Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Apr 11, 2009 6:46 pm just wondering if anyone knows whether, when watching something not of the best quality, ie; have been watching divx versions of underbelly on it and when theres a black background, you can see these wide columns separated by vertical lines going across the screen, should it only show totally black when watching something HD or what? thanks in advance Re: samsung plasma 42" (series 4) - question bout lines on black 2Apr 11, 2009 7:37 pm It might just be an artefact from the compression algorithms used during the DiVX encoding process. Do you notice it on any other DiVX files? There might be some settings you can change when encoding (unless you're not the one encoding them, of course!) Re: samsung plasma 42" (series 4) - question bout lines on black 3Apr 11, 2009 8:23 pm Almost undoubtedly these are compression artifacts. Almost all 'downloaded' programs (movie, TV ep, whatever) have some forms of compression artifacts in them - most noticible in the darker areas (long explanation as to why it's more likely in the darker areas... - to do with what the compression software deems as 'foreground' and 'background'...). When watching any 'downloaded' program you simply need to accept whatever quality you are given, as there is no telling who actually 'ripped' or compressed the program and how... (beggars vs choosers...). If it was on a bought disc then at least you'd have some right to complain (ie. "the distributors should have done a better job on something they expect me to pay $30 for.")... Re: samsung plasma 42" (series 4) - question bout lines on black 4Apr 11, 2009 8:50 pm ill check it out with a proper dvd, i just download any tv shows i want to watch because i just cant handle all the ads on the aussie networks, they make me angry i was just a bit worried the tv might have been faulty, im aware of the compression, but to be honest i just never thought of it, thanks for your help guys, i'll check it out! Hi Everyone, I am exploring builder in NSW and received a very tempting quote from Wisdom home for their momentum series. I just want to know experience of building… 0 8206 The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18177 Thankyou for your advice. We do have Caesar coming out and hopefully resolve the issue for us. 4 18730 |