Page 1 of Problems playing NTSC discs!! - Please help!!!!!

My previous player - a Wharfy 750S had no problems playing NTSC discs through my Thomson TV.

I recently replaced the player with a chipped Tosh 220.

All NTSC discs (including R2 Japanese discs) show signs of flickering on the left hand side of the screen, dark horizontal areas appearing across the screen as well as a rolling picture whenever any sudden change in brightness occurs eg. on-screen explosion...

Anyone know what the problem could be??

It`s possible that your TV doesn`t like 60Hz input. When playing NTSC discs, did you use your Wharfedale in true 60Hz mode, or 50Hz "converted" mode?

On the other hand, it could be a Macrovision related problem. Some TVs are over-sensitive to Macrovision signals, though they may only exhibit symptoms of this when the input is at 60Hz. (Did your Wharfy have Macro disabled by any chance?)

Try using the player with a different TV, if you can.

Mike

Sorry for the duplicate reply, don`t know how that happened!

Mike

This item was edited on Friday, 11th October 2002, 20:03