New prooduct on the horizon.

[martin99]

Hi All,

Its time to change my Panny PW6HD ( no HDMI so its off to the bedroom).

I'm thinking of waiting till the new Pioneer 8th Gen series comes out in the summer, ( has anyone seen it?) but is there anything else worth holding on for?

Sources are SkyHD + Blu Ray, and I might see if I can trade in my DVDO HD scaler for something more modern.

Money isnt a huge issue, but it has to be a 42' to keep the wife happy.

cheers

martin

 

[MAW]

No rush, mate. You can use component for skyHD, and your Blu ray will work with the 6 series DVI board, which is still current. Then you can take your time making your mind up, and have an 'almost' HD ready set to move to the bedroom later.

 

[martin99]

Thats exactly as I have it at the moment, but for some reason I cant play Blu-Ray disks from the PS3. (games work fine) I'd assumed this was because the DVi bd only works at 720p 60hz. ( but this could be rubbish!)

 

[MAW]

The DVI blade works at 1080i/60Hz, as well as 720. You may have it set to 1080p?? BTW you can answer a Q for me, do the controllers charge when the PS3 is in standby?

 

[martin99]

Not sure about the controllers, I'll check tonight. ( Mine has been on all the time running Folding at Home when its not been in use, since I got it,)

 

[thecheekyscamp]

Thats exactly as I have it at the moment, but for some reason I cant play Blu-Ray disks from the PS3. (games work fine) I'd assumed this was because the DVi bd only works at 720p 60hz. ( but this could be rubbish!)

is it not due to hdcp encoding? i don't think the dvi board for pw6 is hdcp compliant... you'll need to get a hdmi to dvi converter that acts as the hdcp receiver and tells the ps3 to send the signal through.

i think

 

[MAW]

Negative, Captain. You must have beamed down for a crap whilst the HDPC tickets were handed out. The Ty42TM6D is HDCP, just frequency limited. It's also notoriously fussy installed in a 6 series, much better in an 8 or 9 series, no idea why. It could just be that it doesn't like the 1080/60 output from the PS3.

 

[martin99]

well thats strange. Just tried again with Casino Royal and now its working fine,
set at 720p,

The screen flashes a few times as the disk starts, like its trying to lock to the signal, but this time it managed.

thanks

martin

PS: I still think I'll get a new Screen in the summer.

 

[MAW]

Well it's not sending 720p, as there's no scaler in the PS3. You may be seeing 480p instead, it shows an SD picture I think? Unless it's just doing 1080i/60 without worrying you about the details. Still, if it looks good...