Has anyone tried using compound video cables? New BD60 arrives in a week. Will connect to a 42" Panasonic plasma (720p) with the audio routed through an older stereo having only analog inputs. The BD60 manual (downloaded) claims compound video (blue red green) will deliver a 720p picture. With a 12 ft run, using set of older compound video cables would save around $50 over buying new hdmi. Wondered if anyone has tried this and whether there was any loss of video quality? Has anyone tried using compound video cables? New BD60 arrives in a week. Will connect to a 42" Panasonic plasma (720p) with the audio routed through an older stereo having only analog inputs.... » Read More Has anyone tried using compound video cables? New BD60 arrives in a week. Will connect to a 42" Panasonic plasma (720p) with the audio routed through an older stereo having only analog inputs. The BD60 manual (downloaded) claims compound video (blue red green) will deliver a 720p picture. With a 12 ft run, using set of older compound video cables would save around $50 over buying new hdmi. Wondered if anyone has tried this and whether there was any loss of video quality? « Show Less
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"Component" is correct. Tough keeping up with all the changes. Went ahead and ordered two 15' Metabridge HDMIs from Amazon which came to less than $40.00 delivered (they didn't have 12'). One is for the blue ray and the other for satellite HD when I get converted. Can't believe local box-store wants $50.00 for one 12' set! Thanks for your input.
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I had a similar problem with my panasonic player. Using a generic 1.3 HDMI cable gave an OK picture but introduced a time shift (lipsync) problem. I compensated this using a 70ms time delay feature of my receiver. When I contacted Panasonic they suggested buying one of their cables. Instead, I bought a (high Priced) HDMI cable and got no picture, just flicking images and sputtering sound. So I bought the Panasonic cable from Amazon and the lipsync issue went away and the picture was much better - especially with Blu-ray. However the "high-priced" cable works fine with my TIVO, in fact it seems to improve the picture. All the cables are supposed to be 1.3 compatible - go figure. I had a similar problem with my panasonic player. Using a generic 1.3 HDMI cable gave an OK picture but introduced a time shift (lipsync) problem. I compensated this using a 70ms time delay feature of my receiver. When I contacted Panasonic they suggested buying one of their cables. Instead, I bought a (high Priced) HDMI cable and got no picture, just flicking images and sputtering sound. So I bought the Panasonic cable from Amazon and the lipsync issue went away and the picture was much better - especially with Blu-ray. However the "high-priced" cable works fine with my TIVO, in... » Read More I had a similar problem with my panasonic player. Using a generic 1.3 HDMI cable gave an OK picture but introduced a time shift (lipsync) problem. I compensated this using a 70ms time delay feature of my receiver. When I contacted Panasonic they suggested buying one of their cables. Instead, I bought a (high Priced) HDMI cable and got no picture, just flicking images and sputtering sound. So I bought the Panasonic cable from Amazon and the lipsync issue went away and the picture was much better - especially with Blu-ray. However the "high-priced" cable works fine with my TIVO, in fact it seems to improve the picture. All the cables are supposed to be 1.3 compatible - go figure. « Show Less
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Hey James--I just finished hooking up my Onkyo HT-S5100 to my Panasonic blu-ray and Panasonic plasma tv. The sound is just amazing! Don't let the nay-sayers drive you crazy. You just hook up the HDMI to the player, Onkyo and tv. But I used a Toslink optical cable to feed the sound from the tv to the Onkyo.Uh, this was my first experience with optical cables. It took my two hours to realize there are almost invisible silicone covers on the tips. Two hours wasted--DOAH!
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Grain/noise is native to plasmas, Panasonics especially it seems. I changed my tv and blu ray player setting to 24p for watching blu rays and like the improved picture. Give it a try and see how you like it.
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I have 3 plasmas (will have 4 soon). My oldest is 5 years old (480p). If I go to a blue screen I can see a slight burn from [MUTE] flashing in the same spot. With normal content on the screen it is not noticeable at all. The newer panels are so much more advanced and burn-in or IR is a thing of the past. Turn on the "pixel shift" and don't worry. Just don't fall asleep with a still image on any technology.
