Blue pixel in iTunes HD movies

I enjoy renting HD movies in iTunes, however, i noticed something really odd. It's barely noticeable when watching, but there's a blue pixel visible in all the HD movies I've watched recently. It is in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. I even re-installed Lion and it didn't fix it. Movies that have the blue pixel- MI4- Ghost Protocol, Atlantis, Puss in Boots, The World is Not enough, When in Rome, and Kung Fu Panda2.
I took the photo out of focus to enhance the blue pixel. The black is the bezel of the screen and the grey is just the backlight of the screen at the end of MI4.
The blue pixel tracks/moves with the full screen player when I do the three finger swipe to go between the desktop/dashboard. I know the screen is okay, just this seems odd...

I have noticed the exact same thing while watching my purchased movies (720p HD or 1080p HD) on iTunes, even tried opening them with QuickTime Player but I could still see the blue pixel in the upper left-hand corner.
P.S I had a fresh install of OSx Mountain Lion and it didn't fix the problem!
Any Ideas?
Movies that have the Blue Pixel for me: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & Wall-E

Similar Messages

  • Green & Blue pixels of death  -  Hotfix

    Occasionally my screen will boot swarming with green & blue pixel sized dots. If I take a screenshot, and look at that screenshot on another computer, they are not visible. I used to reboot until they disappeared, and then started putting the display to sleep and waking it up, but encountered sleep problems with Leopard. I've since found a faster, more reliable way to chase them away.
    - Change the resolution of your screen one lower, and then back to your desired resolution -

    Stop changing the screen resolution.
    There's a few workarounds with this, sadly no fixes.
    *1, When it happens. Press the power button/standby button on the side of the display and unplug the display (from the mains) gives it two seconds and plug it back in. As it's powered back on, the dancing pixels are gone and its saves you having to reboot/sleep/restart all the time.*
    *2, Get dockables. http://getdockables.com/ It has the sleep display app that you can put in your dock and activate to quickly get rid of the dancing swines.*
    No need for messing with resolution changing, or restarts etc.
    *3, The most simplest one of all. When your display goes to sleep, before you wake it up and the screen is covered in dancing pixels. Power off the display via the button on the side of the screen. Then tap the key (keyboard) or move the mouse to wake up the machine. Then tap the power button on the side of the display again.* The screen will be clear from dancing pixels. You'll have to do this each time when it enters sleep.
    I can't guarantee you'll never get them. As I have tested this many times and I haven't had it with workaround 3. Sure it may be a pain, but its the only way I have found testing this.
    Something triggers the signal to become messed up, and I'm betting its driver related because the OS sends the display to go to sleep. So something must malfunction with the driver/signal to cause all the dancing pixels upon wake up.
    As it is no rocket science if somebody has replaced display after display, system after system, graphics card after graphics card and the problem remains.
    This is such a bad intermittent problem, that Apple are not aware of.

  • How can you watch itunes purchased movies on apple tv. A click on to movies then into purchase thn a click on a movie i want to watch then my apple tv box light starts going on and off plus the screen is blank

    How can you watch itunes purchased movies on apple tv. A click on to movies then into purchase thn a click on a movie i want to watch then my apple tv box light starts going on and off plus the screen is blank

    JasonFromSK wrote:
    With the newest Airport firmware (7.6.1), it seems I should be able to do this.
    Really? I need to check that out!
    You should certainly be able to add content by reference to itunes from such a disk (even before the update) - so long as itunes knows the location of the file (set Preferences not to copy to local library when adding the media) it will stream it to AppleTV if the disk is available.
    I hope you're right, but I'd be surprised if current Extremes can be upgarded to provide a full Home Sharing service - marvellous if they can but I'd be surprised as i've long said we need an Apple media server either based on TC or AE to do this kind of thing.
    AC

  • How can i save my individual playlist on itunes on my external hard drive because i want to buy a laptop and install itunes and move all my music and playlist thats on my desktop to my laptop and almost all my music is from a bunch of cd's i own

    how can i save my individual playlist on itunes on my external hard drive because i want to buy a laptop and install itunes and move all my music and playlist thats on my desktop to my laptop and almost all of my music is from a bunch of cds i own

    Hello ryane84
    The easiest and most efficient way to copy your music is to follow the steps under the External drive section. Make sure that you have organized the iTunes library first before you copy it over. Then put the copied iTunes folder in the same Music folder on your computer.
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    Regards,
    -Norm G.

