Black Level Advice Please
I have a Denon DVD-910 using component vidoe into a Panasonic Tau.
My problem is when I play DVDs the picture is very dark. I like to watch horror/sci-fi movies which doesn't help. I seem to be losing detail in the background. I can play with the Brightness and /or Picture settings with moderate success.
I turn the Black Level to on on the Denon DVD-910 and the details come out of the background and I can turn down the Brightness/Picture considerably, but the picture has a very subtile bright-haze to it. I also get a sort of low level brightness flux in the picture in dark scenes. I guess that is an "disagreement" between the processing on the Denon and the processing on the Panasonic?
Is this an issue with either of these pieces? With the Black Level off, am I trying to brighten up and pull out details that are not really meant to be pulled out? What does Black Level "really" do anyway?
Also, any opinions on Velocity Modulation? I have heard lots of bad things about how it can distort the picture...?