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DVD movie fans will know George Cuckor's classic film I'm referring to in my title.
Light goes up, light goes down... Goes up, goes down... ...Till you go crazy... or think so anyway...
What does it mean? Most of the times when my wife brings home used DVDs from the pubic library, they shimmer like that... but only on our home theater player! I switch those library DVDs on our bedroom player, and they play perfectly!
But the DVDs we buy new show no problems on the home theater system!
We have analog cable only, and our set-up includes a VCR, to which the home theater player is connected. My son says he suspects the library DVDs have been "tampered with" somehow to prevent us from dubbing the films to VHS tape, and thus detect this VCR connection... Does that make any sense at all?
Follow Ups:
...you admitting in a public forum that you are engaging in an act of piracy (making VHS copies of DVDs that you don't even own).
Mr. Spindlelegs
"A record unplayed is a record wasted!"
Hugh!... Where did I say that?!
I am obviously technically challenged with the various possible connections of a VCR vs. DVD player vs. (formerly installed) digital decoder vs. TV set.
But I don't think I am technically challenged with words (writing and reading that is)...
It is a bit odd that the problem occurs only with the library DVDs and not those purchased and store-rented.It appears that the copy protection on the library DVDs is affecting your VCR's video section. The copy protection was designed specifically to prevent you from making copies, such as with a VCR. The symptom you described matches what copy protection in action looks like.
If your TV has any type of video input (i.e., composite, S-video, component video), bypass the VCR and plug the DVD player directly into that input and try one of those "problem" discs again. The flickering will likely disappear.
There is also the extremely slim possibility that you have one of a very few older players (from about 1998 to 2000) that had problem software that was quickly corrected. These players had difficulty playing a handful of DVDs.
Good luck!
Thanks so much!
Before I forget, the VCR is a little Sony SLV-N50, that has been bought precisely during that period!
I could swear that all DVDs bought new never did this (with my previous connection that you just made me change successfully). BUT... the number of DVDs we have bought so far is kind of low, AND the most recent ones have actually been purchased in the USA - we're (normally) in Canada - so there might be something there...
Many thanks again for your quick and thorough help! :O)
"...the VCR is a little Sony SLV-N50, that has been bought precisely during that period!"
Actually, I was referring to a very small number of incompatible DVD players, not VCRs. But I am glad that you solved the flickering problem.
You can rest easy about DVDs manufactured for the U.S. market, since the U.S. and Canada are both in DVD Region 1, and hence contain the same copy protection software.
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