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Who has/ordered a PTAE-300?

View Poll Results: Who has/ordered a PTAE-300
Yes I own one, it's peeerfect! 5 17.24%
Yes I own one, 1 or 2 dead pixels 2 6.90%
Yes I own one, it died enroute from Japan :-( 0 0%
About to order..... :-) 4 13.79%
Too chicken to order from Japan, waiting for official UK release 13 44.83%
bah! My portable tele is fine thanks 5 17.24%
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Old 01-12-2002, 1:21 AM   #1
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Who has/ordered a PTAE-300?

So do you have one? Are you happy with it?

Give us your own rundown in detail.....
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Old 01-12-2002, 12:32 PM   #2
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had a feeling there would be more "chickens" out there
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Old 01-12-2002, 12:38 PM   #3
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"bah! My portable tele is fine thanks"

Or more like, "bah! My Barco D600 PJ is fine thanks"
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Old 01-12-2002, 12:39 PM   #4
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Or more like, "bah! My Barco D600 PJ is fine thanks" [/B]
ahh there's always one....

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Old 01-12-2002, 1:07 PM   #5
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ahh there's always one isn't it?
Says it all m8

Haven't ordered an AE-300 & won't be
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Old 01-12-2002, 2:45 PM   #6
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I'll make do with my AE100
Think I will go for the AE600 in 2004 with 1200 contrast and Liquid cooling

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Old 02-12-2002, 1:46 AM   #7
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I haven't and won't be .

I too will make do with my AE100, as soon as it comes back ~(safely) from its little trip to the house of Lazarus (resurrections from red led of death our speciality)

And there was me itching to upgrade - not to another Panny methinks.

Now, CRT, there's an idea..........



Sean G.


PS Bring back that AE100 Stickey !!!!!

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Old 07-12-2002, 9:40 PM   #8
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AE300 ordered (finally) - departed DHL Tokyo 2.13 am GMT...
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Old 07-12-2002, 9:41 PM   #9
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Good luck
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Old 08-12-2002, 11:39 PM   #10
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I've got an AE300 and absolutely love it. When you receive yours, do the following:

1. Throw away the supplied component cables and get a decent set of high quality ones. It makes a big diference to the sharpness and black levels of the picture.

2. Go into the service menu (hold down the [enter] key for 3secs+ on the Options->OSD menu option) and adjust the flicker on all of the R,G,B panels so that the screen doesn't flicker on any of those panels.

Once you have completed the above, you will have an absolutely awsome picture with great color, NO screendoor (and I mean NONE), great blacks and excellent shadow details. If you really want to go even further you can use AVIA to adjust some more.

Having said all of the above, my pj is going back to Japan for replacement at the end of the week due to a convergance (?) problem on the left side of the screen (I can see horizontal red lines betw the pixels).

This is one GREAT projector for the price (I've had an AE100 and TW100 previously)...

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Old 09-12-2002, 6:55 AM   #11
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Thanks Xander.

I'll be driving the AE300 from a PC with DVI-out, but may end up using Component to connect directly to Tivo. I'll bear your tips in mind!

Mike
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Old 09-12-2002, 7:12 AM   #12
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Mike, it will be interesting to see how you get on with driving it via DVI since nobody has been able to get perfect 1:1 pixel mapping on it yet either via VGA or DVI (afaik).

Regards
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Old 10-12-2002, 12:15 AM   #13
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AE300 arrived, first impressions are excellent. No time yet for tweaking - just temporarily mounted using a camera tripod, pointed at a peach coloured wall and connected using the supplied composite cable to a DVD source. Not ideal, but I guess I'm easily impressed!

No dead/stuck pixels as far as I can tell, and all packaging arrived undamaged. I paid £60 extra for PriceJapan's new 'return shipping' insurance, so I hope if there is a problem that it shows up within the next 30 days...

I'll post more details when I have time to get the PJ ceiling mounted and experiment properly.

For the benefit of any future AE300 buyer with the same sense of apprehension that I had, yes it does say '100V 2.2A' on the underside of the unit, and no it doesn't go 'pzzzzt' when you connect it to a UK 240V supply.

