Mark E Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Ok, now here's an "interesting" problem I'd never encountered before that needs some toute suite resolution. I've been jonesing on Doctor Who DVDs lately as my entertainment of choice and picked up a couple of the black and white ones. Now, these have a cute menu trick where the entire thing (FBI warnings, etc) is in black and white. Fine, I think, nostalgia and all, cute. Well, my DVD player is now stick in freakin' black and white mode and I have no idea how to get my damn color back! Has anybody had any experience with this or heard of similar? I'm running a Sony 550D player and the DVD(s) in question were The Dalek Invasion of Earth and/or Tomb of the Cybermen. Bless you anybody who can think of a solution . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 The devil? I fixed the problem by swapping out my S-video cable for my regular yellow video dealie. Anybody know why THAT happened? That makes no sense to me, and I darn well don't want to be stuck using my regular inputs when S-video is crisp and nice and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Did you try re-connecting the S-video cable? It sounds like it might of just been loose to begin with. Or maybe try a new cable. -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan FB Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Basically, S-Video carries the chroma (color) and luminance (B&W light intensity) on seperate pins, where composite cables (i.e. the normal little yellow one) mixes them and carries them on the same signal. This is actually the reason why you get a picture quality improvement with S-Video, because the video display doesn't have to seperate a composite signal into chroma and luminance (aka Y/C seperation or a "comb filter"). Since all you're getting is B&W with S-Video, it sounds like the chroma signal just isn't getting transmitted on your S-Video cable. It could just be a bad cable (most likely and easiest to fix), or bent pins on one of the connectors (if it's not one of these two, you've probably got a nastier problem ). Try a different S-Video cable and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Yes, What did happen when you reconnected your S-Video?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I had a similar problem and it was the S-Video cable. Everything was black and white and I thought it was the DVD player or the receiver. Turned out it was the S-Video cable. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 This is very interesting. I can produce a similar problem on my television set. Long story as to how and why, but it's curious it could be the cables at fault. This may solve a problem I've been having. I'll look into it further now. Most curious. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Good catch guys, it was in fact the S-video cable. I guess it was just a random unfortunate co-happening with my watching of Doctor Who. I took the s-video off and noticed the end connecting the TV was slightly bent out of shape and I just did a little readjusting and voila, sharp color again. Thanks for the advice all, though I'd figured it out before I read the forum again . But it's nice to know you guys were right on the money in case something breaks in future . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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