I recently bought a Toshiba XD-e500KC XDE upscaler DVD player with my new LCD TV (also Toshiba). After only 3 hours, without warning, the image became filled with digital blocks. Actually, only the moving images where blocky.For example, FBI warning where perfectly clear ;)This is not disc related, since , all the discs i have tried after presents the same issues. And i have also tried my HDMI cable on my old DVD player ( Samsung), and everything is working fine. I have brougth back the my player to Best BUY ( under warranty), and picked up another box. 2 Weeks laters, after extensive use of the new player, same problem occured once again. And bizarrely, watching the same movie ( Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal skull).While the player is still under warranty again, i was a bit suprised to experiment the same issue twice in such a short time frame. Any insight is welcome.
Well, this was no brainer. After simply unplugging the device for about 24 hours, everything went back to normal. Seem that the player is still having this problem from time to time, probably Bios related. I have also advise Toshiba support of the problem and the workaround. Hopefully, they will come with a permanent solution to that problem.
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This can be both yes and no. Looking at the specs of your TV it would not be displaying in full 1080p (The highest resolution for HD) The best part of Blu-Ray is viewing this in 1080p. Your TV can accommodate a BD player and would be best set up using the HDMI input port on your TV. But, it will limited to your resolution of 720p or 1366 x 768 on your TV and most DVD players can upscale the quality of a movie to 720p or higher. It would be worth getting a TV that has 1080p to go with a Blu-Ray Player.
Upscaling will only occur when playing DVDs. You have to use an HDMI connection from the DVD player to the tv. For upscaling of DVD's you will also have to setup the upscaling resolution in the DVD player's setup menu. Be sure to set the resolution to one that your tv will support.
If your tv does not have a HDMI input, then you will not be able to use the upscaling feature.
Upscaling will not occur on antenna signals. This is not possible because the hardware (inside DVD player) is only meant to upscale DVD video.
Again, to upscale DVDs ONLY, you will have to have an HDMI cable going from DVD player to TV, set up your upscaling options on your DVD setup menu and have a TV that has a HDMI input and is capable of recieving the upscaled resolution you have set your DVD player to.
If you have any further question regarding this, let me know!
I had the same problem. I unplugged unit overnight and the next morning everything was back to normal. I just did this and not sure how long the fix will last.
DVD's
are standard definition video sources. Number of lines output is 576
lines, whereas your HD TV set has 720 or 1080 lines. This difference
may result in a poorer image. However some DVD players are able to
“upscale” picture to obtain a very good picture. Check if your DVD
player has the following connectors: YUV, DVI or HDMI. For more
information, refer to the instruction manual of your DVD player.
Some HDMI or DVI featured
DVD players also have an internal processor that can upscale pictures
from a DVD to 720 or 1080 lines to provide an excellent picture from a
standard definition disc to your HD TV set. Those settings are
available from the setup menu of your DVD player. Please refer to the
instruction manual of your DVD player.
If
your DVD player does not have those connectors and only has a SCART
connector, or S-VIDEO, or composite, there is not much to do to improve
the picture quality. Just make sure that you are not using the cheapest
cables and that the picture settings of your TV set are correctly
adjusted.
Some high end TV
sets have a picture improvement engine that can soften a noisy image.
Make sure that it is activated from the setup menu of your TV set.
Please refer to the instruction manual of your TV set.
If people and objects have weird white outlines around them. This may
suggest that your TV sharpness is set too high. Make the correct
sharpness adjustments from the setup menu of your TV set.
Make sure you use good quality cables and that your cables are not too long (less than 5 meters long).
try to use player on old tv again does it still work 4 yrs old dvd player is to old for new days dvs on new tv u def wann upgrade to 108p upscaling player samsung makes with hdmi cable to new tv flat screen or reg coneection will look 10 times better also older toshibia cant play read new dvds its terrible
Try to set your video output settings on your dvd player . I assume you used to connect to your old tv by using svideo and now you are using another connection like component, scart or hdmi.If the video output setttings on your dvd are still on svideo you will have to set it to rgb or component or else you will get black and white images..
It sounds like the problem is with the DVD's you've been playing. I've gotten those problems before, but not on every DVD. How many different ones did you try playing?
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