Problem with my new DVD-player

Hello,

can anybody help me.

My DVD-player (Philips DVP 3040) started to lose tracking at the end of
a disk, so I bought a new player (Sony DVP-NS38).

Now this new player doesn't show all my DVDs properly but instead the
upper one third of the picture is shown three times on my TV on some of
my DVDs. I had no such problem with my earlier player.

Same TV, same SCART-cable, one player shows all my DVDs the other
doesn't. Both players are region free, but the problem isn't by region code.

My TV is quite old, but why does it work with one but not the other.

Can you tell me what could be the problem?

Topi 'I miss my Monty Phyton.' Linkala
--
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are
always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell
"How come he didn't put 'I think' at the end of it?" - Anonymous

Your newer DVD player is probably somewhat cheaper in build and is producing
more jitter and skew on the outputted video.
Old TV's where quite in tolerant of this as they had no need to be as off
air signals suffer little of this.
Newer TV's are built to be more tolerant. So a new TV will sort it I'm sure.
if you try enough new DVD players you should find one that will be better or
perfect but a new TV is easier.


"Topi Linkala" <nes@iki.fi> wrote in message
news:fg4stt$5aj$1@nyytiset.pp.htv.fi...
> Hello,
>
> can anybody help me.
>
> My DVD-player (Philips DVP 3040) started to lose tracking at the end of a
> disk, so I bought a new player (Sony DVP-NS38).
>
> Now this new player doesn't show all my DVDs properly but instead the
> upper one third of the picture is shown three times on my TV on some of my
> DVDs. I had no such problem with my earlier player.
>
> Same TV, same SCART-cable, one player shows all my DVDs the other doesn't.
> Both players are region free, but the problem isn't by region code.
>
> My TV is quite old, but why does it work with one but not the other.
>
> Can you tell me what could be the problem?
>
> Topi 'I miss my Monty Phyton.' Linkala
> --
> "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are
> always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
> - Bertrand Russell
> "How come he didn't put 'I think' at the end of it?" - Anonymous

"Topi Linkala" <nes@iki.fi> wrote in message
news:fg4stt$5aj$1@nyytiset.pp.htv.fi...
> Hello,
>
> can anybody help me.
>
> My DVD-player (Philips DVP 3040) started to lose tracking at the end of a
> disk, so I bought a new player (Sony DVP-NS38).
>
> Now this new player doesn't show all my DVDs properly but instead the
> upper one third of the picture is shown three times on my TV on some of my
> DVDs. I had no such problem with my earlier player.
>
> Same TV, same SCART-cable, one player shows all my DVDs the other doesn't.
> Both players are region free, but the problem isn't by region code.
>
> My TV is quite old, but why does it work with one but not the other.
>
> Can you tell me what could be the problem?
>
> Topi 'I miss my Monty Phyton.' Linkala
> --
>

It could be a that the player is set for progressive scan but the TV is
interlaced. Or perhaps one is set for NTSC and the other is PAL.

-- Bill McC.