digital cable picture has a weird black color, why?

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i use a tv cable extended from the basement all the way to the top floor (2nd floor) that is hooked up to digital cable. along the way from the basement the cable is also connected to another tv in the living room without the digital converter. the tv on the 2nd floor is a new flat screen sony, but on some shades of black the picture doesn't look right, kind of looks like a painting, or low resolution computer graphics. does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? thinking maybe it has something to do with the long cable that i need to use, maybe the signal is not strong enough. can anything be done? the color is set up correctly, and it doesn't happen all the time, more often when the background is darker.
thanks

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Topic - digital cable picture has a weird black color, why? - oreilley 07:25:28 06/23/03 (2)

That's just the way it is. - ICI 00:11:16 07/29/03 (0)

Re: digital cable picture has a weird black color, why? - House de Kris 13:35:23 06/24/03 (0)

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