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Combing present on animated DVDs.

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Maybe you guys can help me because I am not a technical wizard.

I own every season/volume of Spongebob Squarepants and Family Guy on DVD. When I play the DVDs on a standard television, they look great, and I have no complaints.

However, when I play them on my 40" Sony 1080p HDTV, they look like absolute shit!

Every time something moves onscreen (especially when a camera angle switches), these delayed horizontal lines flicker across anything that moves. I think the professional term is combing, but whatever it is, it's absolutely pissing me off.

Now is this the result of a poor video presentation on the DVD (perhaps because they are interlaced), or is there something wrong with my setup?
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It could be a number of things. I'm guessing your TV is LCD, right? What DVD player do you have and how is it connected to the TV?

What's happening is, either the DVD or the DVD player is sending the image to your LCD TV as an interlaced image, which is causing what you describe. If your player is using component cables or HDMI/DVI cables, it should be set to be progressive scan and that might solve the problem. It could also be that the discs themselves were mastered with an interlaced pic, and if that's the case, you're probably SOL.

Here's info on what's causing it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlace" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Neon Maniac wrote:It could be a number of things. I'm guessing your TV is LCD, right? What DVD player do you have and how is it connected to the TV?
I'm currently using a Toshiba HD-A3 720p/1080i HD DVD player connected with an HDMI cable. And the TV is LCD.
Neon Maniac wrote:What's happening is, either the DVD or the DVD player is sending the image to your LCD TV as an interlaced image, which is causing what you describe. If your player is using component cables or HDMI/DVI cables, it should be set to be progressive scan and that might solve the problem. It could also be that the discs themselves were mastered with an interlaced pic, and if that's the case, you're probably SOL.
This is what I'm guessing. And judging by this review of Family Guy presents Blue Harvest, I'm assuming it's a problem with most animated TV-DVDs.
Neon Maniac wrote:Here's info on what's causing it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlace" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks, Neon!

I also just dug up this link which has a good visual comparison between progressive and interlace.

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The HD-A3 does a poor job handling interlaced SD-DVD material.

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Alien Redrum wrote:It's no Panasonic VCR, that's for sure.
I don't own a fucking Panasonic VCR you fucking midget. :mad:

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damnationdoormat wrote:
Alien Redrum wrote:It's no Panasonic VCR, that's for sure.
I don't own a fucking Panasonic VCR you fucking midget. :mad:
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The Hitman wrote:
damnationdoormat wrote:
Alien Redrum wrote:It's no Panasonic VCR, that's for sure.
I don't own a fucking Panasonic VCR you fucking midget. :mad:
If you think he's a midget, you're a lot bigger than I remember from the last time I saw you.
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