Doomsday issue

[pacificvibes]

I searched the thread but of course I found nothing about Doomsday, soo here it is. I popped it in just the other day and in the very beginning I had noticed horizontal lines throughout the picture. The weren't subtle, you could totally see them and it was distracting. None of my other movies have this problem so I thought it was the transfer. As anyone else seen these lines in Doomsday??

[Blu Titan]

Sorry, did not notice such issue. You probably got a defective copy.

[pacificvibes]

Yeah probably, Im going to return it and try another one. The lines made a straight line jagged. But at least I know someone has a good copy

[Eagle_23]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Sorry, did not notice such issue. You probably got a defective copy.

Same for me. Awesome PQ and really fun movie throughout.

[owa]

I've watched it twice and didn't notice anything like that either time. I'll try to watch the beginning again tonight though and look specifically for that.

[pacificvibes]

Thats weird. I pause the movie and then of course they go away, but just like Blu Titan, I probably have a defective copy.

[xander]

I know some folks had some issue with dots showing up on the screen with this title, and the fix was to toggle the U-Control on and off a few times and they would disappear. Doubt this will fix your problem, but hey, worth a try before you have to exchange your copy. Great flick, by the way.

[KJH6926]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

I searched the thread but of course I found nothing about Doomsday, soo here it is. I popped it in just the other day and in the very beginning I had noticed horizontal lines throughout the picture. The weren't subtle, you could totally see them and it was distracting. None of my other movies have this problem so I thought it was the transfer. As anyone else seen these lines in Doomsday??

mine looks fine

[Graytwhyte]

I noticed this problem with the copy I got from Netflix. My lines, more like a series of horizontal dots actually, were at the top and bottom of the screen in the black bar area. It was fairly distracting though. Hope you get it worked out.

[DetroitSportsFan]

My copy had no issues.

[pacificvibes]

Wow didnt think so many people had problems, I will go trade it in tomorrow and then see if its any different.

[neo_reloaded]

What players and firmwares are people using? I wonder if it's a firmware issue, since so many people are reporting it.

I'm using a PS3 with the latest firmware version (2.42 I believe), and I just checked my copy of Doomsday and it seemed fine.

[owa]

Just finished watching the beginning of the movie and didn't notice any horizontal lines throughout the picture. Do the lines you're seeing move?

[DarchAmonNagar]

I watched this last night and had no issues with it.

[GeneD5]

I also watched this last night...no issues

[aramis109]

It's been posted multiple times that it's a U-Control issue. Open and close it (red button on the remote if you have a PS3 or similar player) and it should go away.

Dunno why but if U-Control doesn't load properly it seems to put the white lines across the top.

[Deadset]

Originally Posted by aramis109

It's been posted multiple times that it's a U-Control issue. Open and close it (red button on the remote if you have a PS3 or similar player) and it should go away.

Dunno why but if U-Control doesn't load properly it seems to put the white lines across the top.

never tried that U-Control, have you? Is it worth trying?

[alexakajeff]

I watched it, expected more out of it.

Oh, well.

[GeneD5]

I'm with you...went witha blind buy because it sounded sick but was kicking myself for buying it during the movie

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Deads3t

never tried that U-Control, have you? Is it worth trying?

It's fun. Some of it is useless information, some of it is fun. I like turning on the PiP in Doomsday where you can see how they filmed a scene as its playing in the movie. All in all U-Control is not the best bundle of extras that I've ever seen, but I appreciate the effort with them. I also appreciate the quality that Universal is pumping out, and I surmise that U-Control helps because it doesn't use up as much space. That's a guess though.

Overall it's not bad. I haven't played with it on Miami Vice, but I did on U-571 and its more "pop-up video" than "in-depth special features". That's not always a bad thing.