Region 1 Discs

[Peachey]

I bought my first Region 1 disc recently (Shrek) and everything is fine apart from a slight flickering at the bottom of the screen - most notably in the bottom left of the screen.

The flickering is by no means bad enough to make the DVD unwatchable, although I would of course prefer it not to be there. However, being a newbie to Region 1 discs, I am concerned that I may be doing some harm to the TV. The TV is a 28" Widescreen Sanyo and my player is a chipped Toshiba SD110e. Can anyone put my mind at rest, or is it possible to damage your TV by playing Region 1 discs.

Sorry if this is a dumb question or if this has been asked before.

Steve.
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[APPRIA40WR]

Welcome to the Forums :)

You <u>can't</u> damage your TV playing Region 1 DVDs (or any other -although the Phantom Menace may cause some severe damage).

Are you using a SCART cable and does you DVD player go straight to the TV?

[Peachey]

Thanks for the advice.

Yes I am using a scart cable and it does go straight to the RGB socket on the TV.

[APPRIA40WR]

The RGB socket? you mean the SCART? So you've set the player to RGB?

You could try swithing the player's output to composite or s-video (assuming your TV accepts s-video) and seeing what happens. If the fault is still there try another SCART cable and then another Region 1 disc and if it's still there there must be a fault.

If it was me I'd try the player (and SCART) on another TV if you can -this'll show if there's a problem with the player or TV.

[Peachey]

Yes the player is set to RGB. I'll try your other suggestions, but I only get this slight flickering with the, so far, one Region 1 disc I have? I get a perfect picture with the Region 2 discs (even Phantom Menace).

Steve.

[APPRIA40WR]

NTSC is of course different but that's not the fault of the Region 1 disc. There must be a problem and following what I said will unearth it :)

[Bapapapa]

You get this sometimes with NTSC discs, depending on how your TV handles it. My Sony for instance flickers at the top, so I went into the service menu and shifted the picture up a couple of pixels to hide it in the overscan.