PD30 HD compatible?

[garydhooper]

I have just got back from the US and saw that they have a Panny TV there that looks exactly the same as my 36PD30. They call it the 34WX53. The only difference appears to be that the US model is HDTV compatible (I assume it supports 1080i).

I was really impressed by the HDTV detail aned thought it was a shame that my PD30 couldn't display 1080i.

Today reading What Video Widescreen Entertainments review of the 32PD30 I notice that in the features is says "HD compatible with modification"!!

Does anyone have any idea what this modification is?

I asked the same same question sep. 16th, thats almost a month ago, and got no reply.
It seems no one knows about this.

[garydhooper]

If anyone has the Sptember edition of the magazine can they tell me who the author of this (group) review was? Then I will try and email them to see what they say.

I ahve already emailed the techie email at the magazine and Panasonic themselves. No replies yet though.

[AndyX]

I was in a Panasonic specialist shop. The manager there claimed the PD30s were used in Japan as a HDTVs

The PD30s and the new PX20 use Panasonic's high resolution tube. It can't be long before they start supporting HDTV. Especially with JVC doing getting ready to introduce their HDTVs.

[garydhooper]

Does anyone have a PD30 and a 720p or 1080i source to try with it?

[smultron]

Should be 1080i, since even the 34WX53 doesn't support 720p.

From beisammen.de:
ALSO, ich hab den 32PD30D und der kann auf jeden Fall KEIN HDTV darstellen!
Probiert mit NTSC XBOX und High Definition Pack (YUV). ab 720p (geschweige 1080i) kann der TV nichts mehr darstellen!!!! (Getestet mit kompatiblen 720p Spielen).

NTSC XBOX with 720p output didn't work with the 32PD30D.

[garydhooper]

What does "geschweige 1080i" mean?

[smultron]

should read as ....720p(let alone 1080i).....
but this is speculation since XBOX cannot output 1080i.
Hope this helps.

[Chris Muriel]

What does "geschweige 1080i" mean?

It means "let alone 1080i" or alternatively :

"Not to mention 1080i" - but I just did

I haven't read the source so you'll have to put that in context with the rest of the original sentence.

Chris Muriel, Manchester.

[toyyot]

hi i have emailed panasonic france
and pd30:
480p -> ok
576p ->ok
720p -> no
1080i ->no
and thomson 32wb642 (emailed thomson france)
480p -> ok
720p -> ok
1080i ->no
in PAL and NTSC
and jvc hv-(32 and 28)P37 (i call jvc france)
480p -> ok
720p -> no
1080i ->ok
in PAL and NTSC

toyyot,
Do you mean that the Thomson and the JVCs can't take 576p?

[garydhooper]

My original question concerned a modification that can be made to make the PD30 accept HD.

Therefore I would not expect an unmodified PD30 to accept a 720p or 1080i signal. I was just curios to see if it did.

I still do not have any details as to what the modification is. The PD30 is sold in Japan as an HDTV and the US version (34WX53) has an identical chasis. So it may just be that HD is disabled in the firmware of European versions of this set.

Hmmm... Thomson doesn't advertise the HDTV feature. In fact, they don't even mention if it does progressive.

Anyone seen these sets?

http://www.thomson.pl/images/TNE/pdf...n_32wb642s.pdf
http://www.thomson.pl/images/TNE/pdf...n_32wb843s.pdf

[BrianC]

Originally posted by smultron
should read as ....720p(let alone 1080i).....
but this is speculation since XBOX cannot output 1080i.
Hope this helps.

yes the xbox can output 1080i. Soul Caliber II supports this model, granted its 4:3 rather than 16:9. I think Dragons Layer does as well.