Madest Maxwell
Novice Member
I have recently purchased this TV replacing a Samsung QA65Q7FNAS and am already having regrets. The main issue is the screen aspect is 90% unavailable eg it doesn't even appear under "screen image" for all apps like Netflix Prime Video etc so all movies are shown on only 66% of the screen with the rest of the screen being black bars. This has always rankled me to see 33% of the screen black...a large screen which I paid good money for.
I use a Sony UPD X800 blu-ray player to stream movies via Plex. With my "old" Samsung I could use screen aspect to zoom but not so the Panasonic. It seems the most restricitve TV even when it comes to trying to change aspect. Even some TV series are now being screened in 1:85:1. which didn't happen on my Samsung. Panasonic seems to delight in reducing the actual viewing screen, and because the blacks are so convincingly black, the black bars are just more annoying and a reminder of what I am missing. I don't have a problem with some stretching at all and wish I could be given that option. After waiting 1 hour 20 minutes for a Panasonic rep here to answer the phone no help was provided . The stream from my blu-ray cannot be adjusted apparently. The help suggested turning off Vera link mode but I can't vera mode under option on the blu-ray player or TV.
Are there any media servers eg Nvidia TV pro, Vera 4+ that use Plex that can serve up movies in a format that be aspect adjusted by the Panasonic ? My next step will be having to buy a BenQ TK800M 4K Home Cinema Projector for movies because 33% of my big screen has been nicked by lack of aspect adjustment. I am surprised this isn't frustrating for other viewers..am I the only person who likes movies filling the expensive screen I paid for ?
I use a Sony UPD X800 blu-ray player to stream movies via Plex. With my "old" Samsung I could use screen aspect to zoom but not so the Panasonic. It seems the most restricitve TV even when it comes to trying to change aspect. Even some TV series are now being screened in 1:85:1. which didn't happen on my Samsung. Panasonic seems to delight in reducing the actual viewing screen, and because the blacks are so convincingly black, the black bars are just more annoying and a reminder of what I am missing. I don't have a problem with some stretching at all and wish I could be given that option. After waiting 1 hour 20 minutes for a Panasonic rep here to answer the phone no help was provided . The stream from my blu-ray cannot be adjusted apparently. The help suggested turning off Vera link mode but I can't vera mode under option on the blu-ray player or TV.
Are there any media servers eg Nvidia TV pro, Vera 4+ that use Plex that can serve up movies in a format that be aspect adjusted by the Panasonic ? My next step will be having to buy a BenQ TK800M 4K Home Cinema Projector for movies because 33% of my big screen has been nicked by lack of aspect adjustment. I am surprised this isn't frustrating for other viewers..am I the only person who likes movies filling the expensive screen I paid for ?