Magnavox MDV453 to HDTV problem

[ottersfans]

This is my first time, so please be gentle with me. For years I have had a Magnavox MDV453/17 DVD player, attached to a plain vanilla Sharp TV. I recently purchased an LG model 42LB5D LCD TV. I have the DVD player attached to the component input. Odlly, some of my DVDs work, and some do not. I get the audio on all, but the ones that don't work show a garbled video pattern. Does anyone have a reqason and/or a workaround?

Thank you!

[Baldrick]

Maybe a pal/ntsc issue? Or are all your dvds NTSC?

[ottersfans]

Thanks for the reply, but I don't know what you mean. How would I tell?

[Krispy Kritter]

Are they all Region 1 (USA) discs? Region 1 discs are NTSC. Region 2 (European) discs are PAL.

I would review the video setup of the DVD player. Ensure you have the display type (4:3 or 16:9) set properly. Also check progressive scan (on/off).

[ottersfans]

As far as I can tell, all of them are region one. All are marked DVD VIDEO.

What really has me buffaloed is that some of them work and some do not. I leave
all settings as they are. All I change is the DVD disk itself, and yet some work and
some do not. To my way of thinking, that would eliminate cabling errors, would
it not? They all worked fine on my old TV set. When I went with the HDTV, SOME of
them stopped working, and SOME of them still work fine!

HA-A-A-A-ALP !!!

[ottersfans]

Another discovery -- the disks that work are marker DUAL LAYER FORMAT. The ones
that do not work do not say that. Could there be a clue in there somewhere?

[Krispy Kritter]

Disc type (SL= single layer or DL=dual layer) would be irrelevant, as would PAL/NTSC for that matter. Since these seem to all be discs that have worked in the past using the same player on a different TV. So the issue shouldn't be the actual DVD's.

I believe the issue to be with video setup. Are they a mixture of widescreen and full screen movies? Have you verified the video setup of the dvd player?

[ottersfans]

We have met the enemy, and it is us. I learn new things every day, and this is the day that I learned that you don't use an audio cable in place of a video cable. That was the problem. Your responses WERE helpful to me, and I thank you for them. I'm wiser now.

Now, why SOME of the DVDs DID work is one I can't answer, or care about.

Chuck
Erie, PA