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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
Yes, it differs. But I would never set a speaker to "large" if it couldn't go as deep as 30Hz (- 1dB) - and proven, not the manufacturer's indication. So in practice, given the fact that the sub can almost surely do it, "small" is the much better setting.
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Many Yamaha hi-res players have a non-changeable crossover set at 120Hz. 
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Originally Posted by GoldenRedux
So, has anyone out there done an in depth review of the actual hardware inside the Panasonic? Like, the sort of analogue stage, and power supply, and so on?
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Originally Posted by Ben_Williams
I wish someone would... I'm not planning on taking mine apart anytime soon!
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Originally Posted by DarthSimon
Hi Guys,
Got the Panny today... Very funny, I spun Ultra Violet... Looked great, but i am seeing these choppy banding lines in the middle of my screen? Ben have you seen these?? It's like a little flicker in the image. I dont get this on 8 Below..... |
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Originally Posted by DarthSimon
Ben,
Just noticed this from the start. Have you tinkered with the contrast settings yet? I just played 50 First Dates. This I can tell looks fabulous. The video on this BD Disc looks as good or better than anything HD DVD has... I guess it's all software driven at this point.... I have lots to do with this Panasonic and will return with more findings... |
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Originally Posted by DarthSimon
Originally I wasnt happy with Quality compaired to HD DVD. 50 First Dates looks jaw dropping guys, So I will have to test out a few more. Im sure I will be happy...
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Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.
favourite saying: hard feelings are for park benches... sit on that!
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Originally Posted by DarthSimon
Whats that link to the webform Ben? I would love those....
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Originally Posted by Ben_Williams
Unfortunately, it doesn't have an option to disable the video circuit for audio playback. I always really liked that feature on my DVD-1600... very thoughtful design on Denon's part.
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Originally Posted by Rachael B
I thought 50 First Dates was gonna have a permanent shelf spot after how it looked on my, early build, Samsung. It had some weird haze over it. Yesterday was my first day with the Panasonic and before I played any whole discs, I spot checked about 15 BD's, mostly really good ones and really bad ones first. 50 First Dates was the first disc I put in and I was pleasantly shocked. I watched abut 10 minutes of it and moved on but it went from unwatchable to I'll be rescreening it soon based on what I saw.
I put in The Punisher and hoped it would become very watchable too. It too lost a veil of noise but underneath it stille looked devoid of detail. All the discs that I thought showed some kind of really marked improvement over the Samsung's playback were MPEG2 Sony or Lionsgate, the early stuff. The differences between the Panasonic and Samsung are gonna be smallest on VC1 and MPEG4 stuff from what I saw last night. I watched all the way through: Eight Below.....shouldn't it have been called more like 80 Below (?).... Blazing Saddles, Click, and Haunted Mansion. It was definitely my best night of Blu viewing since, well, forever, and by no smallish margin, no! I was up late too...... I'm anxious to re-view a couple of other titles that were disappointing with the Samsung. I thought Lord Of War looked almost good them, hmnnnn, we'll see, now. It's gonna go next. I'm curious. P.S. - Ben, in the picture of the Panny's front, that red stuff in the readout, is that a reflection from across the room? Nice review, it nudged me some to try out the Panasonic. |
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Originally Posted by Grant H
Wouldn't mind knowing how Gone in 60 Seconds looks. Is that the theatrical or director's cut?
And there are 8 dogs in 8 Below, right? Funny, I remember when that came out my friend joked we should go see that. Now, I kind of want to see it. |
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Originally Posted by mfabien
Did you try playing a CD or DVD-A without powering on the TV?
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Originally Posted by Rachael B
P.S. - Ben, in the picture of the Panny's front, that red stuff in the readout, is that a reflection from across the room? Nice review, it nudged me some to try out the Panasonic.
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Originally Posted by Grant H
Haha. I don't think that was quite the point.
But didn't it turn out it DOES have the feature to disable the video circuitry for audio playback. Seems to me he found the feature later. |
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Originally Posted by Ben_Williams
Thanks Rachael! I'm glad you are enjoying the Panny. It sure is a dramatic improvement over the Samsung...
As far as that red stuff in my pic is concerned, it is definitely a reflection. Although I guess it might be kind of cool for about 5 minutes if the player had a cylon eye. Let us know how the blu-ray screenings are going! |
Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.
favourite saying: hard feelings are for park benches... sit on that!
Oh well, 2nd generation BR players are just around the corner and to help out my poor, put upon Samsung so is my new video processor. Though, the latter will be here sooner.
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
My, my the Samsung is really getting dissed.
Oh well, 2nd generation BR players are just around the corner and to help out my poor, put upon Samsung so is my new video processor. Though, the latter will be here sooner. |
Rachael, the big disc cat! I used to be looking for Hi-Vision Laserdiscs & D-Theater tapes, now I'm looking for HD-DVD's and Blu-rays.
I survived the AFI top 100 Film Challenge! I've seen them all.
favourite saying: hard feelings are for park benches... sit on that!
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