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Costco has this nasty habit of putting their DVDs in a small cardboard box that covers up part of the front of the package (more packaging...just what we need). So basically plastic, cardboard, more plastic, and then those damn sticker seals that take forever to get off. But when I recently...

That's good, because here in Arizona, they were showing Drew at 11:37pm. No problem with my Replay, but most people probably didn't even know it was on since it was so late.

I liked the flash back parts of the episodes, but the current day parts were just awful. Not surprising that it got axed.

250 is the latest version.

Looks like the 82 only has a 10-bit D/A chip instead of the 12-bit in the 91. That's the only thing I can find that is different, besides the $500 price differential!!!

Some of the local stations here in Tucson have done something even worse. They have moving ads, not underneath the picture, but directly on top of the bottom portion. And they also incorporate sound. Damn car lot ad goes zooming across the screen right as two actors are talking. Very, very annoying!

Scaling doesn't just fix 4:3 movies, it also fixes non-anamorphic 1.85 and 2.35 DVDs. Not as many of those out there these days, but I still have quite a few.

We maxed out at 14 players due to lack of more controllers. Only thing that would make it even better would be the ability to make more than two teams. 4 teams of 4 battling it out would be pretty damn cool!

Your display is probably fine. 4:3 aspect is just the name of that menu option. The different settings only affect non-anamorphic discs. If all the discs you have tried are anamorphic, you will not see any change between the various modes. Hope this helps.

Yes, but now I'm seeing blue halos that I'm fairly sure are being caused by the blue gun being way out of focus. They aren't as noticeable and don't show up in as many scenes though.

You shouldn't have to cut the wires. The connectors are very tight, but do come out if you work on them long enough. Each CRT board has one SVM connector. The connectors are white and each one has two white wires running into it. The wires then run up onto the SVM coils on the CRTs. The easiest...

Go into the parts section of Panasonic's website and search for your model. If the service manual isn't listed there, you can just call their Parts Desk and they will ship one to you. Usually costs about $10-15.

Obviously there is still work to be done from the manufacturers. I found it quite interesting that the RP91 passed some of the tests that even tripped up the Sage/Faroudja chips, but the opposite is also true. Maybe someday we will get a player with the 'perfect' chipset, but it hasn't happened...

Obviously there is still work to be done from the manufacturers. I found it quite interesting that the RP91 passed some of the tests that even tripped up the Sage/Faroudja chips, but the opposite is also true. Maybe someday we will get a player with the 'perfect' chipset, but it hasn't happened...

Yep, the same thing happens on my set. I thought it was because there are different convergence memories for 480i and 480p, but that's not the case. If you adjust the cross in one mode it affects in it the other mode. I just set it all up in one mode and left it like that. ------------------

I've gotten so used to watching everything stretched, that now it looks weird when it isn't stretched. I was at a friend's house last weekend watching a regular TV and I had totally forgotten how small the picture was and how annoying scan lines are. I concur on the cable issues. The same...

Brightness isn't the main cause of burn-in, picture(constrast) is. If you are worried about burn-in (personally I think there is a lot of FUD concerning burn-in) you can keep your picture setting low and you should be ok. All the cases of burn-in that most people have seen are at showrooms...

The service manual says you have to remove power after changing the VER register and the TV will then come up in the right mode. You might try doing this. ------------------

Here are a few tricks I discovered last night that will help to calibrate a set for 480P. 1) You can use the CUT_OFF register to isolate individual guns. Makes it much easier to check the color decoder and color bars. (Thanks to Rod U at HTS for this tip). 2) You CAN adjust service mode...

Mine is very close to 5% all around, but there is a vertical shift between s-video and component. Not too bad and I'm willing to live with it until someone comes up with a fix. ------------------

Here are a few tricks I discovered last night that will help to calibrate a set for 480P. 1) You can use the CUT_OFF register to isolate individual guns. Makes it much easier to check the color decoder and color bars. (Thanks to Rod U at HTS for this tip). 2) You CAN adjust service mode...

SVM can be fixed, but it involves pulling three connections (which are very, very tight) or clipping the wires. Don't know if anyone has actually done this yet. I still can't figure out why everyone's set looks so awful on non-DVD sources. My sets picture totally depends on how good the video...

I can't really tell if those settings are too bright compared to my set. A lot of depends on the lighting in your room. I've also been into service mode to tweak the settings, so all my user controls are now set at 31. Red push was fairly easy to fix, but SVM isn't. There are connectors on the...

I had a RF modulator hooked up for a while too and the picture wasn't that bad. This is probably due to the fact that TVs without s-video inputs are probably older or not that good to begin with. They will mostly hide any degradation of quality that the RF conversion introduces to the picture. I...

My understanding is that it isn't the DVD-A standard, but the copy protection on the discs that restricts the digital output to 48kHz. Non-protected discs should play just fine. Granted I don't actually own any DVD-A discs, so I have no way to verify this. ------------------

Surf over to: http://63.249.150.205/panny/ Another great resource for PT47 owners. ------------------

In order to jump to 480p or 1080i, you need to send that source to the TV. BTW, 480p doesn't have many settings you can change. It looks like it takes most of its info from 480i. I was able to virtually eliminate red push through some trial and error. I don't have the settings in front of me...

I was able to virtually eliminate red push on my PT47 by tweaking the service registers. Takes a little trial and error, but it works. Not sure about the CUT_OFF, haven't tried that. My component and s-video inputs are very different. I'm using my DVD player (RP91) to make up the difference...

Wow, that is very strange. Don't know what Panasonic was thinking. It seems even stranger since the COLOR setting that affects 480P can't even be accessed in that mode. ------------------