I am asking this question here on prince.org because 1) I was watching Purple Rain when I noticed this problem and 2) because the folks on this site are generally good, helpful people.

I noticed it on Purple Rain (blu-ray), but I noticed it REAL bad on the movie Super 8, specifically in Super 8 during the scene where the kids are filming at night right before the train comes by.

Whenever there is a dark scene and maybe a lightbulb or bright light, it looks like an actual blue laser beam on the screen. Now in Super 8 I thought, oh, it must just be the director's artistic license. But when I saw it on Purple Rain I knew that it wasn't supposed to be there. Movies are supposed to reflect real life, and blue laser beams just don't float around in real life.

So, my issue is:

I just got my first ever Blu-Ray player (a PS3 to be exact) and a brand new huge flat-screen TV. There are about a million view mode options that it makes my head spin. How do I know what the proper settings should be when there are so many choices? You almost have to go to Television College just to learn how to properly set the color, tint, view mode, etc. But THAT is a different conversation.

Anyway, I feel that I am doing something wrong with my TV settings that is creating that blue laser beam on the screen. Is anyone out there an expert or familiar with new TV settings?

*Bonus question: When I watch certain older DVDs (not blu-rays) the picture looks horrible. I understand that they are not "HD" quality, but it's almost like the HD TV makes the dvds look worse than they did on my old TV using a DVD player. In other words, those old dvds looked better on an inferior TV/DVD-player than they do on my brand new HDTV/PS3.

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Video-Essentials-Basics-Blu-ray/dp/B000V6LST0

try that unless you want to spend about $400 getting isf calibration for your system

unique said:

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Video-Essentials-Basics-Blu-ray/dp/B000V6LST0

try that unless you want to spend about $400 getting isf calibration for your system

Hmm, very good suggestion. Thank you!

And speaking of calibration, the other thing that kills me is that when I pay attention closely I can tell that, on the TV, people's voices don't always match up with their lips...

You'd think a $1,000+ piece of consumer technology would have all that stuff worked out, or at least simplified, for the average senior citizen.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9953440-1.html

berniejobs said:

unique said:

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Video-Essentials-Basics-Blu-ray/dp/B000V6LST0

try that unless you want to spend about $400 getting isf calibration for your system

Hmm, very good suggestion. Thank you!

And speaking of calibration, the other thing that kills me is that when I pay attention closely I can tell that, on the TV, people's voices don't always match up with their lips...

You'd think a $1,000+ piece of consumer technology would have all that stuff worked out, or at least simplified, for the average senior citizen.

sounds like something isn't setup properly

what are you playing the audio through? what amp and what settings on the amp and player? have you tried speaking to your dealer?

if you are playing through the tv speakers (yuk) then maybe you have some stupid 3d spatial sound settings on or something. you should ideally have the settings as flat as possible, but few tv's have much of the budget going on the speakers as most people tend to use a seperate surround setup with a decent panel

Those lens flares - remember Star Trek?

http://www.firstshowing.n...star-trek/

and Super 8 and Thor, they are a fashionable thing

did they use them in Purple Rain? I'm going to have to go watch that movie again, and shame on me I don't even own a copy, blu-ray or otherwise