Staticy lines in dvd playing

Hello recently I tried playing dvds in my brand new macbook both with the mac dvd player and in vlc with default settings but for some reason I seem to be having a problem with playback. The video displays very small staticy faint lines in the video that are somewhat staticy. Is there any setings that may fix this or could it be a driver issue. Anyone else experiencing similar issues? btw my macbook has a superdrive so i dunno if that could have something to do with it. Thanks

Which and what kind of dvd you are playing on your MAcBook ?
Some lowcost dvd movie use "letterbox" effect to make their movie look like widescreen movie but if their setting and editing not correct, it will leave occasionally "static line" between the movie and the black edge at the upper and or bottom screen.
Also some downloaded movie sometimes having that "static" lines also.
Try to play your dvd on regular dvd player that hook up to regular TV and compare the picture with MacBook picture played.
Good Luck.

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