Raja sydney Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Has there been any reports of the problem on the standard definition model? Hi there! I been reading this shake tests. How can i get the DVD for test. ANy idea.. I have the PV60 japan made manufacured in June 2006. Would be appreciatd if anyone can tell where to get the dvd and instruction how to test THanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Raja sydney, Go back to post #25 in this thread and download the DVD files, burn them to a DVD, pop it in your player and look at the screen! Without snakes you should see a green screen with circular gradation (watch it on your PC first to get an idea of what's "normal")... All the others that have run the test - want to post some photos of the test running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusZeus Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Raja sydney,Go back to post #25 in this thread and download the DVD files, burn them to a DVD, pop it in your player and look at the screen! Without snakes you should see a green screen with circular gradation (watch it on your PC first to get an idea of what's "normal")... All the others that have run the test - want to post some photos of the test running? Yeah, but if you watch it on you PC first you will ntocie that it shouldn't be a totally green screen. I have watched this on a properly calibrated CRT screen and the rings do not look green. Some of the rings look more grey then green. Perhaps it is some plasma trickery that some people have claimed to only see green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Well - have a quick look over at the UK AVForum here for some examples of what it might look like then (they have "normal" and "snaked" versions posted towards the end of the thread)... http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread....ht=purple+snake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 News from lgans in the UK thread following the visit from Panasonic... http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394430 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRuItCaKe. Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Bugger. You beat me! My set turns up tomorrow too, so we shall see..... It is now up to EVERYONE affected by the snakes to put pressure on Panasonic Australia to provide the same level of customer support. Just ask ajm about his dealins with Panasonic! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelo Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 He is also posting on the american forum; http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....902#post9478902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertzz99 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Anymore people affected by this? Seems to have gone quite!!! Anyone know how Panasonic are handling this? Seems from AVSforum that they are lying low? Had a pana plasma on the top of the buying list but now I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRuItCaKe. Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mine arrived today. Once I test it I'll post the results. I believe the Aus ones don't suffer as much from the problem. It didn;t stop me from buying one. Maybe we have different software/hardware to the European ones, I don't know. But it doesn't seem as prevalent. And there are a lot of people on the forum with the Pana units. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smargs Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 As per request, here's the PST v2 rings test. Pic1. Normal (low) settings. Not problematic. Pic2. Contrived settings to get a darker band. As you can see, I had to reduce contrast to zero... Those that have "passed" the artifacting, could you post images of your screens please? Also note production date, & firmware/software revisions. According to info, we (Aus) should have the artifact free (reduced) sets... To tell the truth, I'm more pissed off by not getting Ch9 Melb reception when they switch to the second transmission tower! Looks like I only get 1/2 week of Ch9 digital... All other stations are fine. Ch9 analog is fine too. Of course, I'm also pissed by the cruddy, half assed FTA DVBt transmission in Aust anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consoleMan Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 HiDoes this in any way happen with the 50" models ? Cheers Hey Smoke.creek - I have the TH50PX600 and have played the scene in question from Harry Potter and did not see any issues whatsoever. I've racked up 300 or so hours on the set so far, watched numerous DVD's, hours of TV and haven't witnessed this at all. From reading the feedback in this forum it seems this is just affecting 42" sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRuItCaKe. Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I've just run the snakes v2 disk on my new Australian PX600A (42"). No snakes, just a little bit of fizzing which is quite minor. Build date is October 2006, Serial number is ND****** I'm happy with this but will keep a watch out. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbernard Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I've just run the snakes v2 disk on my new Australian PX600A (42").No snakes, just a little bit of fizzing which is quite minor. Build date is October 2006, Serial number is ND****** I'm happy with this but will keep a watch out. Chris I thought I saw my snake go purple, but the doctor gave me a cream which cleared it up in no time . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Wow this thread got to four pages before the old "purple headed trouser snake" was mentioned... Excellent restraint guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbernard Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Wow this thread got to four pages before the old "purple headed trouser snake" was mentioned... Excellent restraint guys... I can't help it if my mind is in the gutter, it is attached to my body after all. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhf 2 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 [quote name='steen' date='Jan 17 2007, 05:32 PM' post='573302'. How do you find the firmware verson, which part of the menu? If I can find them I will post them along with images of the dvd test on my crt & pv60 for comparsion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 What do you need to know the firmware version for? Just throw the test on and away you go... I don't have my set yet so don't know how to check the firmware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhf 2 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 What do you need to know the firmware version for? Just throw the test on and away you go... I don't have my set yet so don't know how to check the firmware... http://img266.imageshack.us/slideshow/play...9260579xmg.smil IF you copy & paste the link above you will see a slide show of my pic,s . one pic seems to have purple rings ,I don't know why this pic is so different from the rest. I watched H Potter last night & played the scene 5 times ,no hint of a snake. so far I am very happy with my pv-60 as I'm sure you will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 Good news! What is the manufacture location and date of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhf 2 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Good news! What is the manufacture location and date of yours? made in china sept 06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbernard Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 made in china sept 06 No Snakes on mine, manufactured Nov 06 in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRuItCaKe. Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Forgot to add, mine's made in Japan too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Magnum Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Watched Harry Potter last night, the only snake I saw was about 10 seconds in - it slithered up the stairs and spoke to Voldemort! Seriously, I have a PV60 (made in China) and I couldn't spot anything. There is a heck of a lot of CGI in that film, are you sure it isn't artifacts from the DVD itself, maybe just different calibrations on the sets that are showing the problem? There's hardly a scene that hasn't had some sort of digital manipulation, there must be a good chance of seeing some digital leftovers from the editing or transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja sydney Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Raja sydney,Go back to post #25 in this thread and download the DVD files, burn them to a DVD, pop it in your player and look at the screen! Without snakes you should see a green screen with circular gradation (watch it on your PC first to get an idea of what's "normal")... All the others that have run the test - want to post some photos of the test running? Hi Senoj! Thanks i copied both files from #25 as you mentioned and burined as VCD. It has totally 3 slides. I can see a green in middle and the white square change colour. In the surrunding it is black grading. If the panenl is affected, where should we see purple snake? The middle green color should be as purple, is that mean? WOuld be nice if you can mention where should we notice for the purple.. My pana PV60A is made in Japan manufactued on June 2006... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenojNW Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Picked my set up thisarvo - tested with Harry Potter GOF and Panic Room - absolutely NO SNAKES!! Whoooohoooooooo!! Will post more info tomorrow and a few questions... sleep now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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