Distorted Playback after recent update

This made me think that it was…

Block 1, CTA-861 Extension Block:
  Revision: 3
  Basic audio support
  Supports YCbCr 4:4:4
  Supports YCbCr 4:2:2
  Native detailed modes: 1
  Video Data Block:
    VIC  16:  1920x1080   60.000 Hz  16:9    67.500 kHz 148.500 MHz
    VIC  31:  1920x1080   50.000 Hz  16:9    56.250 kHz 148.500 MHz
    VIC  32:  1920x1080   24.000 Hz  16:9    27.000 kHz  74.250 MHz
    VIC   4:  1280x720    60.000 Hz  16:9    45.000 kHz  74.250 MHz (native)
    VIC  19:  1280x720    50.000 Hz  16:9    37.500 kHz  74.250 MHz
    VIC   5:  1920x1080i  60.000 Hz  16:9    33.750 kHz  74.250 MHz
    VIC  20:  1920x1080i  50.000 Hz  16:9    28.125 kHz  74.250 MHz

I remember in the early days of flat screen TV’s it being a thing (in the United States at least) that there existed 720p native displays on the low end but they supported input of 1080i at the very least to comply with ATSC regulations. I suspect what is going on here is that Kodi thinks your TV supports some display mode that it doesn’t and that is what is causing the screen tearing. You can keep running like this or if you wanted you could also make a whitelist excluding any problematic modes…