Well, Brian e-mailed me his kernel compilation and it appears as though the kernel really is the deciding factor. With Brian's kernel, there is no garbage screen, with Richard's kernel, there's a garbage screen every time. At least on my player.

I'm e-mailing Richard with this information, perhaps he and Brian can compare build techniques and decide where the problem lies. Once they've gotten to the bottom of it, then we'll make that information public and we can all sleep better.

At least it's not my uploader that's causing the problem. Phew!

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Tony Fabris