Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, M.J. Sammon said:
> I was gonna ask you if you had your TV set to auto-zoom -- looks like
you found your cropping problem.
> FYI, these new HD monitors can have different auto-zoom settings for
different inputs.
It's not an auto-zoom, I have to manually do it, and then manually
remember to UNdo it.  It does, however, remember for each of the inputs
I use.  So zooming in the input the DVD uses does not effect the input
the cable/dvr uses.  (I realized the error when I turned on the living
room computer, as it shares the same TV input as the DVD (through an
HDMI autoswitch) and the taskbar was off the screen.
 
> But now that you have brought this subject up...
> Ever since I got my 60" Kuro, I can now see how horrible
> the video transfers on my B5 DVDs are.  The pixel noise in some low-level
> light scenes is almost unbearable.  Whoever did the transcoding must
> have used a high compression setting for the video.
> The signal is going through Classé equipment direct to the Kuro, so I'm
> 99.9% sure the problem is with the DVD.
> 
> I'll have to go through them again to see which ones are the most offensive.
> Just curious if you noticed this also on your B5 DVDs.
My equipment isn't that good.  It's a low-range Sony DVD carousel
feeding into a low-range 32" Toshiba Regza.  The TV was the cheapest
1080p set I could find, on sale, two years ago.  It cost less than
$700.  The DVD player is even older.  Nice feature set for the price,
but it doesn't exactly have stunning image quality.
For that kind of bad-ness, I'd have to be right on top of the set to
see it, but I sit about 8 feet away.
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