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| Television Configuration | XBR Gaming: does it need to hurt? | ciper | 8 | 2002-07-25 20:41 |
| First 650 characters of this post | No that is not the case. The different video modes do in fact have settings in the service menu that are not accessable through the user menu.
They also have different values for the same setting. What I mean is 50% brightness in pro does not equal 50 percent brightness in vivid. There is an \"offset\" in the service menu.
At one time I had modified all 4 of my modes to match the pro mode, then adjust from there. I was able to get one mode for my two dvd players, one mode for the ps2 and one mode for when the sun was shining on the TV. |
| Television Configuration | Did anyone figure out 540p full while I was gone? | ciper | 1 | 2002-07-25 20:38 |
| First 650 characters of this post | If you dont remember, I found a way to get 540 sources into full screen mode. The problem was that you could not exit service mode and there was no way to save it.
Did anyone ever figure this one out? |
| Television Configuration | Your "best" settings for PC to Component settings | ciper | 1 | 2002-07-25 20:32 |
| First 650 characters of this post | Im not even sure how many use their Wega in this way but after tweaking for so long my image is only decent.
Have you been able to get a decent image in 480p? 540p?
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| Other (Tape, Short Wave, Phono, etc.) | HTPC - DVD Decoder Cards??? | ciper | 3 | 2002-03-07 23:20 |
| First 650 characters of this post | No point. Just get a faster cpu, that way you can also run dscaler and output higher resolutions. Have you ever seen dvd at 1080i with descaler? Its very nice.
You also shouldnt need any special video card, just one that supports custom resolutions. If you are serious id say check out avscience htpc forums.
Personally I believe a vga to component adapter is the only way to go. I can get very high quality 480p and 1080i over component this way. I picked up a nice one from ebay for 40$ |
| Television Misc and News | XBR700 speakers as a Centre channel ?? | ciper | 2 | 2002-03-07 23:17 |
| First 650 characters of this post | Its not worth it. They will never match in both timber and volume levels. Plus your real speakers will be able to drive at FAR higher volume levels.
Really if you dont want to buy an extra center Id suggest positioning your left and right correctly and setting the center to no. With the correct angle and distance a very convincing sound stage can be obtained. |
| Television Troubleshooting | Wega High Pitch Whine | ciper | 5 | 2002-03-07 23:09 |
| First 650 characters of this post | First thing I would do if you arent afraid to take it apart is to touch a solid object to the transformer to see if the whine stops. Like a wooden spoon if you are worried.
Id say there is a 99% chance its the transformer.
Does it do it all the time, or when warm, or just sometimes, or only when there is a bright image? |
| Television Misc and News | XBR & PS2 | ciper | 8 | 2002-03-06 12:51 |
| First 650 characters of this post | It could be that you are realizing just how much the ps2 really sucks. My set is adjusted very well and I also noticed more detail in the ps2 games. More detail as in the tv is performing any type of smoothing for the image. Some games look good while others are pretty big on the staircase edges. Surprisngly I see FAR less jaggies on my Dreamcast. Just goes to show the best system doesnt always win. |
| Television Configuration | XFS toggle on KV-20FS12? | ciper | 5 | 2002-03-06 12:47 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I wish it was tied to the display button. My sony vcr works this way. My xbr450 makes me enter the dang menu every time (pretty useless) |
| General Questions | Its hard to find new posts | ciper | 1 | 2002-03-03 19:32 |
| First 650 characters of this post | When a forum has new posts since last visit it turns red. This is great.
Apply the same function to message though. I hate having to look at the message and try to figure out which I havnt read yet. |
| Television Troubleshooting | Vertical convergence. | ciper | 6 | 2002-03-03 19:22 |
| First 650 characters of this post | No, those are only the dynamic touch up and they effect horizontal convergence.
In order to really adjust convergence including vertical the set has to be taken apart. I know how to do it and would like to try on my set but I cant find anyone who knows the proper method of removing the \"white out\" from the controls. |
| General Questions | Message buttons missing on edit | ciper | 2 | 2002-03-02 15:10 |
| First 650 characters of this post | When posting a message you can press the buttoms at the bottom like
url
email
image
bold
etc.
When editing the post these are not available! Makes it hard to add an address if you can remember the scripting. |
| Computers Troubleshooting | SRX77 software anyone have it? | ciper | 4 | 2002-03-02 15:07 |
| First 650 characters of this post | Why not just download them from sony?
http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/pc/pcgsrx77srx77p/ |
| Television Misc and News | DVI inputs and current XBR. | ciper | 4 | 2002-03-02 07:21 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I think it will be a while before you even see a couple of devices in a decent price range using the dvi. As of now there are plenty of fairly inexpensive devices passing 1080i over anlog connections, and the quality is great.
How often do you upgrade your set? I dont think Ive ever kept a display more than 4 years, and Id say it will take that long for the market to really stabilize (if it does). |
| Television Misc and News | VIDEO1 input quirks on 36XBR450 | ciper | 4 | 2002-03-01 21:26 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I have never tried disabling video 1 but I know that if you select skip on the other sources it does pass them by.
Id say that if you are getting bleed over just have the set repaired. |
| Television Misc and News | kv36xbr450 question | ciper | 3 | 2002-03-01 14:23 |
| First 650 characters of this post | Thats a little weird, its like saying \"this car may not support the new fuels used in the future\"
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| Television Installation | KD-34XBR2 Channel Logo | ciper | 5 | 2002-03-01 14:20 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I cant remember exactly, are you referring to the manually assigned names or the \"xds\" data? |
| Television Configuration | Horizontal Scanlines | ciper | 8 | 2002-03-01 14:17 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I think netflix used to have it.
Why did you guys buy an interlaced set if scanlines bother you so much? I mean the progressive based sets arent that much more for the improvement in image they provide. |
| Computers Configuration | Gigapocket | ciper | 5 | 2002-02-27 12:08 |
| First 650 characters of this post | Wouldnt you be better off just getting a normal (better value) non sony pc and purchasing a video editing card seperatly? I dont see that the gigapocket features are so great. Plus this is a brand new product, with little or no support from third parties. At least with a normal vid capture card its easy to get drivers and other applications.
For those of you who dont know this is a video capture, video editing, time shift and video output card. It will let you Dial Up to your pc and start recording and has the same functionality of a tivo. It has svideo in and out. Im pretty sure it d |
| Television Misc and News | satellite vs digital cable | ciper | 2 | 2002-02-27 11:29 |
| First 650 characters of this post | For your first question, \"what is better with a hd-tv\" I think your on the right track with the hs20.
Problem is that you arent using it for HDTV! Direct TV is worse than a decent strength analog over the air or even analog cable signal.
Your image may not look so great because your set hasnt been optimized fully.
It is true that Direct-tv squeezes channels. They give more bandwith to the real money producing channels (like hbo) and reduce the bandwith to minimum for the others.
Have you tried any high qaulity sources on the set, like HDTV DVD or ps2/xbox/ |
| Television Configuration | 36XBR450 Moving Question (HELP!) | ciper | 4 | 2002-02-27 11:10 |
| First 650 characters of this post | I would worry about damage to the screen door type material that is used to focus the electron beam. It is designed to hang directly vertical, sitting in the back of the car will put huge stresses on it not normally found.
I wouldnt do it if I was you. |
