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GlennH · 04-22-2008, 11:46 AM

I just recently bought a 9-foot component cable (bundle of 3 cables) from monoprice.com to connect my Comcast cable box to the TV (the previous 6-foot cable was too short after reconfiguring a new rack and moving the cable box). I have started noticing vertical pink (magenta) bands on B&W movies on TCM. B&W DVDs don't show this (different cable), so I know it isn't the TV. You can't see it on programs in color, but I also didn't seem to notice it on some B&W material on another channel (which is pretty hard to find). I'm pretty sure the cable connections are solid, but I'll have to double check that and do some cable swapping and testing to determine if I have a bad cable.

04-22-2008, 11:46 AM	#10 of 15
GlennH Member Join Date: Sep 1998 Local Time: 11:50 PM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 2,691	Re: Pink video from component cable I just recently bought a 9-foot component cable (bundle of 3 cables) from monoprice.com to connect my Comcast cable box to the TV (the previous 6-foot cable was too short after reconfiguring a new rack and moving the cable box). I have started noticing vertical pink (magenta) bands on B&W movies on TCM. B&W DVDs don't show this (different cable), so I know it isn't the TV. You can't see it on programs in color, but I also didn't seem to notice it on some B&W material on another channel (which is pretty hard to find). I'm pretty sure the cable connections are solid, but I'll have to double check that and do some cable swapping and testing to determine if I have a bad cable.