EugeneR

Please don't revoke my HTF membership

Ever do something real stupid that you could kick yourself for? Ever do it for a year?

I have a RPTV, HD-ready, that I've had for about a year. Bought a progressive scan Panasonic DVD player along with it to make sure that I had the best picture possible. To that end, I've also gone into the service menu previously to try and achieve the best picture. I noticed that the display said that the signal was 480I. I was a little puzzled, but concerned with convergence and such thingswhen seeing it and did not pay that much attention, and did not test other than making sure that my Panasonic's menu had "progessive out" set to "enabled." I thought that it could have been some quirk in the display.

Well, yesterday I was messing around in the service menu again, and as always, the TV said it was receiving a 480I signal. Not paying much attention as usual, I was switching between inputs. My Xbox, which I got last month was on. The TV said it was receiving a 480P signal from the Xbox. I was dumbfounded. Was it the DVD player? I switched inputs and cables, with the same result--Xbox was progressive, DVD player interlaced. I sat back down on the couch and started thinking about how long ago I bought the DVD player and whether it was still under warranty. I then got off the couch to take a look at the front of the DVD player "just in case." Staring me in the face was a button on the DVD player which said "progressive out." I pushed it with a trembling finger, the little green light on the button came on, and the TV immediately informed me that it was now receiving a 480P signal.

If I could kick myself in the ass, I would have. I have been watching the damn thing in interlaced the entire time (with my wife and I remarking to each other how good progressive scan looked). AAAAARRRGGH!

In my (pathetic) defense, the buttons on the DVD are recessed and are silver, just like the rest of the player. And why the &*#$ would you need to select progressive on both the menu and on the player itself?! Needless to say, I didn't RTFM because "how hard can it be?"

Please don't take away my membership for stupidity!

There, now I've vented. I'm gonna go watch my progressive scan DVD player now.

Michael Mathius

Eugene:

I'm guessing you have a Panasonic RP82

Don\'t make me angry. You won\'t like me when I\'m angry.

THE LOFT

AlanZ

That is hilarious! I just had the same experience....I called my wife from work and had her look at the player (Panny RP62)after talking with a circuit city rep...sure enough, she pushed the button and the 480p finally came up on the tv. Oh well......I went and picked up a Denon 2900 yesterday anyway

Kimo Bonnelycke

Haha, I almost had the same experience. I have the RP62, and did not notice the progressive button on the front. I was looking for the switch on the back (like other players I have seen).

AlanZ, let me know how you like the 2900, as I am planning on getting one this month. I really want to know if you see a difference in picture quality between the 2900 and the RP62.

Kimo B.

Bob McElfresh

My DVD player is fairly good about auto-selecting the Dolby Digital audio track so I dont usually bother manually selecting it. But there is the occasional disk where I am half way through the movie before I notice that my receiver is saying "ProLogic".

Been There, Done That.

Jack Briggs

Still, Bob, does Eugene's oversight merit eternal banishment from HTF? Should we take this egregious violation to the Supreme High Command?

Serge Breton

What unacceptable behaviour! Jack, go ahead and ban Eugene

Personally, i have never done anything stupid; well at least not lately:b

ShaunC

So Eugene, did you notice an improvement in picture quality when you finnaly had your DVD output set to 480p?

Shaun

JohnnyG

Your penance is to watch ALL those DVDs over again...and not just the good ones

John Royster

Step away from the remote Sir. Put down the remote and calmly step away. Remove the batteries and go pout in the corner.



Don't worry about it. This stuff can get pretty complicated sometimes and we all goof.