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Mark, I am considering buying a Sony KDL-40EX700 TV and a BDV-E770W or BDV-570 Blu-ray Disc Player Home Entertainment sytem. I went to the Sony web site and contacted David P. on their chat link and asked the HDMI hook up question.His reply is as follows: "I'd be happy to assist you with that. There is one HDMI connection on those systems that connects to your Television. Once you have connected that, you would then plug any other devices that you have (Cable Box, Game Systems etc) to your TV via HDMI and it will send the sound to the surround sound system." Sounds like it should work but have yet to try it. Good luck. Mark, I am considering buying a Sony KDL-40EX700 TV and a BDV-E770W or BDV-570 Blu-ray Disc Player Home Entertainment sytem. I went to the Sony web site and contacted David P. on their chat link and asked the HDMI hook up question.His reply is as follows: "I'd be happy to assist you with that. There is one HDMI connection on those systems that connects to your Television. Once you have connected that, you would then plug any other devices that you have (Cable Box, Game Systems etc) to your TV via HDMI and it will send the sound to the surround sound system." Sounds... » Read More Mark, I am considering buying a Sony KDL-40EX700 TV and a BDV-E770W or BDV-570 Blu-ray Disc Player Home Entertainment sytem. I went to the Sony web site and contacted David P. on their chat link and asked the HDMI hook up question.His reply is as follows: "I'd be happy to assist you with that. There is one HDMI connection on those systems that connects to your Television. Once you have connected that, you would then plug any other devices that you have (Cable Box, Game Systems etc) to your TV via HDMI and it will send the sound to the surround sound system." Sounds like it should work but have yet to try it. Good luck. « Show Less
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The PS3 outputs 1080p as well. I still haven't purchased any new player or another PS3. I am just gonna wait for next black friday sale. I have a panasonic dmp-bd60 that I got in 2009 around black friday and I love the picture quality. I am digging the new 2011 panasonic players but they are very expensive.... Like $200 and it doesn't even have built-in wifi.
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I haven't tested this specifically, but I'd be very surprised if it did. This isn't a scan converter/scaler/etc; it's just a HDMI-SDI converter. Dave G, who has answered this question is mistaken; the BMD TVS accepts both 60fps and 59.94fps inputs on the same setting (for instance 1080i60 will accept 1080i59.94 inputs) without any conversion, so the behavior he is experiencing is not evidence that conversion is going on. (I own 3 BMD ATEM 1 M/Es.) If you need that sort of 59.94-&gt;60fps conversion (which you don't need if you are using a Blackmagic switcher, fwiw), I would recommend a BMD UpDownCross mini converter, Grass Valley G1, or Decimator UpDownCross converter. Or any sort of scaler (TV One, Atlona, BMD Teranex, Kramer, etc etc etc). If you also need the HDMI-&gt;SDI conversion Decimator is the way to go; their little MD-Cross box is a miracle. Simultaneous SDI-&gt;HDMI and HDMI-&gt;SDI, with scaling on all inputs. The little guy does everything you'd ever want.
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Tom, Like you, have a Samsung HD cable box from TW. Connected HDMI to my Pioneer Plasma. Problem I am having is when changing HD channels picture is scrambling for about 5-10 secs before coming in. Analog stations change without a problem, just in HD. I switched out the box twice, same problem. Had a techinician come over, he switched out the box again, same problem. Put the component connection and works fine. Tells me it's the monitor. Pioneer says that's ridiculous, it's the cable box. I have been reading numerous threads about this problem. It's the TW cable box, it does not have the proper software to support HDMI. You have to call TW up and complain and see if they will fix the problem. R
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This is EXACTLY the issue with me as well. Ironically, I also do not watch TV that much, and currently have a 27 inch (Panasonic) CRT that I am looking to replace. I have pretty much decided to go with the 550 model. I looked at the two side-by-side in a store and could not notice the difference (a common cable feed -- probably 720p or 1080i -- was going to both). I don't know if the 120 Hz was on for the 650, but reading many comments here and other sites, it seems like this isn't worth it unless you watch alot of sports (alot of people seem to keep it off). As for the better contrast ratio for the 650 (50000:1 compared to 30000:1), I don't believe I could tell the difference. Aside from video, the extras for the 650 don't really seem worth it. You get the so-called Infolink which gives you capability of RSS feeds (presumably a limited number, possibly more in the future). But I am a news junky and like to look at all the various newspapers on the internet -- I'll stick with my computer. If I want, I'll just hook my computer up to the TV to look on the big screen. Extra HDMI port -- big deal, can always buy a switch box for cheaper than the difference. Other extras, if they exist, usually can be gotten around by buying external devices, if you want or need them. Bottom line, if you're like me, go for the cheaper 550. addendum to my previous post: Got the 550 and it's beautiful. Will not fret over whether I should have gotten the 650 (gotta get on with life). I avoided paying an extra ~$300 by doing this.
