Denon 2200 & Avia - What am I seeing?

[BdoUK]

I just purchased a new Denon 2200 this past weekend. I have had some time over the past few days to put it through its paces.

Of course one of the first things I did was load up Avia and check the various test patterns. It is pretty well known that the 2200 outputs a fairly hot contrast signal, so I tamed this with the contrast pattern. I then properly set black level with the moving bars.

However when I reached the color bar screen I noticed something out of the ordinary. As I looked at the solid bars, I noticed faint lines running top to bottom next to the dividers. It looked like really bad edge enhancement. I proceeded to hook my RP-91 back up to see if it had the same problem. Upon viewing the color bars with the RP-91 all I saw was solid colors on each bar. The line showed up in both the blue and green color bar when I viewed it on the 2200.

Here is a link to a picture of what I am seeing (sorry for the poor quality)...

http://sweb.uky.edu/~btsmit2/2200pic.jpg

Any ideas what is going on here? I tried lowering the sharpness in the player and on the TV to no avail. My TV has been ISF calibrated so I know the settings are correct (and everything appears correct with the RP-91). Have any 2200 owners experienced something similar?

Thanks in advance guys!

[Bob Pariseau]

BdoUK,
Don't worry about it. What you are seeing is a bit of sloppiness on the part of Avia in constructing that animated chart. Concentrate on setting the colors with that chart and use the other resolution and sharpness test charts to be sure you have properly eliminated any such ghosting that might actually be being generated in your setup.

Your RP91 evidently has more filtering in it's video output which is concealing this.
--Bob

[BdoUK]

Bob,

Thanks for the reply. After doing some more viewing tonight I think you are right...it is just a problem with the Avia disc itself.

Thanks for the help.

[jehagain]

how do you like the 2200?