Feed it a 24hz signal and it can do 96hz, same as the Samsung plasma.schan1269 said:I could look it up...Did the ZT60 have a 72 or 96 hz mode?My Hitachi pdp have a 48hz mode. Which, of course, is better...but not as nice as 72/96.
Then that makes no sense on why the F8500 works best with the BD player in 60hz...instead of 24.FoxyMulder said:Feed it a 24hz signal and it can do 96hz, same as the Samsung plasma.
On my Samsung you need to enable Cinema Smooth which turns on the 24hz function for proper output when playing back blu ray films, this then enables the 96hz in the Samsung, if it's switched off you will get 60hz, i'm sure Samsung will bring out a firmware fix for issues that anyone is having, i wonder if those experiencing the issues have the same settings for player and TV.schan1269 said:Then that makes no sense on why the F8500 works best with the BD player in 60hz...instead of 24.
Unless there is a setting?
Both Hitachi have a service menu hack. When I start a BD, I hit menu twice(2nd time for 5 seconds) and the menu to change native resolution and hz rate comes up(these TV were made before 24fps was "widely available"...and were, essentially, Hitachi business in a consumer chassis. So work environs could specify what resolution/hz rate they wanted).
I programmed the Onkyo remote for this as well.
Just read a few blurbs...FoxyMulder said:On my Samsung you need to enable Cinema Smooth which turns on the 24hz function for proper output when playing back blu ray films, this then enables the 96hz in the Samsung, if it's switched off you will get 60hz, i'm sure Samsung will bring out a firmware fix for issues that anyone is having, i wonder if those experiencing the issues have the same settings for player and TV.
Different HDMI inputs can have different settings, you can also save a different setting for 3D using the same HDMI input, on my television i can not have the same HDMI input with two different settings for 2D images, i believe this is the same for the F8500.schan1269 said:Just read a few blurbs...
Apparently the CSP (the "p" being new for this generation) is the "catchall" setting...meant to simplify things.
With that on and the TV senses 24fps it shuts down all processing(or it is supposed to). Feed it a 60hz signal and it applies all the "gee whiz".
Nice. Now is that setting, itself, savable in each picture mode?
IE...cinema you have CSP on for the 96hz.
Custom 1(or user 1???) have it off for 60hz?
(asking cause I have a line on a floor sample with 9hrs a day M-F for the last 11 months for...a good sum less than wholesale. But I have to drive to Des Moines to get it)
You might have options for night and day calibration modes, ISF day and night, not sure, we in the UK don't get that option.schan1269 said:Different HDMI inputs settings doesn't help me. (the 4 main rooms, counting the master bedroom...all have AVR...so the TV sits there "stupid", no matter how smart it is)
I may just go get it anyway. Move my living room Hitachi to my bedroom. Then I'll have a 42" LG or Panny 720P to throw on Craigslist for $300.
(TV shuffling...the bedroom set is a 46" 1080P...that would move to the next closest bedroom....where that TV would find a new home)
Only equalled by the Panny's.Ronald Epstein said:Gary,
A huge amount of congrats for your new purchase.
You have the best plasma currently available on the market.
Everyone should own this display.
Keep us updated on your experiences with it.
Happy Viewing!
I think if I remember rightly there is an option in the SM for Day/Night on the UK version.FoxyMulder said:You might have options for night and day calibration modes, ISF day and night, not sure, we in the UK don't get that option.