Has anyone noticed the vertical lines across the entire screen. It is weird, I have never noticed that on any other HD dvd....Very strange....:confused:

Has anyone noticed the vertical lines across the entire screen. It is weird, I have never noticed that on any other HD dvd....Very strange....:confused:

nope...did not exsist on my copy

I didn't see them on mine either. The whole movie or just certain parts?

I have only watched through half of it and it has been there the entire time. You notice it bad in the first 5 minutes especially during the airplane cabin scene..

Has anyone noticed the vertical lines across the entire screen. It is weird, I have never noticed that on any other HD dvd....Very strange....:confused:

Yep.....happened on a couple other Par titles too......I've brought it up before here and no one else had that problem.
BTW I even tried a BLURAY copy which had the same problem ????!!

Yes, I've seen it as well. Mission Impossible 2, Italian Job, and I think I saw it on tomb raider as well.

What kind of TV's do you guys have? I have a Panasonic Plasma.

Nothing wrong with my copy. Purchased at Sam's Club.

Yes, I've seen it as well. Mission Impossible 2, Italian Job, and I think I saw it on tomb raider as well.

What kind of TV's do you guys have? I have a Panasonic Plasma.

Runco front projector.......1080i

I have a Panny Plasma...42"

show some pics pls

I'll post some pic's later this evening if I get a chance.

No problems on mine. I thought the film looked really good, too bad the movie wasn't that great (the studio cut like an hour from it).

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8383/pict2027df7.jpg

Sorry buy I don't see the vertical lines in the above picture. Are they that bad??!! :confused:

Sorry buy I don't see the vertical lines in the above picture. Are they that bad??!! :confused:


focus on the sky.. you will see them.. They are about 1/8 " in thickness....I can seem them better in person...

Looks more like moire. Or banding. My first guess is get another HDMI cable. Or at least reseat it at both ends then turn on both equipment. At least try a different res first.

Looks more like moire. Or banding. My first guess is get another HDMI cable. Or at least reseat it at both ends then turn on both equipment. At least try a different res first.

Thanks! That worked

I wanted to follow up on this thread, I have a 42 inch Panasonic Plasma, can display only 720p, but can accept up to 1080p.

I spent over an hour tonight moving wires, replacing wires, and could not get rid of the lines. It was showing up on nearly all of my paramount titles. Top Gun, Italian Job, Tomb Raider.

Finally I came back re-read this thread, and I checked my resolution. I had it set for up to 1080P, I changed it to 720P and the lines disappeared. What makes this really wierd is that it only occured on Paramount titles, I don't get it.

Maybe I should just try to call in the warranty on my TV, after all it does seem to be a TV problem, more so than the HD-DVD player.

I have a Panasonic TH-42PX60 and an HD-EP30. I've experienced these lines on Hot Rod and Mission Impossible as of yet. I noticed that both are from Paramount. If the lines disappear by changing resolution, I'm guessing it's a matter of detail being lost (more instances of scaling), because if I tilt my head to the side, the lines become virtually unnoticable. I've watched a good handfuld of HD DVD releases since I watched Hot Rod, and I haven't noticed any vertical lines on any of them. And yes, I've made sure to check.

I've watched Mission Impossible II fairly recently, but I believe that was back when I still had the HD-E1. I'll have to check MI:II again.

Checked MI:II and they were there of course. A thing to note though is that they're not there right from the beginning; there's NOTHING to see on the mountain climbing scene. It doesn't seem to show up until the car chase. I remember it being similar in Hot Rod, where I didn't notice anything until a while into the movie. This is way too random to be something that's happening in the tv, the player, the cable or even the (Marantz) receiver; it's always there in the same pattern and in the same spots. I have MI:III on Blu-ray and there's nothing on that one.

Nothing on Sahara or Shooter, which are the only other Paramount HD DVD's I could find looking through the collection quickly. There are plenty of scenes in those movies where the lines would be very easily noticable. Initially when noticing the problem on Hot Rod (and now I can't remember when I got Hot Rod; I believe it was before I got the HD-EP30, so it was there on the HD-E1 as well) I checked a couple of other movies, including Hot Fuzz, and there was nothing there either, of course.