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I purchased a Memorex MVD-2042 (Suffix "G") DVD player from Target tonight. Unfortunately, none of the hacks listed to change the DVD player's region code work. You can access some sort of diagnostic page from the setup menu by pressing 1,3,8,9 on the remote, but you can't change the region. Does anybody have any tips or pointers on how to hack this specific model of DVD player?
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Nov 6, 2007 07:29
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I'm aware that some HD-DVDs can be used in both an HD-DVD player and a regular DVD player. How common is this and is there a list of these titles I can find anywhere online?
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Nov 8, 2007 04:14
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Thello posted:I'm aware that some HD-DVDs can be used in both an HD-DVD player and a regular DVD player. How common is this and is there a list of these titles I can find anywhere online? It's called "Combo" Format, and it's a minority of HD DVD titles. HD DVD layers on one side of the disc and a DVD layers on the other. Someone at amazon seems to have compiled a relatively thorough list: http://www.amazon.com/Combo-Format-Plays-BOTH-Players/lm/R1GA5XYT89TWKH/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrsrs0/102-0844049-7093723 There is also the "Twin" format, where HD DVD and DVD layers are on the same side. It may get more common in the future, but there is only one title as of yet in this format-- an anime title.
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Nov 10, 2007 02:58
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Stupid question, could I use something like this DVI -> HDMI converter cable in conjunction with a VGA -> DVI converter on my laptop to get my laptop's VGA output into my TV that has HDMI ? Basically: Laptop:VGA->DVI converter:DVI--HDMI cable:TV
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Nov 11, 2007 05:15
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StoneTearX2 posted:Stupid question, could I use something like this DVI -> HDMI converter cable in conjunction with a VGA -> DVI converter on my laptop to get my laptop's VGA output into my TV that has HDMI ? no, vga does not carry the digital signal. You would have to have some kind of converter box inbetween that would convert a vga signal to a dvi signal.
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Nov 11, 2007 05:54
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I've been using HDMI to connect my Comcast cable HD-DVR to my TV and I've noticed that I'm not able to get close captioning when I mute the TV. I don't really have a need for captions, but I like having them pop up when I have to mute. Do I have to connect via coax to get captions?
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Nov 11, 2007 06:33
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Stymie posted:I've been using HDMI to connect my Comcast cable HD-DVR to my TV and I've noticed that I'm not able to get close captioning when I mute the TV. The caption de-coding should be done by your DVR so the way it's hooked up to your TV won't matter.
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Nov 11, 2007 09:28
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I have a Sony Bravia 46" LCD HDTV (46V2500) which is in my opinion a pretty fantastic set for the price I bought it at a few months ago. I also have a Xbox 360 hooked up to it via VGA. While this looks fantastic, I do get one annoying little thing. Whenever I switch to the DVI input and then fire up the 360 the TV puts a little message in the lower right in yellow that says "Unsupported signal. Adjust your PC output." It goes away if you change the volume or anything on the TV. I'm just wondering why it says that and what I could do to make it stop. The picture quality is fine. For some reason my TV just warns me about an "unsupported signal." EDIT: VGA, not DVI. Out Of Band fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Nov 14, 2007 |
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Nov 12, 2007 05:19
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butterypancakes posted:The caption de-coding should be done by your DVR so the way it's hooked up to your TV won't matter. I've also noticed that the CC doesn't work even if I try and turn it on without muting. Doing some poking around I've read a few highly technical articles that seem to indicate CC is only available on 480i broadcasts because of magic bandwidth wizards or something, but I've not been able to find anything definitive on why I can't get it on any channels at all.
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Nov 13, 2007 00:20
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Stymie posted:Doing some poking around I've read a few highly technical articles that seem to indicate CC is only available on 480i broadcasts because of magic bandwidth wizards or something, but I've not been able to find anything definitive on why I can't get it on any channels at all. Comcast might just be screwing you over. CC is handled differently by analogue and digital broadcasts. It should be there on both though... it is the law.
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Nov 13, 2007 06:30
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I went out and bought a Samsung 50" 720p Plasma a couple nights ago and, since I'm not quite ready to make the leap into full Blu-Ray/HD-DVD just yet, picked up a Philips upconverting DVD player. When I got it home, I noticed that the only resolution the box of the DVD player makes note of is 1080i. So I'm sure this is a stupid question, but will a 1080i upconverting DVD player also upconvert to 720p?
