Oops, I should have said Macrovision above. Macromedia is in my head because Adobe just bought it

Back to the problem.. No, if your player is hooked directly into the TV then nothing else should be effecting the image. Hmmmmm Is it just the one movie or any? I have heard of improper disc authoring being mis-interpreted on some players which causes playback errors. Worse case senario its the player itself and somehow its programming has been currupted. If you have a B&W setting on the player, try turning it on and off and see if that clears the problem. Also check your scart hookup, it could always be the wire. Maybe switch ends and stick the one in the tv into the player and vice versa?

Hope some of this helps!

That almost sounds like a macromedia problem. Your player isnt hooked through a VCR is it?