I've got a question I'm hoping you guys might be able to help provide me with some insight into. I've was recently given a used TV and it's pretty decent but I've noticed a problem I haven't seen before.
I only use the TV for games and playing DVDs.
While playing certain DVDs certain scenes consistently cause the part of the screen to blur (and sometimes flicker).
When it happens it's not always affecting the same area of the screen; that is, although the same scenes do affect the same areas of the screen, different scenes will cause the blur effect in different areas.
I've only got a few DVDs that cause this effect at all. There doesn't seem to be anything special about them, or the scenes which trigger the blurring (although they generally seem to be brighter / outdoor scenes - I'm not sure the blur would stand out as much if it happened during a darker scene).
the first time I saw this I thought it might be a problem with the DVD or the signal from the DVD player to the TV, but when the blur happens to the lower left hand side of the screen I can pause during those frames and bring up the TVs on-screen display menu and the menu options (brightness, contrast etc) are also blurry.
If I continue to play the DVD until the blur inducing part of the scene is over I can pause the show and pull up the OSD menu and everything is clear again. When the blurring occurs on other parts of the screen (top, right side etc) the OSD menu does not blur at all.
Except for this problem (which doesn't come up all the time) the set is fine - although it still needs to be degaussed (there's one persistent blob of colour near one of the corners). I have a feeling that degaussing is unlikely to correct the blur/flicker problem.
Any idea what the cause might be? Is the TV on it's last legs? Is this something that can be fixed?
I only use the TV for games and playing DVDs.
While playing certain DVDs certain scenes consistently cause the part of the screen to blur (and sometimes flicker).
When it happens it's not always affecting the same area of the screen; that is, although the same scenes do affect the same areas of the screen, different scenes will cause the blur effect in different areas.
I've only got a few DVDs that cause this effect at all. There doesn't seem to be anything special about them, or the scenes which trigger the blurring (although they generally seem to be brighter / outdoor scenes - I'm not sure the blur would stand out as much if it happened during a darker scene).
the first time I saw this I thought it might be a problem with the DVD or the signal from the DVD player to the TV, but when the blur happens to the lower left hand side of the screen I can pause during those frames and bring up the TVs on-screen display menu and the menu options (brightness, contrast etc) are also blurry.
If I continue to play the DVD until the blur inducing part of the scene is over I can pause the show and pull up the OSD menu and everything is clear again. When the blurring occurs on other parts of the screen (top, right side etc) the OSD menu does not blur at all.
Except for this problem (which doesn't come up all the time) the set is fine - although it still needs to be degaussed (there's one persistent blob of colour near one of the corners). I have a feeling that degaussing is unlikely to correct the blur/flicker problem.
Any idea what the cause might be? Is the TV on it's last legs? Is this something that can be fixed?