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Nov 13, 2007 15:08
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Febtober posted:I went out and bought a Samsung 50" 720p Plasma a couple nights ago and, since I'm not quite ready to make the leap into full Blu-Ray/HD-DVD just yet, picked up a Philips upconverting DVD player. id say 99% it does, but ewven if it doesn't, your tv will scale the 1080i signal to 720p. Or if you just hook up a regular dvd player to your tv, your tv will do the upscaling to 720p.
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Nov 13, 2007 16:57
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Don Lapre posted:id say 99% it does, but ewven if it doesn't, your tv will scale the 1080i signal to 720p. Or if you just hook up a regular dvd player to your tv, your tv will do the upscaling to 720p. Oh, okay. So if I already have a normal DVD player, the TV will do the work and it will end up the same as an upconverting one? My normal DVD player doesn't have HDMI inputs, so I assume the picture quality would suffer a bit there versus the upconverting player with HDMI?
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Nov 14, 2007 05:25
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Febtober posted:Oh, okay. So if I already have a normal DVD player, the TV will do the work and it will end up the same as an upconverting one? My normal DVD player doesn't have HDMI inputs, so I assume the picture quality would suffer a bit there versus the upconverting player with HDMI? all digital sets upconvert or downconvert all signals to their native res. So yes, your tv will do the exact same thing an upconverting dvd player will, the only real question in the matter is which does a better job. And this is basically left up to testing it both ways and seeing which image you prefer.
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Nov 14, 2007 07:36
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Febtober posted:Oh, okay. So if I already have a normal DVD player, the TV will do the work and it will end up the same as an upconverting one? My normal DVD player doesn't have HDMI inputs, so I assume the picture quality would suffer a bit there versus the upconverting player with HDMI? Everything ends up at the native resolution of your TV. Up converting SD to HD means blowing up the picture about 4x, it's not a nice process, so sometimes you'll find a device that does it better than your TV. However, if you didn't buy a top of the line TV or a videophile DVD player the scaler is going to look about the same no matter what device you use. HDMI also doesn't really matter, component looks great. It's always a good idea to try and get the best quality from every device in your home theatre but you have to realize that when you then sit comfortably across the room that most small differences in picture quality become moot. Also, 1080i to 720p is a down conversion not up.
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Nov 14, 2007 19:50
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about playing ps3 on my computer monitor... I have this DVI -> HDMI cable that I've been using to hook my PC to my HDTV. Will the cable work the other way around? I want to shove the HDMI port into the ps3 and the DVI into my computer monitor. (so I can play my ps3 in my bedroom while the TV is occupied.. stoopid basketball season) If it does work that way, what would I do for audio? Im guessing the standard AV port on the back of the ps3 and just use the red and white audio cables into say... the line in on my computer? I'm afraid that using HDMI disables the AV port or something stupid like that.. please tell me this isnt the case.
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Nov 15, 2007 02:17
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I've got a DivX video file with built-in letterboxing. My cheapo LCD HDTV does not have any zoom modes. Is there any simple way to remove the letterboxing from the file to make it true widescreen and thus fill my TV screen?
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Nov 17, 2007 23:07
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Kaf posted:I've got a DivX video file with built-in letterboxing. My cheapo LCD HDTV does not have any zoom modes.
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Nov 18, 2007 12:40
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I have a last gen Dell FP2405 LCD monitor that I use for movies, gaming, and as an actual monitor. I'm having an issue with the blacks on this monitor. Any black area that has an adjacent lighter colored area has green streaks that follow the outline of the area. It's almost like an uneven green shadow. The issue is present in all signals from component, S video, DSUB and I've tried it on different circuits and with / without a strip outlet etc. I also reset the device to its factory settings and worked with all available menus to no avail. Any idea what could be causing this and if there is any way to fix this? /edit: After using some test patterns, it turns out there is a green shadow approximately 9 pixels off to the right. Time to call Dell up for a replacement. /edit 2: 30 minutes later with Dell support and I have a new monitor on the way. Visible Ivan fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Nov 19, 2007 |
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Nov 18, 2007 23:37
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So. Some jackass put a magnet to my new HDTV. It's not new perse.. but it's new to me. Is there any possible way to fix this? It's on the top corners of my tv and it runs down the sides right to the middle.
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Nov 19, 2007 23:32
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I was watching Fantastic Four today on my Sony Bravia KDL262S000 at 480p and all of a sudden the video went wonky for a few seconds. Here's a screenshot. I think it's the DVD player that's causing it. It's a few years old and refused to give me my discs back when I opened the tray. Somehow the disc would remain in the player despite the tray being out. Anyway, anyone have any ideas?