  • Can I use LaCie Multimedia disk to see in TV, iTunes purchased movies?

    Can I use LaCie Multimedia disk to see iTunes purchased movies in TV?
    I share files from iTunes in my local network by authorising 3 computers, but none of these have HDMI connection to TV.
    Can I use LaCie multimedia hard disk to store de movies from iTunes and connect then the Lacie disck to TV via HDMI?
    Once I did it by simply copying an .m4v movie with no result. Also I think some downloaded file from iTunes blocket the HDMI conection to TV.
    Any suggestio or experience...? I know that Apple TV is one solution but I don't want a new artephact and more HDMI connections. (BlueRay, TDT, iPlus etc.)
    Thanks in advance.....
    Francisco

    I have the same problem on my Toshiba TV. Cyrillic subtitles cannot be shown properly. Even symbols like ?, ?, or cannot be shown properly.
    Until now I didnt found solution to this. Reading some other forums other people have described the same problem for Spanish language ( ).
    Firmware is installed to the latest version but problem is still there.
    By the way: can you please test this method and let me know if this works for you.

  • How do you move or can I move Itune folders (Movies), (TV Shows) and (Home Videos) to other internal hard drives (running out of space) on my computer's main hard drive and have Itunes recongize where they are?

    I built my own computer which has 4 internal hard drives with 3 internal hard drives that are 3tb.  With my movies and tv shows, I need to know if I can move the Itunes folders (Movies, TV shows and Home Video's) and move each one of them to 3 seperate internal hard drives while Itunes can still find them to play with my apple tv.  Does anyone know how I can do it?

    While you can do that, it is not a feature of iTunes.  Put your movies on the external drive, then add them to iTunes by dragging the files to iTunes while holding the option (alt) key down so it leaves the files where they are located.  There are other ways to move them if they are already added but they can be more involved and tricky.  If it's just one or two try:  http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=relocateselected

  • Can I watch iTunes-purchased movies from an Airport Extreme USB disk?

    With the newest Airport firmware (7.6.1), it seems I should be able to do this.
    My scenario is so basic, I can't understand why I'm having trouble achieving this.
    - I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.2 - since it's a laptop, I don't want to leave it on all the time.
    - I have an AirPort Extreme with a USB disk on it (that I use for backing up my MacBook), recently upgraded to newest firmware 7.6.1.
    - I have a recently purchased Apple TV hard-wired to the AirPort running firmware 4.4.4.
    - I have purchased movies though iTunes on the MacBook Pro.
    I want to watch my iTunes-purchased movies on my Apple TV even when my MacBook Pro is sleeping. That is, I would like the movies to be accessible via iCloud, or stored on the USB disk connected to AirPort Extreme, or something/anything.
    It seems obvious to me that with an all-Apple set up, and iCloud, this should be easy to achieve.
    What am I missing?
    Thanks,
    j

    JasonFromSK wrote:
    With the newest Airport firmware (7.6.1), it seems I should be able to do this.
    Really? I need to check that out!
    You should certainly be able to add content by reference to itunes from such a disk (even before the update) - so long as itunes knows the location of the file (set Preferences not to copy to local library when adding the media) it will stream it to AppleTV if the disk is available.
    I hope you're right, but I'd be surprised if current Extremes can be upgarded to provide a full Home Sharing service - marvellous if they can but I'd be surprised as i've long said we need an Apple media server either based on TC or AE to do this kind of thing.
    AC

  • For itunes 11: movie that are not purchased via itunes are loaded into and catagorized as "home videos". I want all of my movies in one spot under Movies as they always were. How can i tweak this?

    for itunes 11: movie that are not purchased via itunes are now loaded into and catagorized as "home videos". I want all of my movies in one spot under Movies as they always were. How can i tweak/resolve this?

