Panasonic 36PD30 Aspect Changing

MrPasty · 07-11-2003, 2:56 PM

New 36PD30 delivered yesterday. I seem to have avoided most of the reported problems, but perhaps have a new one. 5 year old Pioneer DVD-515 connected via component inputs, great picture, but every once in a while the aspect changes:

If 16:9 previously selected, once every few minutes or so the 'Wide' message appears on screen. If auto selected, the image zooms to fill the screen and then goes back to normal 2-3 seconds later. Obviously the precise symptom is the TV losing then regaining the widescreen signal - the symptom varies depending on the aspect previously selected. If I scan back and replay the same scene then the problem does not reoccur.

Question is, do you think this is the TV or DVD? My previous TV was a 4:3, so never used auto widescreen switching before. Note I don't have another DVD player to try with the TV.

07-11-2003, 2:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
MrPasty New Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 16 My movie collection Thanks: Gave 0, Got 0	Panasonic 36PD30 Aspect Changing New 36PD30 delivered yesterday. I seem to have avoided most of the reported problems, but perhaps have a new one. 5 year old Pioneer DVD-515 connected via component inputs, great picture, but every once in a while the aspect changes: If 16:9 previously selected, once every few minutes or so the 'Wide' message appears on screen. If auto selected, the image zooms to fill the screen and then goes back to normal 2-3 seconds later. Obviously the precise symptom is the TV losing then regaining the widescreen signal - the symptom varies depending on the aspect previously selected. If I scan back and replay the same scene then the problem does not reoccur. Question is, do you think this is the TV or DVD? My previous TV was a 4:3, so never used auto widescreen switching before. Note I don't have another DVD player to try with the TV.

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