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I recently bought a Samsung 26" HDTV monitor (TXN2668WHF) and have a
question... when watching a DVD on a Toshiba SD-2800 with the composite
output, I notice two 3" faint purple vertical bands on the screen when the
movie scene is dark, and sometimes a faint white vertical line in the
middle. If I switch to the yellow video cable, I get vertical snowy white
bands. I don't seem to notice this when watching cable TV except the faint
white line in the middle sometimes. I don't have another DVD player to try
so I was curious if there's an easy way I can tell if the DVD player is the
problem or the composite inputs on the HDTV.

Thanks,
Rob

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save us all time and trouble: learn the proper use of the terms component
and composite and which are which.

"Rob Martino" <rpmtino@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9554E79C74DBBrpmtinoyahoocom@68.12.19.6...
> I recently bought a Samsung 26" HDTV monitor (TXN2668WHF) and have a
> question... when watching a DVD on a Toshiba SD-2800 with the composite
> output, I notice two 3" faint purple vertical bands on the screen when the
> movie scene is dark, and sometimes a faint white vertical line in the
> middle. If I switch to the yellow video cable, I get vertical snowy white
> bands. I don't seem to notice this when watching cable TV except the
faint
> white line in the middle sometimes. I don't have another DVD player to
try
> so I was curious if there's an easy way I can tell if the DVD player is
the
> problem or the composite inputs on the HDTV.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

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Rob Martino wrote:
>
> I recently bought a Samsung 26" HDTV monitor (TXN2668WHF) and have a
> question... when watching a DVD on a Toshiba SD-2800 with the composite
> output, I notice two 3" faint purple vertical bands on the screen when the
> movie scene is dark, and sometimes a faint white vertical line in the
> middle. If I switch to the yellow video cable, I get vertical snowy white
> bands. I don't seem to notice this when watching cable TV except the faint
> white line in the middle sometimes. I don't have another DVD player to try
> so I was curious if there's an easy way I can tell if the DVD player is the
> problem or the composite inputs on the HDTV.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

Rob you may or may not have a TV problem....

If you have a HDTV.... you should be using an S-Video
cable at worst... a component (3 wires) at Best...

Use a composite (coax) Cable only for a simple test...
Not DVD viewing...

Make sure there are No unshielded speakers within 15"
of the TV screen. Magnets are bad for TV...

Finally as a Sony fan.. I wish you had bought a
Sony 30HS420 HDTV....

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Wow!

See corrected version below.

Rob

"Curmudgeon" <biteme@nospam.com> wrote in
news:%5xYc.38042$N11.14039@bignews5.bellsouth.net:

> save us all time and trouble: learn the proper use of the terms
> component and composite and which are which.
>
>
> "Rob Martino" <rpmtino@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9554E79C74DBBrpmtinoyahoocom@68.12.19.6...
>> I recently bought a Samsung 26" HDTV monitor (TXN2668WHF) and have a
>> question... when watching a DVD on a Toshiba SD-2800 with the
>> component output, I notice two 3" faint purple vertical bands on the
>> screen when the movie scene is dark, and sometimes a faint white
>> vertical line in the middle. If I switch to the composite cable,
>> I get vertical snowy white bands. I don't seem to notice this when
>> watching cable TV except the
> faint
>> white line in the middle sometimes. I don't have another DVD player
>> to
> try
>> so I was curious if there's an easy way I can tell if the DVD player
>> is
> the
>> problem or the component inputs on the HDTV.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>
>

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Baked <baked@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:<6OHYc.1945$Ft4.154@fe37.usenetserver.com>...
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:25:34 -0400, "Curmudgeon" <biteme@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >save us all time and trouble: learn the proper use of the terms component
> >and composite and which are which.
>
> Whatta prick.

Doesn't the user name say enough?

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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:25:34 -0400, "Curmudgeon" <biteme@nospam.com>
wrote:

>save us all time and trouble: learn the proper use of the terms component
>and composite and which are which.
--------------------------------
How about if you actually said something productive and explained his
error instead of mouthing off, you self deluding superiorist ahole?

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