Why is the picture so bad on my RP56? (1 Viewer)

[Mark Zimmer]

So after all the recommendations here I figured I'd give the Panasonic a whirl after the demise of my Sony. But after hooking it up, the picture is awful---there's a fine vertical ribbing in the picture no matter what disc I put in. It's like everyone is corduroy. I've messed around in the menu but don't see anything that seems to help this.

Defective? Or am I doing something wrong? Anyone run across this on their RP56?

I'm using progressive, component out into a Toshiba 65H80 16:9 set.

 

[Larry Schneider]

This isn't normal. I'd exchange the player.

 

[JohnnyG]

If this is the first time you've pumped 480p into your TV, it could be either the DVD player or the TV itself. Here's hoping it isn't the later!

 

[Dzung Pham]

Could be a bad video cable. Try a set with better shielding.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

The exchanged one is much better, but the ribbing is still visible in bright sequences. I've run progressive into the set before on 2 different players using the same cables so that's not the problem.
So I'm dumping this and getting something that has a good picture. This player is crap.

 

[Bill Kane]

This player is crap.

...that's good to know, now I can preemptively dump mine, too. you never know...