    Cdaver wrote:
    I have this issue too and want the same result, another feed suggests selecting the movie, going to get info, and changing this under options, but I suppose you have to do that movie by movie.
    You can select all the movies you want and change them at once.

  • The top button on my iphone 5 stopped working recently.. Well it works but barely at all if every. Most of the time it only locks the screen if I click on the left side of the button. Also my Camera causes a blue pixelated spot on pictures I take.

    The top button on my phone recently stopped working. Well sometimes. Majority of the time if I click it hard enough on the left side of the button it will lock the screen... Otherwise it doesnt work at all anymore. Also the camera appears to be placing a blue pixel on pictures I take. Its annoying. What should I do?

    It's completely situational. Without being able to directly compare the "scratch" on the original poster's iPhone with your iPhone, what gaamcc had happen could not be extrapolated to guess what Apple may do in your situation. It will depend entirely on what the Apple technician diagnoses after examining your iPhone. He/she may decide that any damage is strictly cosmetic and didn't have any connection with the problem you're taking your iPhone in for, or he/she may diagnose the problem as stemming from user damage. You'll just have to see when you go to the Apple Store.
    Regards.

  • Is there any way to play an iTunes rented movie from my mac on a tv that does not support HDCP?

    Is there any way to play an iTunes rented movie from my mac on a tv that does not support HDCP?

    No.

  • Moving my itunes music, movies, and apps to my Macbook from my windows computer???

    moving my itunes music, movies, and apps to my Macbook from my windows computer??? I'm starting to have issues with my HP Pavilion, Windows 7, g6t-2000 Notebook PC 64-bit...... and I don't want to take any risk of losing my music and videos because a majority of is third-party (TRUSTED) and I don't want to lose them...... I need to move them to my MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7).

    Click here for options. Any movies you've rented from the iTunes Store on the PC won't play on the MacBook.
    (82078)

  • ITunes purchased movies do not run on macbook pro retina display - Error message: HDCP not supported.

    Hello community,
    If i try to play a iTunes purchased movie on may Macbook Pro 15 Retina, a Error message comes up "HDCP not supported". I try to run it on the notebook screen, I have not plugged in any external device (monitor, beamer..).
    Full Error message in german:
    Der gewählte Film kann auf dem angeschlossenen Bildschirm nicht wiedergegeben werden.
    Dieser Film kann nur auf Bildschirmen wiedergegeben werden, die HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) unterstützen.
    Any ideas?

    I had this same problem.  What worked for me- not sure which one did it, but I went to System Preferences-Displays, and I turned off "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available" and I also changed my resolution from "Best for retina display" to scaled "More Space".  The other scaling options seemed to do similar.

  • Question about iTunes HD movies

    I was looking into some of iTunes HD movies that are available for purchase when I noticed something... It says that these movies would be compatible with an Apple TV or Mac, or PC. Now I know this doesn't necessarily mean these will be full HD (1080p), but it would make sense if they were.
    I've attempted to play a some 900p and 1080p videos on my Pad and it straight up refuses them. Is it at all possible for me to buy an HD movie off of iTunes, only to have it not work because the resolution is too high for my Pad? Can iTunes know which device I plan on using the movie on before I purchase it? Or will he provide me with multiple vid-files, one for each resolution of iPod, iPad, and computer?
    Also I noticed that the "iTunes Extras" are only available on a Mac or PC with iTunes 9 or later. This means the iPad can play the movie itself, nothing else like commentaries or "the making of", correct?

    No the problem with your AVI is the codec it uses not the video dimensions. The other day I needed to view an h.264 1080p 15MBps with a 4.0 profile on the iPad. GoodReader played the file just fine. If I'm only going to view a video on the iPad that exceeds the iPad specs but it can be played in a third party app, why spend the time to re-encode to the iPad specs. Re-encoding a video not only waste time but the video suffers in lost of quality during the encoding. Besides I'm not using the iPad for video storage. I'm using it to play videos.

