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Since you own the 40BK, do you know if there is any difference, other than color, between the XV-N40BK and the XV-N44SL? I was looking through the specs and saw nothing that jumped out at me. Also, they have the same manual (which means they can't be all that different).

I was looking in the manual for that player and it didn't say specifically what zoom mode to use. Do you just use the 1.8 that is says is good for 4:3 displays to get rid of the black bars? Ryan

I'm sorry, I was replying to Ed's post about having to switch inputs for interlaced or progressive. I have no clue about what could be causing the lines that Samual posted about.

The problem that older Philips HD sets had was that they had two component inputs, one that accepted only 480i, and the other only accepted 480p or 1080i. The newer Philips sets component inputs accept 480i, 480p, and 1080i. That is a good suggestion for the DVD player. I thought about...

both component inputs accept a 480i, 480p, or 1080i so all you'll need to do is switch the player back and forth from interlaced to progressive, with no cable swapping needed. ;)

The Philips sets will lock 480p and 1080i into "widescreen" mode. It is possible to get the set to look really good in 480i mode, but it requires adjusting the sharpness of the 480i componet input, an involved process, but the results are really good. After lowering the sharpness of the 480i...