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TV question — Brooklynian

TV question

scarlett
scarlett
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
So Santa brought my roommate a flat screen TV a little early but when we popped in a DVD it was black and white. TV is fine. We did regular stuff like check the plugs and turn off and on. No dice. Only thing we can think is that we don't have a green cord, only red and yellow. Do we need to buy a new cord? Thoughts? Uber non techies over here.
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  • doctorj
    doctorj
    Maybe the DVD was an arty B&W flick. Try something a little less highbrow.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    most people dream in black and white.
  • MOD
    MOD
    whynot_31 wrote: most people dream in black and white.
    Really? off topic, but I always remember my dreams and dream in color. Is that weird... shoot... talk about derailing a thread...
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    leave it to whynot. I just want to watch my porn in color. Damn.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    My resident tv handler says, if your dvd player supports HDMI, buy one of those to hook between the the tv and dvd.
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Um, OQ could you ask OK to translate that into English for me?
  • em26
    em26
    Mamacita wrote: [quote=whynot_31]most people dream in black and white.
    Really? off topic, but I always remember my dreams and dream in color. Is that weird... shoot... talk about derailing a thread...

    Me too Mama.

    I think only Whynot dreams in black and white.

    image


    What do you see Whynot?


    Scarlett, try plugging them into another set of av thingy's on the back of the tv.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Okay...

    Yes, HDMI is the connection of choice, but until you have one of those...


    I sounds like you're connected with component video, which has three video connectors - one luminance (B&W info, usually labeled "Y") and two chrominance (color info, usually labeled Cr/Cb or Pr/Pb). If you are listening through the TV speakers, you would need three cords total - the previously mentioned video cables and a Left/Right pair for the audio signal.

    ...Or one HDMI cable, if you have the inputs/outputs available on both the DVD and TV (you should if they're fairly recent).
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Em26 wrote: [quote=Mamacita][quote=whynot_31]most people dream in black and white.
    Really? off topic, but I always remember my dreams and dream in color. Is that weird... shoot... talk about derailing a thread...

    Me too Mama.

    I think only Whynot dreams in black and white.

    image

    What do you see Whynot?


    I clearly see Em playing ping pong.
  • em26
    em26
    Ok , get the hell out of Scarletts thread before she whoops that ass!

    And it's pong ping,ya hater! :mad:
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    This thread was derailed back when DrJ suggested that Scarlett could be watching something highbrow. Response #1.

    I was simply suggesting that Scarlett might be asleep, and dreaming.
    ...or maybe she found those mini liquor bottles already.
    scarlett wrote: leave it to whynot. I just want to watch my porn in color. Damn.
    I guess I thought black on white porn would be something that interested you. My bad.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    :evil:
  • MOD
    MOD
    Em26 wrote: [quote=Mamacita][quote=whynot_31]most people dream in black and white.
    Really? off topic, but I always remember my dreams and dream in color. Is that weird... shoot... talk about derailing a thread...

    Me too Mama.

    I think only Whynot dreams in black and white.

    image


    What do you see Whynot?

    Maybe that looks like a really angry Mr.T? Don't mess with T SUPER SUCKKA!!
  • my2cats
    my2cats
    Check if the TV is NTSC the american version. If the TV is Pal european version you could be getting these sort of problems.
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    Em26 wrote: [quote=Mamacita][quote=whynot_31]most people dream in black and white.
    Really? off topic, but I always remember my dreams and dream in color. Is that weird... shoot... talk about derailing a thread...

    Me too Mama.

    I think only Whynot dreams in black and white.

    image


    What do you see Whynot?


    Scarlett, try plugging them into another set of av thingy's on the back of the tv.


    It looks like Lucy to me.
  • em26
    em26
    ^Nah ,it looks like Mr. Krabs.

    image
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Hey Scar? Is your remote set to VOD or VCR?
  • matthurst
    matthurst
    Sounds like you're using an older DVD player which has one yellow connector (three plugs total) for the video, and you're trying to plug it into the RGB on your TV (which takes 3 video plugs+2 for sound = 5 total).
    If you got a new tv, it's probably worth an upgrade to your DVD player. I saw HDMI dvd players at Target for $30 this year, or you could finally throw down for a Blu-ray...
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    As a quick fix, your new TV most likely has analog inputs as well. Plug the yellow cord into the yellow input and the red and white (sound) into corresponding inputs. You won't get the benefit of HD, but can still watch DVDs in color until you upgrade your DVD player....
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Ok, so we need a new dvd player? When she plugged in the yellow, red and white cords, there wasn't a yello hole, only a green one so she used that. It's a Sony tv and no idea about the remote, Beave. Thanks all (except for whynot)
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    image



    I see the Chiquita banana lady.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    scarlett wrote: Ok, so we need a new dvd player? When she plugged in the yellow, red and white cords, there wasn't a yello hole, only a green one so she used that. It's a Sony tv and no idea about the remote, Beave. Thanks all (except for whynot)
    She still hasn't told us what she has against black on white porn.
    ...this contradicts her previously expressed preferences.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    What brand of tv is it?

    It probably has a bunch of different inputs, and it should have a red/yellow/white input somewhere back there (or on the side).
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    scarlett wrote: Ok, so we need a new dvd player? When she plugged in the yellow, red and white cords, there wasn't a yello hole, only a green one so she used that. It's a Sony tv and no idea about the remote, Beave. Thanks all (except for whynot)
    If it's a Sony, I'd be shocked if there isn't at least one input that is analog (yellow, red and white) - maybe in the front or on the side of the TV? You'll have to select that input on your remote in order to view the DVD. But you can't plug analog DVD cables into the component inputs (red blue and green). Otherwise you need to buy a blue ray player.

    Or you can ply me with bourbon and I'll come over and hook it up for you. :D
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    Note: regular DVD players are technically hi def (480p), so even if you're using a regular DVD player on a hi-def TV, you still want to use composite cables (white-red-green-blue-red)

    image
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    VoodooNYC wrote: Or you can ply me with bourbon and I'll come over and hook it up for you. :D
    my vote for euphamism of the week.
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    jeffrey wrote: [quote=VoodooNYC]Or you can ply me with bourbon and I'll come over and hook it up for you. :D
    my vote for euphamism of the week.

    hah. Although it's a bit of a missed opportunity what with all of the hole and plug possibilities.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    That, and all the recent holiday pole discussion (Festivus thread).

    Here I was thinking Scarlett was going to walk away with it, not just get the, um... assist.

    :mrgreen:
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    I have nothing against black and white porn but simce I have no depth perception, black and white movies are hard to see. I prefer ivory and chocolate.

    So she could try plugging into red yellow white even though they don't say dvd. Mmkay.

    Voodoo I don't have any bourbon. I find it increasingly difficult to keep in the house since learning how well it pairs with xanax.
  • jasonliu
    jasonliu
    plugging it into the red-yellow-white on your tv should solve the problem. generally speaking, you want to follow the color coding each component has going on, what the text says below each input/output is generally meaningless.

    by the way, you're using a really low quality form of data transfer between your dvd player and tv, any lower and it's a couple of monkeys writing down 1's and 0's from the output of your dvd player and punching them into your tv. can you see any other forms of output from you dvd player? As your setup is configured now, even when you get it working, you're really wasting the tv's new hotness.
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