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  1. My 300A 76cm, Looks awesome at the moment..... hopefully I won't have to black list Panasonic...  I have black listed Sony after being sold Shity unreliable consumer products....  I've never had a problem with Sony Pro gear though

    My 200A 86cm also looked awesome most of the time. It's just certain images that would cause the green/orange edge syndrome. If you can't see the problem that's good, but if you want to check then I suggest you hire out "The Prince & Me" and look for the scene I used in the photos. Then again, maybe it'd be best if you don't look for it - I was very happy with the set for the first few months, but after seeing the problem once, I started seeing it much more often with various DVDs and shows via the STB.

  2. Do yourselves a favour and do some searching on this forum for the Panasonics (200A & 300A - basically the same TV's with different cosmetics).

    Especially this thread: Green edges on faces on my Pana TX-86PW200A

    If you are at all fussy about image quality, I would steer clear of the 86cm Panasonics (and probably the 76cms as well). I had mine for 10 months before it went back to the store. I'd complained about the thing after 5 months (when I started to notice the problems), and it took that long to get rid of it. Panasonic basically agreed that ALL their 86cm TVs (200A and 300A) had the same problem and exchanging mine for another would not fix my problem, so they let me return it for a refund. (I suppose it was a cheap 10 month rental for me).

  3. I managed to find a 7800TA in a store today, and it looks like a very nice panel. I had a quick play with the remote (which is much nicer than the Fujitsu remote) but I couldn't find anything in the menus for adjusting image hight, width or position. These settings are easily accessed on the Fujitsu.

    Maybe these settings are in a hidden service menu on the Hitachi.

    Anyone know if these are easily accessible on the Hitachi?

  4. are there any "built in" features on the Fuji to reduce this kind of issue?

    The fujitsu does have a "picture orbiter" setting - this slightly moves the picture by 5 to 15 pixels every hour or so (user configirable), but I think this is mainly to reduce burn in of stationary images like station logos etc.

    Most people seem to recommend having the screen filled (no 4:3 or ratios larger than 1.78:1) for the first few hundred hours, after which the burn-in problem is significantly reduced. So when you first get the panel watch 4:3 stretched (or not at all) for a few weeks, after that you should be right.

  5. Yep glenncol, am referring to the Fujitsu panels. Good point. I wasn't sure if you thought the additional sound source might interfere with the AVR's speaker config for surround-sound HT. i.e. from a listening experience point of view.

    IMO, You shouldn't have the panel's speakers on at the same time as your surround speakers - it's one or the other.

    I'd be using the surround speakers for DVDs (movies etc) and just the stereo panel speakers for regular TV watching.

  6. 2.  They are grey imports so Fuji Australia wont warranty them.

    3.  Us model......huh what the hell are you smoking ?

    4.  Well we just rang Fuji and we were told there is no such creature.

    Those three answers are basically the same as I got from Megamart in Perth, a few weeks back, when asking about the 42" version.

    plus another: "Oh, that's obviously an internet furphy"

    I'm waiting (im)patiently for an official release of these units by Fujitsu. I'm getting a lot of grief from the family becuase we're back with a 68cm 4:3 (since I returned our W/S pana CRT).

    furphy

  7. Try this (but no guarantees)...

    • Set the volume to zero
    • Set the timer (via the remote) to 30 minutes (usually just one press on the timer button)
    • Open the flap on the TV
    • Press the "recall" button on the remote at the same time as pressing the volume down button on the TV

    (The recall button is the one that puts the AV/channel info on to the screen - the button looks like a TV with a "+" in the corner).

    Wait a few seconds and you should be in the service menu.

    IIRC pressing "2" and "3" on the remote cycles through various settings, pressing volume up/down changes the settings.

    It's a good idea to write down all your initial settings before playing with them.

  8. When I asked David at Bluedo about a discount for Harmony remotes he replied,

    "We created a new special shipping method just for our Australian customers - it's automatically available for any item or package under 3 lbs."

    Not sure exactly how this works.

    I put a Harmony remote in the shopping cart and went to the checkout - there was a special shipping option for Australia only which had a cost of $26. So, I guess the $26 is the special price.

  9. I just got hold of a Fujitsu manual for all the versions ("A", "W" & "U") of the 40 series panels. Apparently the "S" in "WS" & "US" is for "silver" (as in the colour of the bezel).

    Anyway, as usual with manuals, it explains how to connect different types of source equipment to the panel. On the pages dealing with your DVD Player & your Satellite Tuner (I assume that also relates to STBs) it mentions HDMI connections (obviously for the "U" model only).

    BUT, in both cases it says:

    If the component to be connected is equipped with HDMI output terminal, component video output terminal, it is recommened to connect to the component video terminal.

    Now, there's no "or" after "HDMI output terminal" but it sounds to me that they are recommending connecting via component over HDMI. Why would this be?

  10. Check www.froogle.com and many online retailers are taking pre-orders for the 880 at around $160-170

    www.bluedo.com has the Harmony 659 for $94.95, but they haven't got the 880 listed yet

    Also note on the Logitech site the RRP of the 880 is the same as the 688 at $249, and Bluedo's price for the 688 is $155...it's all becoming clearer!  :blink:

    OK, doesn't sound quite as bad - but even $155 + $26 shipping = AU$231 still pretty expensive.

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