Denon 2910 - more picture noise in HDMI than prog scan

[jordanash]

I've been playing the DVD of Rome through my new Denon 2910 on my Loewe LCD. There is an irritating amount of noise via the HDMI setting. I haven't got the Denon set up to access progressive scan yet so I've had to rely on my slightly older Arcam 88+ DVD player, set at prog scan: the picture is completely free of noise and is very good indeed - better than Denon's HDMI playback. This is pretty annoying because I bought the Denon for the HDMI option - which the Arcam doesn't have. Actually, it's swings and roundabouts because some new DVDs - Revenge of the Sith being a major example - look far better on the Denon. One thing I've noticed with the new equipment is that I'm forever tweaking the picture - while with my old Sony Wega CRT it was always left on the same MOVIE setting: progress !

 

[Cable Monkey]

Quality of the 2910 output via HDMI is one of its acknowledged weaknesses into HDMI displays though this is highly display dependant. I personally found prog. scan via component to be better than DVI into my display (Hitachi ALiS screen), which subsequently improved considerably when I used a 3910. Faroudja don't figure in the mid tier '30' series players about to be launched. I wonder why?!

 

[MannyMore]

I'm using a Denon 2910 with a Denon 3806 and a Panasonic LCD 32LXD60 via HDMI and had no problems with sound or picture quality.

I did however upgrade to Bettercables HDMI cables before connecting everything , after reading a lot of other posts regarding problems via HDMI with sound etc
The Bettercables HDMI cable is much thicker and therefore may be better shielded.It's just a thought for you to consider