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This is the first time I've seen anyone else mention this problem since I first noticed it and investigated it online about two years ago with my Samsung SCD-27. It has the same issue as mentioned by the owner of the SCD-23. The green interference line is on the extreme right edge, 3-4 pixels wide from top to bottom. As mentioned by the person following up, (I will add: depending on the editing method) the line sometimes isn't visible on standard aspect ratio (4:3) TVs, but it definitely shows up on widescreen sets and computers, leaving a crop operation the only solution.
I wrote Samsung an email about this issue a few months after I bought the cam and received absolutely no response. I actually returned the first SCD 27 camera camcorder for another sealed retail package (thinking the green line was a one-off manufacturing defect), but the second had the same problem as the first. I kept the camcorder anyway as the line wasn't severe enough to outweigh the many features at the price of the unit.
Now that I know another model of Samsung DV cam (SCD 23 as well as my SCD 27) have this problem, I'm very curious as to what exactly could be causing it. Obviously the warranty period is past for my camera, so I wouldn't mind opening it and performing whatever repair(s) would get rid of this green interference line.
What's odd is that sometimes the line doesn't show up. I would say that a little less than half the video I've shot doesn't show it. Like the original poster, I tried different DV tape brands, switching tape speeds and changing internal options, but my casual experimenting didn't seem to isolate any specific cause.
Other than this issue, the SCD-27 has been great. It definitely provided a higher-end feature set (at the time of purchase) than similarly-priced DV camcorders, and I've really enjoyed using it. I will more than likely email Samsung again with the URL of this page (and any other complaints I might be able to find on this issue). I certainly hope they'll be a little more forthcoming about the cause of the green line (but I doubt it) and while I'm hoping, maybe they'll have a solution as well.
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