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I've had my 50" Panasonic plasma (TH-50PX80U) for a year, and I've got no burn-in issues whatsoever. I followed the advice I got here, and I couldn't be happier. Basically, I ran everything in Cinema mode for a few months (dimmer, less contrast), which looks better for most things anyway...

[I moved this post from the review thread, since it's turning into a discussion between myself and Tony J Case. See that thread for his post. Here's my response.] Tony, what about Will Ferrell + LOTL made you expect all that? There wasn't a single trailer that failed to make clear this was a...

Tony, I'm not entirely sure about the rules of this site, but I think my response to you falls more into the discussion category than a review. So I'm deleting my post and posting it in the discussion thread.

. I felt sorry for her kids. I wonder what else she won't allow them to see because it hints that humans are sexual beings.)

Surely you're exaggerating. I didn't like your post, but I'd never hope it caused you to lose your job. Especially in this economy. I think Ferrel is hilarious. Humor is subjective (like most things). The fact that he has a career at all means that millions of people disagree with you...

I don't know what you guys are smoking (or not smoking), but this was hilarious. Some people don't like Will Ferrel. I can understand. He does his same schtick that he always does. But this was surreal, absurd, and strangely beautiful. What exactly were people expecting? A faithful remake of the...

You're getting warmer!

I tried the firmware update, and it's working again. But this is the third time I've got it to "work again." The first two times didn't involve a firmware update. I have no idea what fixed it then. It seems to go from randomly working to not working. Oh well, I hope the firmware update is a...

I think this player is junk. I just posted last night about my frustration and continuing audio problems in another thread. Sometimes it plays the DTS-HD, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it won't play the center channel info at all (the entire soundtrack will be there, but no voices). Sometimes...

I absolutely HATE this player. If I could get my money back, I would. The piece of crap is only 3 months old, and it consistently has audio problems. Sometimes it won't play the advanced codecs, sometimes it will. The latest annoyance is that it will play part of the soundtrack, but not the...

I take it you've never had a SACD player. I thought this might be the culprit, which is why I made sure and backed up that detail in my post.

I've got the S550, and a Kenwood VR6050. I have been able to enjoy the advanced codecs, until I plugged up my coax. Everything seemed fine at first, but then I put in Lost Season 4 BD and I couldn't get the audio to synch up to the video. I unplugged the coax, and everything went back to normal...

Adrian Brody would make a nice Mule. I can barely remember any other characters. But then, Asimov wasn't about character, was he? I'd rather see Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Sequence filmed. There's definitely a movie "in there!"

As a happy owner of this TV, I whole-heartedly second the recommendation. X-Box 360, Wii, S550 Blu-ray, standard def cable and DVD . . . it all looks fantastic. I saw it at Sears for $899 over the holidays. (I picked it up for $1200 last July.) Haven't had a single problem with it.

I have a bad habit of playing with the remote while I'm watching. Sometimes I'll accidentally hit a button, and the movie will stop, go to the home menu, and take several minutes to get back to the right spot. Sometimes, this happens if I just toss the remote on the couch next to me. And with...

Well, he never stopped working on this creation, so how can you judge his published works as comprehensive of his "author's intent?" Maybe he just died before he could finish everything. If you want to dismiss anything that wasn't published during his lifetime as mere "notes," then you'd have...

I've got a 50" Panny Plasma, 768p; I sit about 11-12 feet away. I was a bit disappointed with BR when I first got my Sony 550 on Black Friday. Honestly, I've been more consistently impressed with NBC's over-the-air broadcasts (ABC looks a tad "soft" and I can't pick up CBS or FOX well...

I finally rented this. I'm in the "looked great, didn't distract" camp. I loved the IMAX footage, and wish the entire movie looked that good. I don't understand how anyone can complain about such beauty. "Distract" me with gorgeous hi-def scenes any time you want, Hollywood!

I'm not getting any answers in the other 550 forum, so I hope you don't mind me thread-jacking this one. It is an audio problem, but not this one. I am having out-of-sync issues with the audio when selecting uncompressed PCM 5.1 on the new Lost season 4 Blu-ray. I had this problem once before...

So no one else is having audio out of sync problems? This is a deal breaker for me. If I can't fix it, I'm taking it back.

I'm getting audio out of sync problems when selecting uncompressed PCM 5.1 on the Lost Blu-ray. The problem just started. Everything was fine until today. Is this happening to anyone else?

After watching this BD about three times, I have to agree with some here. I initially thought the sound quality was fantastic, but repeated views have revealed some flaws. I'm still working the kinks out of my set-up, however. I just purchased a Sony 550 player, and this was the first disc I...

Ok, now I'm even more confused. I just did some quick experiments after that last post. I've set the audio priority on my Song 550 to "multichannel." But on my receiver, when I select "aux" as the input, I'm getting sound that is being passed over the HDMI cable hooked directly to my TV...

I think this is the right thread for this question . . . I've got the Sony 550 BD player, hooked up to my receiver via the 5.1 analog inputs--no coax or optical at all. From what I'm reading here, it seems that I *might* get better audio on DD 5.1 or DTS tracks by hooking up a coax cable...

I have no problem with whatever name they call this "band." If Yes and King Crimson can get away with having a couple dozen members go in and out of their bands, then why not GnR? Personally, I didn't think it was GnR after they got that drummer from the Cult, you know, the guy who could...

Stephen, thanks a lot. Fantastic information, there. Okay, so do I have to change the resolution my BD player is outputting each time I switch between watching a DVD or a BD, to get the best picture? You said I don't want multiple scaling going on (TV + player). So to my 768p TV, I should...

I realize that. But if the human eye can't resolve those pixels anyway (from 11-12 feet), then what's the difference? Either my research from dozens of sources (including here) was wrong, or you're right that a 1080p TV would make a difference in picture quality for my set-up. I don't...

I've never owned an upscaling DVD player--I jumped straight to BD player. However, don't modern TVs upscale already? (My Pany TH-50PX80U, for instance.) I mean, when I'm watching a DVD on my HDTV via my DVD player, isn't the picture being presenting in the native resolution of the TV? How could...

I picked up this player on Black Friday. H.H.Gregg had it for $319, so I got in line. But after standing there for 10 minutes and they were still taking down personal information into their computer for the first person in line, I quickly got fed up and went to Circuit City. They had it at full...