  • HT4061 good morning! I just did a software update on my phone (finally) last night and now my phone will not come on.  All it keeps showing is the charger pointing up to a blue circle with iTunes inside and will not go any further.  Can ANYone please expl

    Good Morning,
    I just did a software update on my phone (finally) last night and now my phone will not come on.  It keeps showing the charger pointing up to a blue circle with iTunes inside and will not go any further.  Can ANYONE help me please???

    The phone is in restore mode and the picture is telling you what to do. Connect the phone, by cable, to iTunes in the computer you normally use for syncing, and retore the phone.

  • Regarding 30" ACD & dancing green/blue pixels with 10.5.3

    Hi there people!
    I'm really interested to find out if 10.5.3 has fixed the issues for those that had the dancing green/blue pixels problem as the display wakes from screen sleep state. As I am surprised nobody had posted any information regarding this from 10.5.3.
    According to the huge log of fixes... something caught my eye but it was not detailed. So now that 10.5.3 final has been out for a few days, has it fixed yours... since this fix sounds like its related to the corruption. Hoping that it's related to the DVI noise/screen corruption as the pixels dance about the screen.
    http://apcmag.com/osx_1053_about_tohit.htm
    apcmag.com wrote:
    *Areas of Change*
    New issues fixed in this seed:
    +Printing PDF from Preview fixed+
    +Fixed hanging issue with Directory Services and large group numbers+
    +Fix to NSURLConnection+
    _*Fixed video corruption issue with 30″ displays*_
    +Fixed issue with IconsStorage and Remote Disc icons+
    +FileSync issue with common external accounts fixed+
    +Binding issue with Active Directory resolved+

    Hi all.
    I had this problem with my G5 2.3 & 30" CD upon start up quite frequently.
    After going back & forth to the Apple store all day switching out monitors (3 total), I tried something different.
    I did an erase & install, & DID NOT install the 30" CD software, I also set the display up to where I turn it on & off separately.
    I have had 0 pixel issues since.
    I miss just being able to turn the power button on and being done with it, but this has gotten rid of the pixel issues.
    I just kind of look @ it like when you turn on/off your home theater, you have your receiver button and your TV button, plus a Blu Ray / DVD player to turn on/off.
    Also, my G5 has the 6600 video card, not the specified 6800GT. I spoke with a "Tier 2" Apple specialist & was told I would have "no problems", After 3 years, I have had none. (other than the infamous "dancing pixels")
    Good luck. This solution worked for me. Pixel issues suck.

Maybe you are looking for

  • How do I stop Java processes from appearing on the dock?

    I have a Java application that has a fairly extensive build process using ant. It builds fine on OSX, but constantly annoys me. There are a large number of unit tests that run using JUnit, and each test starts in a new Java process. The problem is th

  • Inplace unicode conversion - error during import in step 2

    Hi, We are having problems when running the unicode conversion import in step 2: Load Kernel Library. The problem occurs when SAPINST runs the FIXR3OWNS program. We can run FIXR3OWNS manually when logged in with QSECOFR. From the sapinst_dev.log file

  • Windows Media Player DRM prevents me watching football on my iMac - HELP!!

    Hi there - I'm having some real problems trying to watch my beloved Scottish Football games live (or recorded) on my iMac. I'm a new mac user. Used to be a pc owner (my appologies there) and watched all my games with no problem. Games are shown eithe

  • What can i do if the battery doesnt last me 6 hours?

    my macbook pro is a 15 inches 2,3 Ghz, with mountain lion 10.8.2 i know what all the answers will say, check activity monitor, well the highest activity is kernel_task with 3.8% and im noit going to delete that process or ill be regreted.. any ways,

  • Consideration of network activity factory calender

    Hi, I am facing problem regarding considering of  factory calendar. scenario: we are assigning the personnel nos in person assignment tab in internal activity. confirmation of activities will be done through CATS. at the time of confirmation it is co