Anyone know why lips are out of sync on 'original' DVDs?

[jonperry64]

I know it is against the rules to post the same message twice. However, my first post (reproduced below) received no responses. As a newbie I might have posted on the wrong forum so, at the risk of incurring the wrath of the rule makers, I'm trying again:

I have read the 30 or so (mostly) glowing posts about the Philips DVDR75 and recently bought one myself (Richer Sounds, UK). On the whole I am pleased with it. However, I have noticed that even on rented DVDs the synchronisation between sound and vision is slightly out. Apparently this is known as 'lip sync'. I think the problem gets worse as the film progresses, but I may be imagining that. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any suggestions as to whether it can be rectified? If I were to reload the firmware in an attempt to solve it, would my machine still be multiregion? (I bought it as a multiregion machine).
Any ideas gratefully received - As you will have gathered, I know very little about these things.
Many thanks
Jon

[lordsmurf]

May be your player. I've seen a player cause this.

[VCDHunter]

Take it back to Richer Sounds and get a new one.

[Dabbles]

I know this doesn't help you, but I'm experiencing the same problem. Multiregion DVDR75 bought from Richer Sounds. I haven't tried updating the firmware yet, also worried about losing the multiregion capability.

Does anyone have any info on what particular firmware updates are supposed to fix? Philips's website isn't exactly overflowing with useful information!

I'll post back here if I find anything....

[Sugar]

As you may know, most film are dubbed in studios or the sound is reprocessed sometimes generating an hardly visible sync issue. I have a couple of films where I saw this happening. I know it does not come from the player because my home video play in sync. If can burn a video on DVD of a close up on the lips of somebady talking, you will find out if the issue is as I described it or if it comes from your player....

[SoupStain]

jonperry64

Maybe you are viewing the TV from too far away. At around 20 yards, you would probably start noticing a sound delay due to the fact that sound travels more slowly than light

SoupStain

[ZippyP.]

jonperry64

Maybe you are viewing the TV from too far away. At around 20 yards, you would probably start noticing a sound delay due to the fact that sound travels more slowly than light

SoupStain

Get longer speaker wires and move them closer, the electrons can travel faster than sound waves.