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Nov 21, 2007 06:54
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Taumpy Tearrs posted:I was watching Fantastic Four today on my Sony Bravia KDL262S000 at 480p and all of a sudden the video went wonky for a few seconds. Here's a screenshot. since PAUSE still looks fine, i would look toward a dvd player problem. if it was a tv problem PAUSE s hould have the same lines.
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Nov 21, 2007 06:57
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Don Lapre posted:since PAUSE still looks fine, i would look toward a dvd player problem. Wow, I never thought of that. I guess I'm not one for details. Thanks for the help.
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Nov 21, 2007 07:09
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I'm trying to get my mother an upconverting DVD player for Christmas, but I'm stuck. I know you can only upconvert over HDMI/DVI, but the TV doesn't have HDMI, only DVI and component (and the component is taken by the cable box) - so I'm looking for a unit that will use DVI, otherwise I'm stuck with a regular DVD player over composite. Any suggestions for a cost-reasonable? I have an HDMI->DVI adapter, but will that work with copy protection?
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Nov 22, 2007 05:42
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xie posted:I'm trying to get my mother an upconverting DVD player for Christmas, but I'm stuck. I know you can only upconvert over HDMI/DVI, but the TV doesn't have HDMI, only DVI and component (and the component is taken by the cable box) - so I'm looking for a unit that will use DVI, otherwise I'm stuck with a regular DVD player over composite.
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Nov 22, 2007 11:55
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oh my I need help quick please aim me at zandxps or post here if you know the answer to my question~ I don't know anything about monitors or DVI or anything, but I'm going to buy a 22" monitor today because compusa is having a sale. Anyway, my videocard has DVI output on it but I don't know if the monitor will work with it properly because the monitor says it takes DVI-D. I do not know what this means, and I want to know if my card can output a DVI-D if it outputs DVI. the video card is an old Radeon 9700 Pro by Sapphire, and its fanless, for reference. edit: oh my video card has the plus sign thing too on the side and it also has 3 rows of 8 pins each i think so I think that it is DVI-I Zand fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Nov 22, 2007 |
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Nov 22, 2007 19:02
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Zand posted:oh my I need help quick please aim me at zandxps or post here if you know the answer to my question~
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Nov 23, 2007 11:20
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I heard something today about all TV going Digital in a few years. i have DirecTV so I assume that I won't be affected by this? I have an older TV and I hope that I can still use it.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:I heard something today about all TV going Digital in a few years. i have DirecTV so I assume that I won't be affected by this? I have an older TV and I hope that I can still use it. nobody on sat will be affected. cable customers wont be affected till 2012 which is when cable companies are allowed to stop sending their analog signal through or turn off retrofit equipment.
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Nov 24, 2007 16:20
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Rubiks Pubes posted:I heard something today about all TV going Digital in a few years. i have DirecTV so I assume that I won't be affected by this? I have an older TV and I hope that I can still use it. Don Lapre posted:nobody on sat will be affected. cable customers wont be affected till 2012 which is when cable companies are allowed to stop sending their analog signal through or turn off retrofit equipment.
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Nov 24, 2007 21:26
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Irish Thunder posted:I heard that it was 2009 when they were going to digital. Also, I was talking to my uncle about this earlier today. If a person had an analog TV, couldn't they use their VCR/DVD player to convert the signal to analog? In february 2009 all NTSC analogue broadcasts will be shut off. So you won't be able to get anything with rabbit ears and a normal tuner. However there is a good chance that exceptions will be made for rural areas that get their signal through analogue translators (if you're in a city/town with more people then cows this isn't you.) Cable companies can take digital broadcasts and both down-convert and convert to analogue this will end in 2012, but most cable companies will be all digital before then anyway, so a cable box will be needed anyway. Come 2009 you will need cable/satellite or a normal antenna and a digital ATSC tuner (either a box or built into a TV) to get anything, either SD or HD. VCRs do not have ATSC tuners in them neither do DVD players. If you bought your TV in the last two years there is a good chance whether it is HD or not it has a digital tuner.
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Irish Thunder posted:I heard that it was 2009 when they were going to digital. Also, I was talking to my uncle about this earlier today. If a person had an analog TV, couldn't they use their VCR/DVD player to convert the signal to analog? 2009 is the cutoff for OVER THE AIR analog broadcasts. It means nothing for cable or satellite customers. Cable customers however is another story. The FCC decided that cable companies have to provide analog service till 2012. This only affects customers who run a coax line directly into their analog tv. Also cable can get around it by installing a converter box at the pole or at the box on your house which will convert their digital signals to analog for your home only. This is probably what will end up happening since cable companies are trying to get as much bandwidth out as possible.
