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DVD picture went B&W

Posted by Rod H on October 8, 2009 at 07:11:36:
Last night we were watching a DVD of a color film in the livingroom. Got late, so we decided to finish the film in the bedroom. Turned on the TV in there, and all was normal with the picture. Put the DVD in the player, and the picture was B&W! Also noticed that the picture was shifted downward on the screen a bit, and the picture quality was rather low.

This is an older Apex DVD player without progressive scan that we were thinking of replacing anyway because I'm using it through an S-Video cable into a newer wide screen 32" set that has progressive and HDMI input capability.

I ejected the disc and turned the DVD player off and back on...picure the same. Unplugged the S-Video cable and plugged it back in...still the same.

Is this most likely a DVD player malfunction? Today I'm going to try a different cable, then a different DVD player. My plan is to get a better DVD player for the set anyway, but out of curiousity figured I'd post about it here.

TIA,

Rod