Is this right?

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Steve B. wrote:
> OK.. I need some advice.
>
> I have a new Toshiba 51hc85 projection monitor running HDMI from a
> Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR box on Brighthouse service and a new
> Toshiba Progressive Scan DVD player. I've had the new stuff for two
> weeks now.
>
> My problem is that from any source the screen is "busy". Let me try
> to explain.. Sorry I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff. If the scene
> shows a solid color wall in the background or the horizon you can see
> what looks like to me a bunch of little dots flickering instead of
> just a solid color background. The "busy" is there on everything from
> every source. At first I thought that it was something that you just
> get used to but after two weeks it is still distracting to the point
> that I don't enjoy watching movies on the set.
>
> So is this a problem with my unit or something that one just has to
> get used to when making the move to a big screen? This is a rear
> projection unit with no tuner. Would one of the other projection
> technologies have the same thing?

No, that shouldn't happen. It could be a problem with your set. It
could also be a problem with cabling or the source components, but since
you say it happens on all inputs, it's probably something wrong with your
set.

If you still have an option to exchange the set for a different model,
you might want to consider one of the DLP or LCD projection technologies.

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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:29:40 -0500, Bruce Tomlin
<bruce#fanboy.net@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>
>Hard to tell without seeing it in person, but are these flickering dots
>mostly shimmering regularly-spaced vertical columns? The first time I
>bought an HDTV OTA tuner, it had those symptoms, which I (fortunately)
>was able to recognize as RAM problems. The store had exactly one other
>unit left, the shelf demo, and the swap gave me a working unit.

No they aren't really columns. Almost like poor signal snow on a
regular TV but you don't see them on most things just solid color
things like the walls of a room. We watched The Grudge on DVD this
weekend and in many scenes the walls in the house looked "alive"
because of all the little dots moving around on them. The same thing
was evident watching Six Feet Under on the high def HBO Channel Sunday
night. If a person walks by a door frame in a scene the door frame
sometimes looks "alive" with all the busyness on it instead of just
being a solid color. It is distracting to the point that you miss
what you should be really seeing because your attention is diverted.

Thanx for your input.

Steve B.

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Sounds like it could be compression artifacts. Sometimes I've seen an "auto
color correction" option make this worse. You might try turning such a
feature off if it's now on to see if that helps.

Greg

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> OK.. I need some advice.
>
> I have a new Toshiba 51hc85 projection monitor running HDMI from a
> Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR box on Brighthouse service and a new
> Toshiba Progressive Scan DVD player. I've had the new stuff for two
> weeks now.
>
> My problem is that from any source the screen is "busy". Let me try
> to explain.. Sorry I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff. If the scene
> shows a solid color wall in the background or the horizon you can see
> what looks like to me a bunch of little dots flickering instead of
> just a solid color background. The "busy" is there on everything from
> every source. At first I thought that it was something that you just
> get used to but after two weeks it is still distracting to the point
> that I don't enjoy watching movies on the set.
>
> The best thing I have found that I can do for it is drop the
> brightness down as low as I can stand it and that takes it from
> distracting to mildly annoying. If you stand up the picture looks
> fine... I only notice this from a direct viewing angle. I do not
> notice this on the sets in the store but they are using DirecTV and I
> can't recreate my viewing situation in the store with all the bright
> lights etc.
>
> I have also tried using my new cable line that feeds the cable modem
> and found no change.
>
>
> So is this a problem with my unit or something that one just has to
> get used to when making the move to a big screen? This is a rear
> projection unit with no tuner. Would one of the other projection
> technologies have the same thing?
>
> Sorry for the long post. After wanting a big screen for years I am
> kind of disappointed now that I have one and could really use any
> advice yall can offer.
>
> Steve B.