Page 1 of ANYONE USING SCAN 2.14 NOTICED BETTER OR WORSE PICTURE QUALITY?

I am just wondering what the picture quality is like after upgrading to 2.14 as i have noticed after upgrading earlier firmware there has been a lack of sharpness and increased background movement and noise.

Xeno

Hello Xeno..I`ve upgraded to 2.14 and the picture quality seems perfect..

I purchased my player beginning of november last year..

After finding that upgrading the firmware from one version to the next gave me pixellation problems, I now downgrade my machine to version 1.80 (Came with 1.64 but I dont have that version) then install the latest version..

I`ve found the new version appears to be more stable.. No jumps in the picture frames etc and no noise. Hats off to Tae Young Telstar for continous improvement of the firmware. (Probably brought about by Nellish complaining in support of his customers.)

Obviously some people will have bad experiences with upgrading.

Another factor which affects quality of playback, is that some DVD`s have been recorded to a poor standard... i.e. garbage in... garbage out..
(Just like bear and his mother.)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 13th February 2001, 23:27

Ive just upgraded to 2.14, had 2.08s before, so I downgraded to 1.80, then up to 2.14, seems to work better that way dont it!
ANyway, piccy seems perfect to me on my vcds, aint tried a dvd yet, coz I aint got one handy. But then I had a perfect piccy on 2.08 anyway
still wondering about the macrovision disable angle though

This item was edited on Wednesday, 14th February 2001, 10:23

I upgraded straight from 2.08s direct to 2.14 without problems. I have never noticed any picture problems on my new model (delivered with 1.80) including the alledged `blue shadows` and on a cursory look the picture looks fine.

But most importantly from my point of view - the Disney R2 problem is now cured!!

I have also noticed that the SCAN now `seeks` instantaneously when switching from movie to menu and from chapter to chapter.

I only play DVDs and CDs, but everything seems OK for me now.

My machine was shipped with 2.06, upgraded to 2.08s, then 2.11. I`m now on 2.14, but I`ve noticed some blockiness and smearing as described by someone else recently.

The blockyness occurs in large areas of plain colours (the white walls in American Psycho, Night sky in The Crow, and the forest scenes in Final Destination)

The smearing happens with stars and stuff where bright white colours are next to dark ones. I might try going down to v1.80 and upgrading back up.

Could someone please send me a zipped TDVD-000.rom for v1.80.

Thanks,

NiVZ.

nevin.luap[at]moc.dnaltocs

This item was edited on Wednesday, 14th February 2001, 11:30