Diapason
Active Member
Hi folks,
Some of you may have read my posts before detailing various issues I was having with my 434 (mainly the picture dropout issue and the "dirty tube" streaking phenomenon). One media box replacement so far hadn't solved the problems, so last night, Pio came and replaced both screen and media box.
First the good news. I now seem to have an upgraded media box as switching seems much quicker between channels and there's been no sign of a dropout yet (touch wood). Also, I remember reading somewhere that the update to the box is meant to get rid of a certain "milkiness" in the image. I'm pleased to report that it has, and colours now look a lot better. The previous one had a slight tendency to look "washed out" that seems to have been solved. Girlfriend agreed the picture looked somehow sharper as well, so all good in that department.
Another plus is that I had myself convinced that the new screen would have some broken/stuck pixels, but I haven't seen any yet.
Unfortunately, the vertical streaks I was seeing on fast horizontal pans are still there. Mr Pio was pretty surprised I think, but agreed that it was irritating and that it shouldn't be there. He's going to get the tech boys to look into it, and he'll get back to me.
Perhaps some other 434 owners could help here. If you have "Ice Age", go to the scene at 8:10 where the sloth throws a stone (can't remember character's name). There's a quick horizontal pan, and the effect I'm talking about can be seen in the white background. It's fleeting, but it's visible. If you could try it on RGB SCART with DRE set to mid and all other processing turned off, I'd be much obliged.
Anyway, I think I can live with the problem if necessary. Perhaps I'm just being a fussy git. Can't really complain about service either, 3 media boxes and 2 screens have been sent my way no questions asked. You can't say fairer than that!
Si
Some of you may have read my posts before detailing various issues I was having with my 434 (mainly the picture dropout issue and the "dirty tube" streaking phenomenon). One media box replacement so far hadn't solved the problems, so last night, Pio came and replaced both screen and media box.
First the good news. I now seem to have an upgraded media box as switching seems much quicker between channels and there's been no sign of a dropout yet (touch wood). Also, I remember reading somewhere that the update to the box is meant to get rid of a certain "milkiness" in the image. I'm pleased to report that it has, and colours now look a lot better. The previous one had a slight tendency to look "washed out" that seems to have been solved. Girlfriend agreed the picture looked somehow sharper as well, so all good in that department.
Another plus is that I had myself convinced that the new screen would have some broken/stuck pixels, but I haven't seen any yet.
Unfortunately, the vertical streaks I was seeing on fast horizontal pans are still there. Mr Pio was pretty surprised I think, but agreed that it was irritating and that it shouldn't be there. He's going to get the tech boys to look into it, and he'll get back to me.
Perhaps some other 434 owners could help here. If you have "Ice Age", go to the scene at 8:10 where the sloth throws a stone (can't remember character's name). There's a quick horizontal pan, and the effect I'm talking about can be seen in the white background. It's fleeting, but it's visible. If you could try it on RGB SCART with DRE set to mid and all other processing turned off, I'd be much obliged.
Anyway, I think I can live with the problem if necessary. Perhaps I'm just being a fussy git. Can't really complain about service either, 3 media boxes and 2 screens have been sent my way no questions asked. You can't say fairer than that!
Si
and what a brilliant film it is too
