I got a Oppo DV971H the other day and hooked it up via component cables. I'd been using the same cables with my now dead Malata n996 DVD player (that literally BLEW UP on me). I tried multiple dvd's NTSC and PAL and I keep getting these horizontal colored lines that scroll up and down the picture. Not all the time, but they are certainly noticeable (more so when the camera is moving). I've got a 6 year old Sony wega (KV-32FV16) that's not progressive. I hooked up my backup Philips 727 dvd player via the component cables and it does the same thing. I double checked the component cables and they are hooked up correctly. I then went out and picked up another component video cable... Same issue. I also brought my OPPO over to my friends house and hooked it up to his new Sony Wega via Component In's. Worked fine...
I'm really puzzled because I used the same component in's with my old Malata player for over 4 years. One thing I did notice is the Component in's on the Wega are labeled Y,Pr,Pb instead of Y,Cr,Cb like the Oppo. Could there be some sort of small voltage difference in my Wega's Component in's??? This is really frustrating. Any help would be gladly appriciated. Thx!
hmmm....that's interesting. On the HD/up-converting DVD players, I've heard they wont upconvert without the DVI connection, but not that they dont operate in progressive mode.
I had a similar problem. With the DVD using interlaced setting with darker screen shots I would get a colored line going from bottom to top. On progressive setting with the DVD the line went away. I thought it was my projector, the cables, the DVD player, my RF modulator-- so forth and so on.
Actually it was a grounding issue. Once the subwoofer was plugged into the same surge protector the issue went away.
I read somewhere that all your components need to be grounded in the same manner. Check if all your components are grounded into the same or similar surge protector.