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Bill, Only because you asked, I tried four different screens -- a 42" plasma flatscreen, a 42" lcd flatscreen, a regular old-style TV and an lcd computer monitor. The old-style TV, I wasn't surprised, was "grainy," to use an old-fashioned term. The plasma was disappointing. The particular model I own didn't allow me to shrink the video to its natural size, so the picture was blown up edge to edge and that caused the picture to degrade. (DVDs on that TV are great, by the way.) Your plasma might operate differently and therefore, offer better results. The lcd TV allowed viewing the videos at natural (large) size, best quality of all, although even full size it looked great. And the computer monitor was great, too. If your potential gift recipient is a casual videographer as most of us are, they won't be disappointed. Fancy themselves as the next Baz Luhrmann and the Flip will promptly find itself on the return pile. I will post these results to the review I already made in case it's of interest to others. Good luck, Bill!
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I have the same issue with the DG710 (only difference is one less HDMI and 10watt less per channel, otherwise, same unit) and the only solution was to set all outputs to "Bitstream" I spent an hour with Sony on the phone and could not get the receiver to play 5.1 PCM from any source but a PS3 game, why, I don't know, I tried 4 different Blu-Ray disk. I am exchanging mine through Amazon for a new one, I don't know what I'll do if the new one doesn't work. Some people have claimed the Lossless audio works great (lossless is PCM only) yet CNet reviewed and claimed it mixed all PCM to 2.1, which is what both of our units have done. Apparently it's a hit or miss issue, some work, some don't. I hope I get a good one next time.
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I have a Panasonic Blue Ray dmp-br601 playera and a 40" BRAVIA Pro Display KDL40S5100/9 TV. I just purchased the Panasonic. The BR601 will play back a Blue Ray disc properly both video and audio wise. When I play a non Blue Ray disc the audio will drop out every 5 or 10 minutes throughout the entire program. It will then fade in about 30 to 45 seconds later. Very annoying. There seems to be a little bit of audio noise just before the audio drops out. The non Blue Ray disc video will continue to play with no noticable degradation. Hopefully it's just a simple paramater selection in setup? Anybody have any ideas. Thanks.
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Besides the 2 previous answers... This tv (and most others) has only a couple non-HDMI inputs so I returned it. If you have multiple legacy pieces of equipment (not HDMI) that need to be connected to the TV, as I did, EBay sells Composite video to HDMI adapters for $22 and sells component video to HDMI adapters for $28. I ordered a few and they work.
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Composite video is low-quality analog video. You would only use composite cables if you had an older TV without HDMI inputs. If you connect your TV to this Roku with an HDMI cable you'll get a 720p image. If you want 1080p you'll have to buy a more expensive model of Roku.
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Nguyen,Thanks for the reply. According to the manual on page 7 of the Connections section the component connection supports outputs of 480p, 720p, and 1080i. But on page 22 under Component Video Resolution it says:Even if you select "720p" or "1080i", images are output in 480p when you play DVD-Video.To me this means that if I play a Blu-ray disk (BD-Video) I will get 1080i on my Sony KF60WE610 (as long as the disk does not prohibit it). But if I play a regular DVD (DVD-Video) I will only get 480p. The CNET review of the player seems to confirm this information.If you have any additional information that refutes this conclusion please let me know. Thanks again for your input. Nguyen,Thanks for the reply. According to the manual on page 7 of the Connections section the component connection supports outputs of 480p, 720p, and 1080i. But on page 22 under Component Video Resolution it says:Even if you select "720p" or "1080i", images are output in 480p when you play DVD-Video.To me this means that if I play a Blu-ray disk (BD-Video) I will get 1080i on my Sony KF60WE610 (as long as the disk does not prohibit it). But if I play a regular DVD (DVD-Video) I will only get 480p. The CNET review of the player seems... » Read More Nguyen,Thanks for the reply. According to the manual on page 7 of the Connections section the component connection supports outputs of 480p, 720p, and 1080i. But on page 22 under Component Video Resolution it says:Even if you select "720p" or "1080i", images are output in 480p when you play DVD-Video.To me this means that if I play a Blu-ray disk (BD-Video) I will get 1080i on my Sony KF60WE610 (as long as the disk does not prohibit it). But if I play a regular DVD (DVD-Video) I will only get 480p. The CNET review of the player seems to confirm this information.If you have any additional information that refutes this conclusion please let me know. Thanks again for your input. « Show Less
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Well, i own a panasonic blu-ray (3D) Tech specs here http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMP-BDT220?t=specs, and a Smart Samsung Tv 3D, and i have never had problems. Im not sure if any of my devices delivers 1.4 hdmi, but the cable is working just fine.