snelly
Established Member
Hi,
Bit the bullet and bough a new AE100 on friday. Bit of advice from fellow owners needed!
I got it from a Panny dealer and intend to get back the price difference through Barclaycard. Hopefully this way I will get the best after sales service without having to pay shipping etc...
I checked the pj in shop and no pixel problems at all. I also asked the salesmen the position on problems with the pj - he seemed to think they woul go beyond panasonic and sort out any problems with pixels etc if they occured soon after purchase.
After less than 10 hours I am very impressed - albeit with an improvised screen with one exception.
I have some colour uniformity problems. I first noticed this during amoving colour film but basically there is a green cast on the whole elft of the picture and pink cast in the top right. It is not severe but is noticable - even the wife sees it now I pointed it out!
I watched a short spell of a b&w film (Rebeccah) to see what it was like and it was watchable but noticable.
Seems to be worse on dark scenes where black appears to be a very dark green. I really doubt it would show up in a piccy so I have not tried.
Question is am I likely to get a better AE100 than this and is it worth trying to swap it now or not? There no other problems and the unit is stamped as July 2002.
If they all suffer to a lesser or greater degree then I have to choose between refund or keep it - if there are ones that do not suffer then I guess I will look for another AE100 that is 'perfect'.
Appreciate any advice
Tim
PS I know this topic has been talked about before but all the threads I have seen were fairly inconclusive
Bit the bullet and bough a new AE100 on friday. Bit of advice from fellow owners needed!
I got it from a Panny dealer and intend to get back the price difference through Barclaycard. Hopefully this way I will get the best after sales service without having to pay shipping etc...
I checked the pj in shop and no pixel problems at all. I also asked the salesmen the position on problems with the pj - he seemed to think they woul go beyond panasonic and sort out any problems with pixels etc if they occured soon after purchase.
After less than 10 hours I am very impressed - albeit with an improvised screen with one exception.
I have some colour uniformity problems. I first noticed this during amoving colour film but basically there is a green cast on the whole elft of the picture and pink cast in the top right. It is not severe but is noticable - even the wife sees it now I pointed it out!
I watched a short spell of a b&w film (Rebeccah) to see what it was like and it was watchable but noticable.
Seems to be worse on dark scenes where black appears to be a very dark green. I really doubt it would show up in a piccy so I have not tried.
Question is am I likely to get a better AE100 than this and is it worth trying to swap it now or not? There no other problems and the unit is stamped as July 2002.
If they all suffer to a lesser or greater degree then I have to choose between refund or keep it - if there are ones that do not suffer then I guess I will look for another AE100 that is 'perfect'.
Appreciate any advice
Tim
PS I know this topic has been talked about before but all the threads I have seen were fairly inconclusive