Strange display issue on my Qosmio E15-Av101

Hello all,
Strange problem... picked up this E15-AV101, with 1Gb of ram and a 100Gb HDD have wiped it and started fresh with the Qosmio player disc and then the Recovery disc.
All works fine in windows... but if the system is off and I try to use the qosmio player by pressing the tv button or the button next to it a white screen comes up that disapates to black with green and red lines, but i can hear the dvd playing and the controls operate.
What would be causing this as all works fine in windows when I start Media Center.
Running bios ver. 1.60 and all the latest drivers from the site
I hope someone has some insight into this as I am stumped
Thanks for all and any help you may offer
Mark

Hi there,
thats not a official support forum like you thought. Its a user-to-user forum where (like I already mentioned) users try to help another users.
If you want full support then contact a local servicepartner or call the toshiba hotline.
bye

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