advance.
It has been 3 weeks since I bought this brand new Panasonic DMP-BDT220 player from another forum member. It was bought recently from Amazon; was on sale as member had one more same player. My old DVD player had conged off and thought this will be a replacement and upgrade (networked, blue ray) also.
I had a demo b4 picking this up and all was looking good - only diff was monitor there was a computer and not TV( don't know whether that makes a diff). I came home and tried connecting the player to my 3 yr old TV ( LG 32" LCD, HD Ready) using the HDMI cable that came with my TAta Sky HD box (same cable is working fine in that old setup). Was disappointed to see a grainy menu screen;same grains stayed on when I played any DVD also. Tried RCA cable connection and grains are gone (ofcourse, now it is RCA pic quality - but that is expected also). Over the last 3 weeks here are the few things I attempted to make the HDMI work - but with not much success:
> 1. Player setting -Reset all to factory setting |no change
> 2. Played around with few resolution settings
>> a. HD resolution -> tried changing default auto to 720p (as TV is not full HD) | screen went blank for a few seconds and came back but with res setting reset to auto.
>> b. HDMI Output -> 24p Output changed from default to Off | No change
>> c. HDMI Output -> RGB Color Mode changed default of YCbCr(4:4:4) to RGB(Enhanced). | Could see some reduction in grains but they are still there - cannot miss.
> 3. Got a new high speed HDMI cable | no change.
> 4. Read somewhere that proximity of HDMI cable to power cable can cause grains. Tried keeping player 2 feet away - no change to grains
Another observation after some hours of playing (mostly YouTube) is (this also is only while on HDMI):
> picture sometimes flickers (going blank for a second or so).
> a crackling sound comes at times( I initially thought it is some electric spark from a loose plug/ bad wire but on careful investigation could confirm source as TV speaker. Turning off sound via HDMI and switching to RCA just for sound did remove this but that is also a compromise, right ?)
I did check for cable loose connection - while the player end HDMI plug fitting can't be called perfect tight, it is also not that loose.
It is again weekend ( only time to explore / investigate) and I realized that I have ran out of ideas. But I am still hopeful that there is something else to try and fix this. ( seeing my disappointed mood, my toddler also agrees
...his Cars2 is waiting becoz of this :-().Request help/inputs. Thanks in advance.
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