Video washed out, overexposed when playing DVD-Rs

[xtalker]

I'm baffled by this problem, perhaps someone can give me a clue here!

I have a Sony DVP-NS575P player attached with a modulator to an older
Sharp TV. The player plays "commercial" (ie: Purchased or rented)
DVDs beautifully.

The problem is any disc I make (DVD-R, CD-R, CD-RW) plays ok, but
video looks overexposed and washed-out. It is watchable, but not
nearly the quality of commercial discs. I have tried all the settings
on the player to no avail. This happens on DVDs recorded on other burners (not just mine) as well.

Any help appreciated,
Bob

[yoda313]

Hello,
Which discs are you using? Are they + or - r? What brands are they? If it happens with any burned disc than it may be the player itself. If its more than 2 or 3 years old it may not like the home discs.

Though, thats surprising. My sony dvps360 is quite old and doesn't play cdrs or svcd but does dvd-r,+r, and rewritables.

Do the burned discs show the same results on your computer? Just a few thoughts. Hope you can correct it.

Kevin
P.S. Do you mean an rf modulator? Maybe you should try a newer model. It might have problems with burnt discs, though why I haven't a clue.

[GreyDeath]

I don't think it matters on what the material is burned to, but how the DVD material was encoded. I've found that the DVDs I author may look fine on the computer, but appear too dark and saturated on regular NTSC TV's. So I've had to tweak my set up to color correct the video when it renders.

And any DVD you make is not going to ever look as good as a commerial DVD. Even if you spend thousands on a pro setup, you'll still be limited by the source material.

Believe me, I know, after 6 months of trying to make the perfect capture of the Star Wars Trilogy, I had to accept that I was not going to get a visually perfect print because the source (laserdisc) doesn't compare to DVD.

So, take a look at your video settings, maybe you're capturing too brightly. It's all a matter of trial and tweeking...

[leebo]

Go to http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php , click on "DVD Recorders, and do a search for "Black level bug".

[xtalker]

Thanks for the tips, the problem I'm having is the "black level IRE" problem. This is spelled out pretty well at:

http://www.signvideo.com/dv-black-levels-dvd-authoring-mpeg-2-part-1.htm

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=219752&highlight=black+levels

Turns out that it has to do with converting digital camcorder video to DVD video. The black levels are different and must be adjusted, but all DVDs compensate differently. What a quagmire!

All I wanted to do is put some vacation video on a DVD using Adobe Premier Pro and Nero! If anyone has a good recipe for this please let me know!

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