[kobari]

Hi,

I just bought a Philips DVP5982 and connected it to my 32" Sharp LCD (720P) via HDMI cable. And, for some reason, all dvds are showing up quite grainy. It is definitely way worse than HD Channels like NGC, PBS, which are really clear and very sharp.

I tried playing with Menu settings on Philips: On Philips menu, I set the resolution (in Video Setup Page::HDMI Video Setup) to 720p. In video page, TV Type and Progressive options are disabled for some reason. TV Display is set to 16:9. But, this did not help...

Any idea why the DVDs are so grainy?

Thanks in advance.

[spooney]

First I doubt your Sharp panel has 720 lines. It will for sure accept a 720p signal but my guess it has 768 lines and need to do additonal processing to scale to its native resolution.

Secondly I would try to set 576p on the player and let the panel do the scaling. If the picture will be better than you know it is the upscaling on the player or the HDMI cable.
If the picture does not improve I would try component then. If this helps it potentially could be the HDMI cable (unlikely but who knows)

BTW: The very first step would be to restore the factory settings. Just to make sure it is not custom settings casueing the problem.