Identifying problem with faulty BD - Blu-ray Forum

schweizergarde · 05-22-2010, 09:20 PM

I recently ordered Caché/Hidden from hmv. Throughout the movie there's distracting artifacts or noise. I found several reviews in addition to the one here, and none of them mention any problem with the video. I'm going to try to play it on a friend's BD player soon, but I have not had this problem with any other BD.

If you look at the wall to the left of Binoche, you can see lines forming from the noise. There's 4-5 of these horizontal lines throughout the movie, sometimes more noticeable than others. Areas of black sometimes turn blue-ish.

I'm intending to return these, but I wasn't sure what exactly I should write down as the specific fault or what terminology to use.

nmycon · 05-23-2010, 03:18 AM

honestly, it looks like thats how it was shot, or it possibly happened during the encoding

just looking at the screenshots on this site, i notice it in some of the lighter pictures, but from my experience artifacting is always more visibly during dark scenes.

i know its not what you wanted to hear, but I really don't think there is anything "wrong" with your disc.

05-22-2010, 09:20 PM	#1
schweizergarde Member Member since:Feb 2009 Blu-ray collection:39 Blu-ray reviews:1	Identifying problem with faulty BD I recently ordered Caché/Hidden from hmv. Throughout the movie there's distracting artifacts or noise. I found several reviews in addition to the one here, and none of them mention any problem with the video. I'm going to try to play it on a friend's BD player soon, but I have not had this problem with any other BD. If you look at the wall to the left of Binoche, you can see lines forming from the noise. There's 4-5 of these horizontal lines throughout the movie, sometimes more noticeable than others. Areas of black sometimes turn blue-ish. I'm intending to return these, but I wasn't sure what exactly I should write down as the specific fault or what terminology to use.

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05-23-2010, 03:18 AM	#2
nmycon Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Toronto, Ontario 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:446 DVD collection:87 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:1	honestly, it looks like thats how it was shot, or it possibly happened during the encoding just looking at the screenshots on this site, i notice it in some of the lighter pictures, but from my experience artifacting is always more visibly during dark scenes. i know its not what you wanted to hear, but I really don't think there is anything "wrong" with your disc.

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