Page 1 of Denon 2800mkII DVD player - any known issues?

Does anyone know of any problems with the 2800mkII? I`ve not really looked into it yet, but first impressions of the picture quality are not that good. Almost every disc I`ve tried suffers from noise and dark areas seem like washed out greys.

I have updated the firmware to PAL progressive and multiregion. I have it set to RGB scart and have a quality scart lead going into my Hitachi 43" prog scan tv. I calibrated everything with a THX disc (the player can render below black) and set everything up correctly on the player.

Anything that is THX mastered looks stunning, there is much more detail and colours look perfect, but discs that are not vary in quality. Most noticable was Gladiator, it looked great on my old Hitachi DV-P305E (which is a first generation player) but now I see lots of noise in dark areas. I`m going to try more discs, but I`d like some help on the matter.

cervantes.