Edit: Errr... you might want to check the update later in this thread).

Thanks to Julia, Xander, Fulabeer and others for the valuable information - so far, I'm well chuffed.
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Old 10-12-2002, 8:18 AM   #14
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Congratulations Mike on your new purchase!

I've got mine back yesterday as well. No dead pixels!
I guess I'm very happy now that I've sent it back....

Julia
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Old 04-01-2003, 2:14 AM   #15
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For the benefit of any future AE300 buyer with the same sense of apprehension that I had, yes it does say '100V 2.2A' on the underside of the unit, and no it doesn't go 'pzzzzt' when you connect it to a UK 240V supply.
=============================================

Check that.... it just died at 60ish hrs...
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Old 04-01-2003, 4:02 AM   #16
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uh-oh

Hate to say it, but I'm glad I didn't buy one now
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Old 04-01-2003, 4:15 AM   #17
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Hi Mike

Bad look mate, hope it's not the dreaded red l.e.d of death which plagued the AE100.
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Old 04-01-2003, 4:23 AM   #18
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Panasonic......................................... ..................reliability,
Panasonic......................................... ..................reliability,
Panasonic......................................... ..................reliability,
Panasonic......................................... ..................reliability.

Sorry to hear of more problems - hope you get it sorted soon.

HS-10 - BOMBPROOF

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Old 04-01-2003, 4:29 AM   #19
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Tim

Worse than the red light, in fact.... no red light. No anything, actually. Apart from the brief sound of what must have been the power supply deciding that maybe 240V isn't so great after all.

Fortunately, I took out PriceJapan's return shipping insurance which covers returns for 30 days from delivery. Mine was delivered 26 days ago!

I'll let you all know how I get on...
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Old 08-01-2003, 1:03 PM   #20
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That was almost 5 days ago :-)
I need more info -- as I'm this " close to ordering a
AE300. Il think i might get a 240>110 transformer.
(I'm in Oz here... same 240V)

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Fortunately, I took out PriceJapan's return shipping insurance which covers returns for 30 days from delivery. Mine was delivered 26 days ago!

I'll let you all know how I get on...
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Old 08-01-2003, 2:42 PM   #21
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I ordered mine late last night.
Received an email from PriceJapan 02:00hrs this morning, telling me it was shipping in 6hrs and that they would supply a tracking number in 12hrs.
Fantastic servive I must say.
The power supply issue is causing me some concern, so I'm going to play safe and buy a 240v-110v transformer.What are peoples views on this?
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Have you sold your AE100? if so I will have to remove you from the Owners list
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Yes, I have sold my AE100.
You're not going to class me as a traitor are you?
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Yes, I have sold my AE100.
You're not going to class me as a traitor are you?
No, how about an upgrader? something many of us AE100 owners would like to do but remain content.
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Old 08-01-2003, 9:23 PM   #25
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Angry

I ordered one monday morning.

PriceJapan as fast as ever....

However it's been stuck at Heathrow with a 'Clearing Delay'
since 16:00 yesterday

Gimme Gimme Gimme etc.

-- Jon

PS Not that I've got a screen yet :P
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another on the waiting list

guys, lets be positive.
i want to put this poll on the roof.

its on the way to portugal the first ae300.

i think i am going to have no problem with the power suply..?
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Mine just arrived

I'm too scared to plug it in



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Old 09-01-2003, 9:05 PM   #28
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Sorry to hear about your problems! Mike, I hope you'll get yours sorted quickly.

Mine is working fine without any transformer. I just use a normal power surge protector. I've also cut the Japanese plug end and wired it to a normal UK plug.

It's pushing now 90 hours!

I believe we've made a great choice. Hardly wait to try the DVI cables I've just received...

Julia
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Have you switched your AE300 on yet?
What did you do as regards a power supply?
Mine's at DHL at LHR and with a bit of luck I might get I tomorrow
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I would be very interested in your views of the AE300 compared to your old AE100.

Cheers
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