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Nov 25, 2007 20:06
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I recently picked up my first HD TV. Its a 27 inch LG LCD. I live in an apartment complex with a roof antenna that I can hook into with a coax cable and the reception is quite good. Can I pick up OTA HD channels without a special antenna? I live near Chicago so I should have lots of OTA HD choices, but I'm not sure how I can view them. I obviously can't/don't want to install a new antenna. Can anyone help me out?
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Nov 26, 2007 02:16
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I've never had any kind of HDTV before. I got a Toshiba REGZA 26HL67 26" LCD HDTV on Friday. My question is this: It has QAM, NTSC, and ATSC tuners in it. How do I even receive HD broadcasts with it? I have it connected to an older aerial antenna. Do I have to change any settings or anything or do I just surf channels until I hit an HD one? How do I know it is even an HD channel? thanks. EDIT: If I need a new antenna, I think I will get this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882145018 Stoic Commie fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Nov 26, 2007 |
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Nov 26, 2007 03:40
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Stoic Commie posted:It has QAM, NTSC, and ATSC tuners in it. How do I even receive HD broadcasts with it? I have it connected to an older aerial antenna. Do I have to change any settings or anything or do I just surf channels until I hit an HD one? CombatMedic posted:Can I pick up OTA HD channels without a special antenna? I live near Chicago so I should have lots of OTA HD choices, but I'm not sure how I can view them. I obviously can't/don't want to install a new antenna. Can anyone help me out? antennaweb.org ATSC is channels over the air, which you can get with pretty much any antenna. QAM is un-encrypted cable channels and if your local cable company has un-encrypted locals (most do) this is probably the best choice. You just need the cheapest analogue plan or usually cable internet. You'll know it's an HD channel by the "display info" on your TV saying 720p or 1080i and the picture filling the whole screen without stretching.
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I posted this in the audio thread, but I guess it's actually more of a video question: I bought a 42" Sharp Aquos and an Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver as the first two components in my burgeoning A/V setup. Since everyone here advises against HTIB I decided to build a system from the ground up. I have not yet purchased speakers and was hoping to just use the TV's speakers in the meanwhile and use the receiver as a glorified switch until I can afford some speakers after the holidays. My Cable Box and my Tivo all connected to the receiver via composite audio and S-video (separate cables). My Wii is connected entirely via composite. The Xbox 360 is connected to the receiver via HDMI. From the receiver to the TV itself, I am running a single HDMI cable. We hooked everything up yesterday and for the most part it went really well. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the analog audio to pass through my receiver to the TV via an HDMI cable. So for most of my devices I can't hear any sound. The Xbox works flawlessly. I get sound and video with nice clarity, etc. For the other devices, I get video, but I cannot get any sound. Is it simply that the analog audio going into the receiver cannot be transmitted to the TV via HDMI? The receiver "upconverts" video signals, so I thought it would do the same for sound. The problem will hopefully be alleviated when I get some speakers and the HD cable box so I can run straight up HDMI all the time, but for now, I would like to be able to actually hear what I am watching.
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If I want to get high-definition FTA satellite feeds, will I need a special receiver, such as the Viewsat 9000 HD, or will the Viewsat Ultra receiver work fine?
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VERTiG0 posted:If I want to get high-definition FTA satellite feeds, will I need a special receiver, such as the Viewsat 9000 HD, or will the Viewsat Ultra receiver work fine? I really don't know anything about FTA specifically, but since the retailers selling it don't have "HD" all over their pages for the Viewsat Ultra I'd guess its SD only. According to the tech specs from one place selling it can only do a 15 MBps mpeg-2 stream, and if by that they mean 15 Mbps, that's a bit under most HD broadcasts. Hopefully someone can tell you for sure, but my money is on no HD for the Ultra.
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My Onkyo receiver has this really annoying bug, by which at certain times I am playing a game or watching a movie scene, where the screen goes black like its switching video modes, then goes back to the picture. It really is like I am switching to another input or something, but it does switch back, and seems to happen ALL THE TIME at certain parts (right when my xbox360 starts up and the logo animation finishes (right before you go to the dashboard). Its definitely my receiver, as it does not happen when my input goes directly to the TV. This is unbelievably annoying, and can find no info about it on google. Help? EDIT: Should note this is a HTIB variety set-up. I am thinking of moving up to a better receiver for this reason alone, but am worried that the more expensive Onkyo receivers (like the 805, which is very attractive as comparable Denons are much more expensive) will have the same issue with my set-up. TV is a 42" 720p Pioneer plasma (cannot remember the model). Bonobos fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Dec 3, 2007 |
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