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Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

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Old 04-09-2007, 10:19 AM   #1
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Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

I picked up one of these players the other day. Today I tried it for the first time on a Toshiba 42' LCD hooked up with a Belkin PureAV HDMI cable.

The player can upscale up to 1080p/i. It plays DVD's without a problem.

But heres the problem, it will only output at 576p.

I've tried this on several LCDs. The latest being the Dell 2407WFP (HDCP compliant) which can do 1080p on HDMI to DVI.

This sums it up

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1093/...4651b362_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/...d161b880_o.jpg

as you can see the output on the Dell 2407WFP is 720 x 576 @ 50Hz

also tried it on a Sony 40' KLV40D300A - still at 576p

Now, another thing I noticed is that when I switch to Interlace, it stays on 576p. Not sure if that means anything but shouldn't it be switching to 576i?

Before I return it and exchange it, is there anything else I should try to do?
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Re: Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

Did you not try changing the setting on the player's menu? It doesn't automatically pick the highest resolution you know...

From memory, I think you go into the Display menu, then down to Picture, and the setting is in there.
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Re: Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

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Did you not try changing the setting on the player's menu? It doesn't automatically pick the highest resolution you know...

From memory, I think you go into the Display menu, then down to Picture, and the setting is in there.
Yes I did, but its not in the main menu, you need to press Functions

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1146/...f0542f82_o.jpg

There is an option but it won't let me change it and when I press enter to try and change it, it just blinks. There is no change if I use the remote arrows.
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Re: Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

change setting to hdmi not rgb
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Old 04-09-2007, 8:31 PM   #5
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Re: Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

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change setting to hdmi not rgb
Won't let me.
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Re: Panasonic DVD-S53 upscaling woes

Just checking, but when you push enter on the res (576P) does it turn yellow and blink? Mine does and then I can push the up and down arrows to change it. Same with RGB etc.
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