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Jul 15, 2013 - 2:17 AM
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Thor
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Back in 2000 i also got a rather expensive cyberhome dvd player hooked up to a small tv and also had the occasional sync issues; I had a dvd of "They Live" that was out of sync, very annoying. Now I have a receiver for my surround system and hdmi signal and it allows for you to adjust the sync. But I'm sure blu-ray players nowadays have that function too but make sure they have it as it's not a given.
Regarding that old Alien dvd boxset, it did suffer from audio being out of sync, but I believe only for parts of the extended cut of alien3? something they remedied for the blu-ray set.
It's not the OLD old ALIEN set (the LEGACY one, which I managed to sell), but the last one they did with 9 DVDs. There were some minor synch problems in ALIEN too, but it was when I put on ALIENS, it really became glaring in the dialogue. I just switched it off after about 15 minutes as it was unwatchable. I didn't even try ALIEN 3.
At this point, the likelihood of me re-experencing this set -- and other DVD's -- with my new TV has diminished considerably. Once I get a good BluRay down the road, I'll most likely try to sell them and require their BluRay counterparts.
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Jul 15, 2013 - 8:02 AM
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betenoir
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So I got this new 40' LCD TV and wanted to revisit my old DVDs to see if they could give me a new experience, having sufficed with an old 27' TV for many years.
Well, the image quality was a bit lesser than I had expected. Guess because I've seen so many BluRays by now (I don't have one myself, but my dad does). My Pioneer DVD player (DV-444) was top-of-the-class when I bought it in, oh, about 2002. It's this one: http://www.pioneer.eu/images/products/dvdplayer/pioneer/dv444k_detailpage.jpg
In any case, the image is not really the issue. I put on my ALIENS DVD of the massive 9-DVD ALIEN QUADRILOGY set, and was surprised to discover that the sound was quite out-of-synch. That was not the case with my old TV. What gives? Does anyone know?
Thor, try getting into the displayed menu on the TV and into sound settings using the remote control. See if there is an adjustment for synchronization. If so, try adjusting that to see if you can eliminate the problem before you go out and buy any hardware.
I have a small digital TV I bought maybe two years ago. Until I made significant adjustments as described, over-the-air broadcasts through the antenna (not cable, not satellite) were showing with out-of-synch sound! I have no idea how that can even occur, except for some sort of delay mechanism built into the TV. Why would that be done? Again, no idea, but it was done, and it was a pain in the neck. I have never hooked this TV up to a dvd player, so I don't know if it would be a problem with dvds too, but I assume so.
Good luck!
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But I've never had the forced subtitles problem where they can't be shut off via the player.
