DVD troubles

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:39 pm

I recently (as in today) recieved a dvd player from samsung. Using my old gi-normous gold plated-etc. high quality video cables, I hooked it up. Now everyting is a healthy shade of pink. I hearby formally ask the rest of the GHZ with its vast array of technical knowledge to help me by suggesting various solutions. Solutions that don't include drinking.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:43 pm

Check and make sure that your cables are plugged in all the way.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:47 pm

First thing that came to mind. Unfortunately it didn't work.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:55 pm

Get drunk, it makes everything look better. Either that or take off your pink glasses.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:56 pm

How old are your gi-normous gold-plated high-quality video cables? Did you get them just for this new DVD player?

Is your DVD player new?

Did you connect the cables properly?

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:57 pm

Or some combination of the two.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:58 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:Is your DVD player new?

Locit wrote:I recently (as in today) recieved a dvd player from samsung.

That's funny, because my mom just got a DVD player as well in the mail today.

Btw, are they R G & B cables? If so, did you plug them in the correct jack?

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:01 pm

Damnit NT, you made my post not make any sense.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:04 pm

The cables are about a year and a half old.
The player is indeed quite new, it is a replacement for an old one and takes up about 1/4 the space. Disturbingly thin, really.
Yes I did connect properly, and checked over and over again. Through fiddling I can get black and white and blue, but not normal colors.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:07 pm

Maybe there's a short?

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:09 pm

Possible. In the player, my tv, or the cables?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:14 pm

Watch something that's already mostly pink would be my first suggestion . . .

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:14 pm

Could be in any of those. Did your old DVD player work well with the TV? If so it could be the DVD player, or then again, maybe the TV doesn't work well with the DVD player, or it could be the cables. So yeah, it could be any of those you mentioned

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:16 pm

Oh, I just remembered, is the DVD player going through any other device like a VCR or something?

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:27 pm

Nope.

My old player worked well with the tv, but something hit it at some point and it was always captioned, no matter what.

Also, my tv is only about 6 months old, and its HD formatted.

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:03 pm

Did everything work fine with your old DVD player? It might just be some weird compatibility issue with a brand new DVD player and the old cables.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:09 pm

You said you hit your TV?

It's possible the ports on your TV are damaged.

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:15 pm

Wow, I should read all posts before blabbing on, huh?

What Holic said. Especially since

it was always captioned, no matter what.

Obvious damage, unfortunately. :\

CE · Post by CE » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:25 pm

Are the ports the cables are being plugged into RGB ports or AV ports? AV ports will tend to be colored white/red/black while RGB ports would most likely be colored red/green/blue.

Assuming they are AV ports on both ends, plug in the cables one at a time. One cable should be the video entirely, one cable should be left audio channel, and one cable should be the right audio channel.

If that doesn't work, try hitting the TV.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:21 pm

The DVD player was damaged, not tv. Dammit CE, I plugged them in right. Anyways, I've decided to use the old fashioned AV wires till I get new HD ones. Thanks all.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:47 pm

Don't spend too much money on them; it really doesn't matter if you get Monster cables or the cheap ones Radioshack sells, you'll get about the same quality.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:54 pm

Oh, you were trying to use component cables? What was wrong with them?

And yeah, Netaku's right. Don't waste extra money on those.