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Originally Posted by thekochs 
OK....I think I found a issue with the BDP-1500 but not sure what to do about it. I was working with my swtich Apps team but when taking the Video Storm switch out of the mix the issue is still there. The BR disc Narnia, Prince Caspian has some intro trailers....after these are done there is a scene of flying thru snow capped mountains which ends at the BR Menu....this is 6/6 if looking in the chapter selection of the trailers. Anyway, about midway thru I get lines across the screen on my Sony VPLHS20 Projector....even de-syncs the projector some times to blue screen. My other newer LD TVs (Sony, Samung and Sharp) in the house done't see the issue. This is all when set at 1080i thru Component. Also, if I set to 720P the issue goes away on the PJ too. Clearly it is some transition issue in the scene that the BDP-1500 and Sony PJ combo don't "sync" well on. The Sony PJ is about 6 years old but was top of the line...so I know its input circuitry was very highend (DC and AC coupled).
After talking to the VideoStorm Apps guys they suspect the BDP1500 is doing something strange on the decode at 1080i. The scene is not a fast transition scene....in fact a very slow fly through....so it kinda puzzles them what the issue would be....again pointing more to the BDP1500 instead of the PJ which would be more symptomatic of fast transition screne. Attached is a very...very short clip (MPEG file but zipped) since the limit of attachments on this Forum is 500Kb. I just clipped the screen garble. If you have the disc you can see the scene that it is from.
Anyway, wanted to post this in case others have seen it....also wanting advice on who/where/how to send. I assume Samsung but I don't want to sit for hours on some 800 phone # to have a guy read off a computer screen. I'd rather just send the Samsung Apps the full clip with description of what I see.
Any thoughts ?
OK....I think I found a issue with the BDP-1500 but not sure what to do about it. I was working with my swtich Apps team but when taking the Video Storm switch out of the mix the issue is still there. The BR disc Narnia, Prince Caspian has some intro trailers....after these are done there is a scene of flying thru snow capped mountains which ends at the BR Menu....this is 6/6 if looking in the chapter selection of the trailers. Anyway, about midway thru I get lines across the screen on my Sony VPLHS20 Projector....even de-syncs the projector some times to blue screen. My other newer LD TVs (Sony, Samung and Sharp) in the house done't see the issue. This is all when set at 1080i thru Component. Also, if I set to 720P the issue goes away on the PJ too. Clearly it is some transition issue in the scene that the BDP-1500 and Sony PJ combo don't "sync" well on. The Sony PJ is about 6 years old but was top of the line...so I know its input circuitry was very highend (DC and AC coupled).
After talking to the VideoStorm Apps guys they suspect the BDP1500 is doing something strange on the decode at 1080i. The scene is not a fast transition scene....in fact a very slow fly through....so it kinda puzzles them what the issue would be....again pointing more to the BDP1500 instead of the PJ which would be more symptomatic of fast transition screne. Attached is a very...very short clip (MPEG file but zipped) since the limit of attachments on this Forum is 500Kb. I just clipped the screen garble. If you have the disc you can see the scene that it is from.
Anyway, wanted to post this in case others have seen it....also wanting advice on who/where/how to send. I assume Samsung but I don't want to sit for hours on some 800 phone # to have a guy read off a computer screen. I'd rather just send the Samsung Apps the full clip with description of what I see.
Any thoughts ?
What firmware are you running on the 1500... I have used all three through my ownership. And have tested both 720 and 1080 formats. I had to disable the annoying Java loaded on screen menu and info layers (sped things up). Yes this thing has 3 different layers. One for video, BD live and on screen menu / info.
Also setup screen settings to allow pillar box format. Did not see any issues with scan lines or glitches.
I did see on a BD title something your Sony may pickup over the newer TV's... My new TV has a video blank delay built in for signal switching. When the movie trailer went from letter box to full frame the video blanked... Since there is no standard for content format any transition from one format to the next could bring a glitch or scan line artifact.
Which brings to mind it is possible what you are seeing is a Macro Block signal trigger... Most projectors have issues with Macro Block, though you may not have the issue earlier, the signal may skip in and out during the sequence. Which can be cured by using a Macro Block eliminator (T-View Gold for 4:3 formats for example).
Then again I do not watch much blue ray as I have a DVD library. Have tested a few BD rentals but cannot justify replacing a DVD until a particular title becomes available, which may not happen for a long long time.
Huh? You can't justify buying a BD until that BD is available to buy? What am I not getting, here?
