6000 and Ghosting

[Nolzman]

I am relatively new 6000 owner, so bare with me if this has been asked before. I seems that all my HD content, both DSB and OTA has a faint ghost to the right of the image.

Does anyone else see this? Is there anything I can do about it?

Thanks.

[clapple]

I am relatively new 6000 owner, so bare with me if this has been asked before. I seems that all my HD content, both DSB and OTA has a faint ghost to the right of the image.

Does anyone else see this? Is there anything I can do about it?

Thanks.


Don't know if you have the same problem. I only had it on ESPN-HD. Cured it by going to HD Setup, then "adjust" in the menu, and clicking a few times L. or R. They said it had something to do with the conversion of 720P. Sounds like you may have a different problem; but it couldn't hurt, to try.

[Nolzman]

Don't know if you have the same problem. I only had it on ESPN-HD. Cured it by going to HD Setup, then "adjust" in the menu, and clicking a few times L. or R. They said it had something to do with the conversion of 720P. Sounds like you may have a different problem; but it couldn't hurt, to try.


It is not the same problem. The ghost are on all the HD content including OTA. I don't think there are on standard definition, but I will have to double check. The ghost are very faint.

Does anybody else see the ghosting on HD channels from the 6000? If not, I am beginning to think it may be my TV. It may just be my 6000.

[gpflepsen]

If it is applicable, check the convergence on your TV. Check your cables for good connections.

[Mark Lamutt]

My guess is that it is a convergence problem with your television. Some HD shows signs of slight edge enhancement, but it's not very noticible unless you are specifically looking for it. Ghosting, or halos around images usually indicate a convergence problem.

[Nolzman]

My guess is that it is a convergence problem with your television. Some HD shows signs of slight edge enhancement, but it's not very noticible unless you are specifically looking for it. Ghosting, or halos around images usually indicate a convergence problem.

Thanks for the info, I will double check my convergence, but I don't think this is it either. The ghost image is offset by a wide margin, as much half an inch or more. It is a almost transparent ghost, not a color convergence. Also, why would it only be on the HD image?

So, nobody with 6000's see the ghost? I guess I will start checking my system.

[gpflepsen]

When I was a kid, we could see ghosting from multipath and bad signal through poor connections. Hell, even analog cable can give you this effect.

Try all the different combinations of 6000 feds to the TV to try to narrow it down.

[wdowns]

I had a similar problem when I was rearranging my cables and knocked loose the component cables. I chased my tail until I went for the cabling. You should never look over the obvious.

[DarrellP]

I just noticed that I have ghosting in the menus while in 720P mode and using the adjust does not help. I just switched to VGA out, I will try going back to Component and see if that helps.

[greylar]

I don't see any ghosting on my 6000 but I have seen tons of ghosting in the manner that you describe on computer monitors. Poorly shielded or overly long (more than 4 feet) VGA cables have always been the culprit.
If you are using an RGB cable I would highly reccomend getting the best shielded one you can find. Although its not always the case, generaly the thicker the cable the better shielded it is. Also if your cable isn't long enough and you use two cables you will definitely get ghosting.

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[Nolzman]

I don't see any ghosting on my 6000 but I have seen tons of ghosting in the manner that you describe on computer monitors. Poorly shielded or overly long (more than 4 feet) VGA cables have always been the culprit.
If you are using an RGB cable I would highly reccomend getting the best shielded one you can find. Although its not always the case, generaly the thicker the cable the better shielded it is. Also if your cable isn't long enough and you use two cables you will definitely get ghosting.

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I am using a high quality (expensive/branded) component cable. It is only 2 meters. I will check the connections, and if that does not work, I amy try the component cables that came with the 6000. They do not look too bad (pretty thick). It has to be the cables or the 6000 itself, because I do not see it on my 508 that is connected to same TV.

I will look closely to see if it is only on the HD channels, or on all the channels.